Ironmen win Third straight Chili Bowl; UHigh and CCHS win as BHS falls

Posted on September 11, 2015

By Nick McClintock

NORMAL- The annual Chili Bowl was a lot closer than the score showed, as the NCHS Ironmen defeated the Normal West Wildcats 35-14 at NCWHS Friday night.

Normal Community, now 3-0 on the 2015 season went up early, but for much of the game it was a one score game, as Normal West used an explosive offense to keep the game in check. NCHS, went ahead 28-14 midway through the third quarter with a Alec Bozarth touchdown and put in another score late in the fourth.

NCHS has now won three straight games against their Unit 5 rivals, and a 16-5 record overall in the Chili Bowl. West drops to 1-2 on the season.

Bloomington traveled up north a bit to take on LaSalle-Peru, and despite a strong offensive effort couldn’t hold back the Cavaliers and fell 44-34. Bloomington has yet to win a game in the season, and sit at 0-3.

UHigh had to rely not on it’s usual high powered offense, but an outstanding defensive effort to move to 2-1 on the year, beating Corn Belt Conference foe IVC 10-9 in Chillicothe.

All of the points in this contest were made in the first half, with UHigh going ahead early 10-0 before IVC got a FG. The Grey Ghosts then scored, but a blocked point after try to keep the Pioneers ahead for the duration of the game.

Central Catholic had no issues at all with Eureka, as the Saints beat the Hornets 45-0 at Bill Hundman Memorial Field.

The Hornets at least kept things somewhat competitive in the first half, but CCHS used a 28 point third quarter to force the running clock and spell a quick end to the contest. Central Catholic now moves to 2-1 on the year, mainly on the shoulders of a monster defense, who is only giving up just 7 points per game on the season.

The final Corn Belt Conference game of the night took place in Mahomet, as the Bulldogs look to be on the rebound. Mahomet-Seymour took down the Olympia Spartans 47-14.

The Spartans only mustered 150 yards of offense against the Bulldogs, as Olympia falls to 1-2 after the first third of the 2015 season

ALL FINALS

Big 12 Schedule Week 3 (ITALICS MEANS HIGHLIGHT GAME)

 

Normal Community 35                                               Champaign Central 21

Normal West 14                                                          Peoria N.D. 27

 

BHS 34                                                                        Danville 59

LaSalle-Peru 44                                                          Peoria Manual 8

 

Peoria 66                                                                     Peoria Richwoods 12

Urbana 28                                                                    Champaign Cent. 14

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Cornbelt Conference Week 3 (ITALICS MEANS HIGHLIGHT GAME)

 

Eureka 0                                                                     UHigh 10

Central Catholic 45                                                    IVC 9

 

Olympia 14                                                                 Pontiac 34

Mahomet-Seymour 47                                               Prairie Central 26

 

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HOI Conference Week 3

 

RBL 0                                                                          FCW 6

EPG 39                                                                        Tri Valley 47

 

Fieldcrest 21                                                                Leroy 26

Fisher 6                                                                       Carthage (Illini West) 28

 

Heyworth 6

Maroa Forsyth 49

 

Dee Mack 49

Tremont 40

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