Sports on deck: A rundown of high school football along with TV, radio broadcasts, this weekend
LOCAL EVENTS
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Friday’s first-round playoff games
CLASS 4A
No. 16 Lincoln (5-4) at No. 1 Rochester (9-0), Friday, 7 p.m.
8-MAN
No. 9 Cambridge Ridgewood (7-2) at No. 8 Kincaid South Fork (7-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
Saturday’s first-round playoff games
CLASS 6A
No. 11 Bloomington (5-4) at No. 6 Chatham Glenwood (6-3), Saturday, 1 p.m.
CLASS 5A
No. 9 Sacred Heart-Griffin (6-3) at No. 8 Calumet City Thornton Fractional North, Saturday, 1 p.m.
CLASS 4A
No. 15 Taylorville (5-4) at No. 2 Murphysboro (8-1), Saturday, 3 p.m.
CLASS 3A
No. 9 Tolono Unity (7-2) at No. 8 Williamsville (7-2), Saturday, 2 p.m.
No. 10 Litchfield (6-3) at No. 7 Stanford Olympia (7-2), Saturday, 1 p.m.
No. 11 Carlinville (6-3) at No. 6 St. Joseph-Ogden (7-2), Saturday, 2 p.m.
CLASS 2A
No. 9 Pana (6-3) at No. 8 Nashville (6-3), Saturday, 1 p.m.
No. 13 Piasa Southwestern (5-4) at No. 4 Athens (7-2), Saturday, 1 p.m.
No. 14 Auburn (5-4) at No. 3 Johnston City (8-1), Saturday, 2 p.m.
CLASS 1A
No. 14 Nokomis (5-4) at No. 3 Greenfield-Northwestern (9-0), Saturday, 2 p.m.
8-MAN
No. 13 Pawnee (5-4) at No. 4 Milford (7-2), Saturday, 2 p.m.
FRIDAY'S TV HIGHLIGHTS
AUTO RACING
4 p.m. — USA Network, NASCAR Xfinity Series: Practice and Qualifying, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va.
6 — FOX Sports 1, NHRA: Qualifying, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
6 p.m. — ESPNU, Brown at Penn
6:30 — ESPN2, FAU at Charlotte
GOLF
9 p.m. — GOLF Channel, LPGA Tour: The Maybank Championship, Third Round, Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
MLB BASEBALL
7 p.m. — FOX, World Series: Arizona at Texas, Game 1
NBA BASKETBALL
6 p.m. — BALLY Sports Midwest-EXTRA, Denver at Memphis
6:30 — ESPN, Miami at Boston
9 — ESPN, Golden State at Sacramento
NHL HOCKEY
5 p.m. — NHL Network, Chicago at Vegas
9 — BALLY Sports Midwest, St. Louis at Vancouver
TENNIS
5 a.m. — TENNIS Channel, WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai Round Robin; Vienna-ATP, Basel-ATP Early Rounds
11 p.m. — TENNIS Channel, WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai Singles Semifinals, Doubles Round Robin
1 a.m. (Saturday) — TENNIS Channel, WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai Singles Semifinals, Doubles Round Robin; Vienna-ATP, Basel-ATP Semifinals
5 a.m. (Saturday) — TENNIS Channel, WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai Singles Semifinals, Doubles Round Robin; Vienna-ATP, Basel-ATP Semifinals
SATURDAY’S TV HIGHLIGHTS
MLB BASEBALL
7 p.m. — FOX, World Series: Arizona at Texas, Game 2
NBA BASKETBALL
6 p.m. — BALLY Sports Midwest-EXTRA, Memphis at Washington
6:30 — BALLY Sports Midwest, Indiana at Cleveland
FRIDAY'S RADIO LISTINGS
6:30 p.m. — WFMB (1450 AM/92.3 FM), High school football: Class 4A playoffs, Lincoln at Rochester
6:45 — WLCN (96.3 FM), High school football: Class 4A playoffs, Lincoln at Rochester
SATURDAY'S RADIO LISTINGS
12:30 p.m. — WFMB (1450 AM/92.3 FM), High school football: Class 5A playoffs, Sacred Heart-Griffin at Calumet City Thornton Fractional North
12:30 — WMAY (970 AM/92.7 FM), High school football: Class 6A playoffs, Bloomington at Chatham Glenwood
12:45 — WTRH (93.3 FM), High school football: Class 2A playoffs, Pana at Nashville
12:50 — WSMI (106.1 FM), High school football: Class 3A playoffs, Litchfield at Stanford Olympia
1:40 — WEAI (107.1 FM), High school football: Class 1A playoffs, Nokomis at Greenfield-Northwestern
2 — WVIL (101.3 FM), NASCAR Xfinity Series: Dead On Tools 250 at Martinsville
2:45 — WTIM (870 AM/96.1 FM/107.5 FM/107.9 FM), High school football: Class 4A playoffs, Taylorville at Murphysboro
3 — WSMI (106.1 FM), High school football: Class 3A playoffs, Carlinville at St. Joseph-Ogden
6 — WFMB, World Series: Arizona at Texas, Game 2
This article originally appeared on State Journal-Register: Sports on deck: What local football games are played; how to watch or listen
