{
  "id": 5664474,
  "title": "Week 3 Illinois high school football scores in Peoria area for 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/week-3-illinois-high-school-football-scores-in-peoria-area-for-2026",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-04T23:15:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/week-3-illinois-high-school-231534155.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Week 3 of the Illinois high school football season commenced on a Friday night, with scores from the games in the Peoria area reported. One notable matchup saw Peoria Notre Dame defeat Urbana with a score of 51-8. The games continued on Friday as Danville took on Peoria High at Peoria Stadium, while Normal Community played against Richwoods at 7 p.m. Manual faced Bloomington, and Mid-Illini hosted Washington at Limestone at 7 p.m. Metamora played Dunlap, Pekin met East Peoria, and Canton battled Morton, all at 7:30 p.m. The Tri-County game featured teams from Lewistown/Valley/Cuba, Elmwood/Brimfield, Annawan/Wethersfield, Farmington, and Dwight vs. Dee-Mack, also at 7:30 p.m. Eureka faced Moweaqua Central A&M, and Princeville played South Fulton, with both matches concluding at 7 p.m. IVC took on St. Joseph-Ogden, marking the 8-player games of the day at 7 p.m.\n\nThe schedule for Saturday's games included Tremont hosting LeRoy at 7 p.m. Central Illinois saw ROWVA/Williamsfield face Illini West, Galesburg taking on East Moline United Township, Cambridge Ridgewood vs. West Prairie, Monmouth-Roseville vs. Aledo Mercer County, St. Bede at Aurora Central Catholic, Galva at Biggsville West Central, Kewanee at Erie-Prophetstown, Carlyle at Havana, Hamilton West Hancock at Knoxville, Abingdon-Avon at Bureau Valley, Stark County at Monmouth United, Hall/Putnam County at Orion, Olympia at Riverton, Macomb at Rushville-Industry, and Princeton at Sterling Newman. Colfax Ridgeview/Lexington took on El Paso-Gridley at 8 p.m. Saturday's final game featured Alton against LaSalle-Peru at 1 p.m.",
  "summary": "It's Week 3 of Illinois high school football in the Peoria-area for the 2026 season. Here are final IHSA and Peoria scores from Thursday, Friday and Saturday.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}