Football Game Preview: Centennial Chargers vs. Thornridge Falcons

By Team Reports Oct 7, 2025, 1:27am

Football Preview: Centennial Chargers vs. Thornridge Falcons

The Centennial Chargers are taking a road trip to take on the Thornridge Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Centennial will be strutting in after a win while Thornridge will be coming in after a loss.

Centennial's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Urbana 44-0. The victory continues a trend for the Chargers in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won four in a row.

Meanwhile, Thornridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat dating back to last season. They were beaten by Crete-Monee 68-6. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 460th, while the Warriors are ranked 155th).

Centennial's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Thornridge, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.

Centennial came up short against Thornridge in their previous matchup back in October of 2019, falling 26-18. Thankfully for the Chargers, Raheem Raheem (who rushed for 232 yards and two TDs while picking up 10.5 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.

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