Football Recap: Champaign Central Comes Up Short

If Champaign Central was riding high fresh off their 36-14 takedown of Danville last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Maroons were dealt a 64-27 defeat at the hands of the Peoria Lions on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Maroons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 296th, while the Lions are ranked 76th).

Although Champaign Central took the loss, they still got scores from Talin Baker, Wilson McDaniel, and Ziyir Aker.

Champaign Central didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Baker and Triston Wesley. Baker got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.

Maroons

Previous 5 Games

10/10/25 @ Peoria	27-64
10/03/25 @ Danville	36-14
09/26/25 vs Richwoods	17-14
09/19/25 @ Urbana	46-0
09/12/25 vs Peoria Notre Dame	26-58

Champaign Central moved to 3-4 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Peoria, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Champaign Central will square off against rival Normal West at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Peoria is set to face off against their familiar foe Bloomington at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.