{
  "id": 15076003,
  "title": "IHSA football scores today: Week 9 in Peoria and central Illinois",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/ihsa-football-scores-today-week-9-in-peoria-and-central-illinois",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-17T00:03:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ihsa-football-scores-today-week-000311803.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The final week of the 2026 Illinois high school football season has arrived, with the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) football playoffs on the horizon. This report provides a comprehensive list of Week 9 scores, leading up to the state playoffs.\n\nIn the Big 12 region, Friday's games took place at Peoria Stadium with Peoria High facing off against Peoria Notre Dame at 7 p.m. Manual and Richwoods battled it out on the field at 7 p.m.\n\nMid-Illini area games featured Pekin versus Dunlap at 7:30 p.m., Limestone competing against East Peoria also at 7:30 p.m., and Washington taking on Canton at 7:30 p.m. Metamora faced Morton at 7:30 p.m., with the match taking place at Dozer Park.\n\nTri-County area games on Friday included Macomb versus Elmwood/Brimfield at 7 p.m., Warsaw West Hancock versus Farmington at 7 p.m., Dee-Mack at Tremont at 7 p.m., Eureka versus Shelbyville at 7 p.m., and Stark County versus Princeville at 7 p.m.\n\nIn the Rantoul area, Rantoul took on IVC at 7 p.m. Meanwhile, 8-player games saw Peoria Heights against Danville Schlarman at 7 p.m.\n\nFurther Central Illinois football scores for Friday's games include West Prairie facing Amboy LaMoille at 7 p.m., Moline at Galesburg at 7 p.m., Decatur St. Teresa versus St. Bede at 7 p.m., Erie-Prophetstown at Hall/Putnam County at 7 p.m., South Fulton at Abingdon-Avon at 7 p.m., Farmer City-Blue Ridge versus Bushnell-Prairie City at 7 p.m., Port Byron Riverdale against Kewanee at 7 p.m., ROWVA/Williamsfield met Annawan/Wethersfield at 7 p.m., Bureau Valley versus Knoxville at 7 p.m., and Rushville-Industry at Lewistown/Valley/Cuba at 7 p.m.\n\nThe 8-player games concluded with Galva taking on Milford at 7 p.m., and Orion versus Monmouth-Roseville at 7 p.m. Havana faced Monmouth United at 7 p.m., LaSalle-Peru against Ottawa Marquette at 7 p.m., and Taylor Ridge Rockridge versus Princeton at 7 p.m.\n\nFinally, the Pleasant Plains team played against Olympia at 7 p.m. The article originally appeared on Journal Star: IHSA football scores today: Week 9 in Peoria and central Illinois.",
  "summary": "Here are the IHSA football scores for Week 9 in the Peoria area and central Illinois.",
  "key_points": [
    "Peoria High vs Peoria Notre Dame concluded at 7 p.m.",
    "Mid-Illini games saw Pekin vs Dunlap, Limestone vs East Peoria, Washington vs Canton.",
    "Rantoul took on IVC at 7 p.m. in the Rantoul area."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The conclusion of regular season play across central Illinois sets the stage for the IHSA playoffs to determine which regional programs advance to state competition.",
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  "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."
}