Bloomington heads to Normal West in Week 4 of high school football

Posted on September 17, 2021
The Big 12 Conference matchup will be our main game on WJBC with pregame coverage starting at 6:10 p.m. (Blake Haas/WJBC)

By Neil Doyle

NORMAL – Week 4 of high school football on WJBC features an Intercity matchup as Normal West hosts Bloomington.

The Wildcats (2-1) are coming off a road win in Week 4 over Champaign Centennial. Head coach Nathan Fincham hopes his team can get off to a quick start against the Purple Raiders.

“In all three of our games so far the other team has kind of come out and had the first shot,” said Fincham. “That is something I kind of hope our guys are a little more amped up for and ready to go so they can come out and dictate the tempo in these games.”

Bloomington (2-1) is also coming off a road win last week over Peoria Manual. Head coach Scott Godfrey believes his team will be ready to go against an Intercity rival.

“I do think it’s always easier to get guys up for a game against an in town rivalry,” Godfrey said. “We all know each other, our kids grew up playing football together, so we don’t have to provide an extra motivation on those weeks.”

The Big 12 Conference matchup will be our main game on WJBC with pregame coverage starting at 6:10 p.m.

Other games around the area:

Central Catholic vs. Monticello

U-High vs. Springfield Southeast

Normal Community vs. Peoria Notre Dame (Sat. 7pm)

Tri-Valley vs. Tremont

El Paso-Gridley vs. Dee-Mack

LeRoy vs. GCMS

Fisher vs. Ridgeview

Ottawa Marquette vs. Heyworth

Eureka vs. Fieldcrest

Rantoul vs. Prairie Central

Pontiac vs. PBL

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected] 

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