The daily pitch from Sports Editor : Sept. 23, 2026
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Sep. 23—➜ . Parkland (24-1) hosts Lewis & Clark (12-8) at 6 p.m., with the fifth-ranked Cobras on a 15-match win streak before their second home match of the season.
➜ . Coach , in his 18th season, brings a record of 860-76 into Wednesday night's match. That's a winning percentage of .919.
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area high school football teams — Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond, Mahomet-Seymour, St. Joseph-Ogden, Sullivan and Tuscola — who are still undefeated and carry a 5-0 record into their Week 6 games this week. That number will drop to at least four soon since ALAH hosts Sullivan at Wilson Field in Arthur on Friday night.
➜ . The Illini have lost their last 10 games against the Buckeyes by an average of 23.8 points. We'll see if that trend changes when the Illini (2-1) and Buckeyes (2-1) kick off at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
➜ . Illinois (8-3) carries a four-match win streak into Thursday night's Big Ten opener at Huff Hall. The Gophers (6-2) have won five straight this season and 11 straight in their series against the Illini.
➜ . The Illini (3-1-5, 0-1-2 Big Ten) have already set a single-season program record for most ties before they take on the host Boilermakers (8-1-1, 2-1) at 6 p.m. on Thursday.
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