{
  "id": 15042742,
  "title": "Follow LIVE East Central Indiana week 9 high school football scores, updates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/follow-live-east-central-indiana-week-9-high-school-football-scores",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-16T21:02:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/live-east-central-indiana-week-210218038.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Week 9 of the IHSAA football season is underway in East Central Indiana. The Star Press will provide live coverage of the Muncie Central Bearcats (6-2) hosting Class 5A No. 7 Lafayette Jefferson (6-2) in a crucial North Central Conference championship game. Both teams are 4-0 in NCC play, having defeated Anderson, Kokomo, Marion, and Richmond. The Bears have dominated the NCC the past three years, while Central has not won the conference since 2004. Last season's finale saw a similar scenario, with Lafayette pulling away 55-22 after a closely contested first half. Other notable matchups include Wes-Del (7-0) hosting Cambridge City Lincoln (0-8), Shenandoah (1-7) facing New Castle (2-6), Blackford (1-7) at Madison-Grant (6-2), Winchester (4-4) versus Union City (2-6), Yorktown (5-3) at Mt. Vernon (Fortville) (4-4), and Delta (4-4) playing its final game against New Palestine (5-3). Jay County (3-5) travels to Heritage (5-3), and Monroe Central (3-3) visits Knightstown (6-2). The complete week 9 scoreboard will be available below.",
  "summary": "Muncie Central going for the NCC title highlights the week 9 football schedule. Follow along for live updates for all East Central Indiana games!",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/15042742.png",
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Battle Creek Enquirer-area high school football scores for Week 8: Live updates",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/battle-creek-enquirer-area-high-school-football-scores-for-week-8",
        "published": "2026-10-16T19:00:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}