Springfield area Week 1 high school football live updates, scores

The Illinois high school football season kicks off Friday in the Springfield area.

Several games resume on Saturday, including Sacred Heart-Griffin’s neutral-site game against New Lenox Lincoln-Way Central at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington.

Revisit this page for live updates and top performers from area games on Friday and Saturday.

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Complete schedule

x-denotes conference game

Central State Eight (East) 

Normal Community West 35, Chatham Glenwood 26 

Rochester 21, Moline 17, 4Q

Decatur MacArthur 48, Mattoon 0 

Lincoln 40, Peoria Manual 20 

Normal University at Rochelle, 7 p.m. 

Central State Eight (West) 

Jacksonville 34, Jerseyville 27

Decatur St. Teresa 16, Quincy Notre Dame 7

Cahokia 40, Springfield High 0 

LaSalle-Peru 13, Lanphier 0, 1Q (postponed) 

East Peoria 55, Southeast 30 

Sacred Heart-Griffin vs. New Lenox Lincoln-Way Central, at Illinois Wesleyan University, 5 p.m. (Saturday, Aug. 22) 

Sangamo 

x-Williamsville 49, Pleasant Plains 7

x-Stanford Olympia 31, Auburn 21

x-Maroa-Forsyth 59, New Berlin 0

x-Petersburg PORTA 50, Pittsfield 21

x-Athens 46, Riverton 8

South Central 

x-Vandalia 48, Carlinville 20

x-Greenville 45, North Mac 0 

x-Hillsboro 27, Pana 14 

x-Piasa Southwestern 14, Staunton 13

x-Gillespie 1, Litchfield 0 (forfeit win)

8-Man 

x-Martinsville at Kincaid South Fork, 6 p.m. (Saturday, Aug. 22) 

x-Decatur Unity at Pawnee, 1 p.m. (Saturday, Aug. 22) 

Other area games

Taylorville 47, Olney Richland County 7 

Beardstown 45, White Hall North Greene 20,

Greenfield/Northwestern 45, Jacksonville Routt 0

x-Niantic Sangamon Valley 13, Oakland Tri-County 8

x-Nokomis 32, Arcola 13

Farmington 54, Havana 27, 4Q 

Galena 41, Rushville-Industry 0 

This article originally appeared on State Journal-Register: Springfield area Week 1 high school football live updates, scores

Reporting by Bill Welt, Trevor Lawrence and Ryan Mahan, Springfield State Journal-Register / State Journal-Register

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