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As much as I rant about Pekin's football fortunes, East Peoria's football program has really struggled even worse the last several years. This year the varsity and freshman teams have struggled (don't know much about soph/jv). Believe, me I am not knocking the Raiders - would like to see them turn t...

With Pekin beating Limestone, Morton is the MI volleyball champion for 2018. The top four teams in the MI were pretty good this year with all four winning over 20 games. Of course the flip side is that three MI teams lost over 20 games! :D Morton and Limestone were tied 11-2 before last night when P...

Is it true that Osweiler has now beaten the Bears with three different teams - did I hear that right? If so, he is a Bear killer!

Tough loss especially with so many starters out for Miami - no way their offense should have gotten 500 yards on the Bears with several starters, including QB out. As someone mentioned, the heat might have been factor - 87 degrees with nearly 100 heat index. Again though, you wonder how good of shap...

Nebraska fails to score in overtime and Northwestern wins with FG. I actually got into my car and had the radio station to WGN which had the Northwester game. The game had just under two minutes left and Northwestern had the ball at their own one. I thought, hey let's see if they can drive 99 yards...

I would think it's been some time since Peoria Stadium hosted three games on a weekend. This weekend you have Central on Friday night, Manual early afternoon and Notre Dame at night. Good to see the old girl being used so much. Back in the 60's the stadium would sometimes host four games over a week...

Dunlap pulls out four point win - good showing by Canton. And with that, a good night to all!

Washington wins 30-15. All in all it seems that Metamora showed some grit tonight with nice comeback. Birds had the ball late in game to maybe tie it but fell short. But you can't give a team like Washington a 23-0 lead - just too much to come back from. I am sure Metamora wishes they could have the...

Central was up by fourteen early but loses 51-40 to Bloomington. The Purple Raiders seem to have a good team. Richwoods was getting shellacked by Danville...

Pekin plays a crappy game but scores 21 points in fourth quarter to win 28-13...

1 yard short wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:37 pm

Pekin can win out their season.

Pekin still has to beat East Peoria tonight - game is still in doubt

Anybody with Limestone-Morton

Don't look now (don't really know what that means) but UPSET brewing....Dunlap 26 Canton 22! Eagles seemed to have this game well in hand but Giants have chipped away

Jumpin Jack -just wondering, are you at the game? I heard score was 14-7 just a few minutes ago...

23-15 Metamora coming back! Wow, this team is not quitting

East Peoria had a third down and 44 yards to go and made it, went on to score. You can't make this stuff up. Pekin has a good chance of losing this one. This game will @@@@@ up a lot the PICK EMS!!!

My gosh, the fame of that one play still stands forty plus years later in the annals of high school football! But East Peoria-Pekin is NOT Washington-Metamora my friend!

AS the much maligned retired announcer Hawk Harrelson said - He gone! (talking about Davis). So how much of the Cubs late season hitting trouble is really Chili Davis fault? Or is he a scapegoat? It did seem like some of the players didn't like his approach...

Cant believe this Board is so quiet on the Birds-Panthers match. Where is Birdwatcher when we need him? Been going downhill ever since he left. Last I heard he was playing 3 musical instruments ,singing to horses, and running for Mayor, and trying to develop a hillbilly accent. BW is a one-man Chuc...

Anyword on moving this game to Peoria Stadium? You can fit more people there. Not to mention the nostalgic atmosphere it would create! :twisted: Tongue in Cheek folks! I have a wedding rehersal or I would definitely be there. Good one! :D

Baseball Junkie wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:05 pm

I see things changing in Pekin in very near future with Nutter as head coach. Things are blowing from across the river on him.

What is blowing across the river - another coaching position?

Absolutely not! When the weather gets cold you are going to need Howard. Also, Cohen is not built to withstand a lot of touches each game for an entire season. What if he gets injured? All you have left is Cunningham. Also, you need Howard to change things up a bit. Finally, you are not going to get...

Just messing with you Muss! Pekin's had a few good receivers last few years (none this year) but have not had stud receiver since Cole Henderson back five years or so. (He went to U of I on track schlor). And Muss - I was right, Pekin is out of the playoffs for second year in row and will probably f...

I get the hoopla over this game, it's Metamora vs Washington and what more, they're both undefeated. But, as far as "Game of the Week" goes, IMHO, I humbly disagree. One team is going to be 9-0 eventually, the other 8-1 and both will host first round playoff games. Washington has been pinned for 9-...

I read that Crosby has the most missed kicks overall since 2010...his days might be numbered. Packers win today if he makes the easy field goals and extra point. I will give him the 56 yard miss - many kickers will miss that.