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Illini West Macomb

Chargers

Bombers

The Macomb (IL) varsity football team won Friday's home conference game against Illini West (Carthage, IL) by a score of 27-6.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Illini West	-	-	-	-	6
Macomb	-	-	-	-	27

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Illini West (25-26)

Illini West has not entered stats for this game.

Macomb (25-26)

Macomb

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	5	13	78	.385	15.6		1	20	27.1
5	Kaden Knupp (Jr)	5	13	78	.385	15.6		1	20	27.1

Macomb

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	100+	TD
	Team Totals	35	272	7.8	22	2	3
1	Drew Watson (Sr)	2	11	5.5	11	0
5	Kaden Knupp (Jr)	13	108	8.3	22	1	1
23	Drake May (Jr)	20	153	7.7	20	1	2

Macomb

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	5	78	15.6	20
1	Drew Watson (Sr)	4	63	15.8	20
11	Carter Havens (Jr)	1	15	15.0	15

Macomb

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	PR	IR	Total
	Team Totals	272	78	10	81	441
1	Drew Watson (Sr)	11	63	10	26	110
5	Kaden Knupp (Jr)	108				108
11	Carter Havens (Jr)		15		55	70
23	Drake May (Jr)	153				153

Macomb

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	272	78	78	350
1	Drew Watson (Sr)	11		63	74
5	Kaden Knupp (Jr)	108	78		186
11	Carter Havens (Jr)			15	15
23	Drake May (Jr)	153			153

Macomb

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	13	65	78	1.0
1	Drew Watson (Sr)	2	4	6
7	Drake Taber (So)		5	5
10	Kyler Norton (Jr)	1	5	6
11	Carter Havens (Jr)		1	1
20	Nolan Hoge (Sr)	3	5	8
23	Drake May (Jr)	4	13	17
31	J. McPheeters (Jr)	1	12	13
33	Cameron Keene (So)	1	6	7	1.0
53	Sam Potter (So)		2	2
60	Will Thomas (Jr)		2	2
64	C. Bodiford (Jr)		1	1
65	C. Singleton (Sr)		4	4
68	Blaze Howell (Jr)	1	5	6

Macomb

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	PD
	Team Totals	4	81	20.3	1
1	Drew Watson (Sr)	2	26	13.0
10	Kyler Norton (Jr)				1
11	Carter Havens (Jr)	1	55	55.0
20	Nolan Hoge (Sr)	1	0	0.0

Macomb

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	5			60	1
3	Hayden Katz (Jr)	5			60	1

Macomb

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	FC	KR Yds
	Team Totals					1	10	10.0	10		10
1	Drew Watson (Sr)					1	10	10.0	10		10

Macomb

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	4	24	3	3
3	Hayden Katz (Jr)			3	3
5	Kaden Knupp (Jr)	1	6
11	Carter Havens (Jr)	1	6
23	Drake May (Jr)	2	12

Macomb

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	3	3	1.0	0	1	.0		3
3	Hayden Katz (Jr)	3	3	1.0	0	1	.0		3

Macomb

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD IR	Total
	Team Totals	3	1	4
5	Kaden Knupp (Jr)	1		1
11	Carter Havens (Jr)		1	1
23	Drake May (Jr)	2		2

Game Story

Illinois High School Football - Illini West thwarted by Macomb

September 12, 2025: Macomb, IL 61455

Macomb Bombers (Macomb, IL) fans went home in high spirits Friday as they saw their football team achieve victory over the visiting Illini West Chargers (Carthage, IL), 27-6 in a league battle.

With the win, Macomb improves its record to 3-0 on the season. The Bombers travel to Bureau Valley (Manlius, IL) to play the Storm in a Lincoln Trail-Prairieland - Large battle on Friday, September 19. The Storm go into the battle with a record of 0-3. Bureau Valley lost 31-8 in their recent league battle against Knoxville (Knoxville, IL)

The Chargers now have a 2-1 record. They play next when they host Farmington for a Lincoln Trail-Prairieland - Large test on Friday, September 19. Illini West will meet a Farmers squad coming off a 38-0 non-league win over Eureka (Eureka, IL). The Farmers record now stands at 3-0.

Rankings & Records

Illini West (25-26)

National	IL	Class
9,627	343	24

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
2-2	1-2	2-1	0-1	.500	.333	108	83

Macomb (25-26)

National	IL	Class
6,607	220	20

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
4-0	3-0	1-0	3-0	1.000	1.000	139	42