It's Week 2 of the Illinois high school football season. We had some tight rivalry games on the IHSA schedule for the city's teams, while the Mid-Illini pulled out three victories — including an important one for East Peoria.

Here is the Journal Star preps experience for Week 2, your one-stop shop as we look around the Peoria-area football landscape each week during the 2024 high school season:

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Mid-Illini caps its night with victories

The final three Mid-Illini Conference games of the night have gone final.

Metamora (vs. LaSalle-Peru) and Dunlap (at Rock Island) both held on for nonconference wins, while Pekin fell just short of Belleville West. Earlier in the night, Washington, Morton and Canton lost by large margins, while East Peoria blanked Springfield Lanphier 44-0 for the program's first 2-0 start in a decade.

Limestone will finish up M-I play on Saturday with a 1 p.m. kick against Galesburg.

IHSA Week 2: All the scores | Live recap | Top performers | Takeaways

Peoria High vs Notre Dame: Lions win rivalry shootout

Peoria High holds off Notre Dame for a 46-40 victory at Richwoods Stadium. Gerald Jenkins pulled in a late interception to help the Lions end the hope of a PND rally.

The Irish (0-2), who rallied from down 20 in this game, now have two tough losses by a touchdown to open the season. Peoria High moves to 2-0.

East Peoria pull off a rare fast start

East Peoria is off to a perfect 2-0 start under first-year coach Sam Durley. The Raiders led Springfield Lanphier 30-0 at halftime on their way to a 44-0 win at the state capital.

This is the program's first 2-0 start in a decade. Coach Josh Johnson's team started the 2014 season 3-0.

Metamora takes the lead vs LaSalle-Peru

Quarterback Stephen Petri scored from 1 yard out to help Metamor grab a 15-14 lead over visiting LaSalle-Peru late in the third quarter.

Early into L-P's next possession, Avery Grebner snagged an interception — and then Metamora turns around and scores on a 76-yard breakaway TD run by Evan Keil for a 22-14 lead.

Dunlap pulling away in Rock Island

Joe Weeks scored from 9 yards out to stake No. 1 Dunlap to a 27-17 lead with about 6 minutes left in the third quarter of their game at Rock Island. The TD run was set up by a 30-yard reception from Mack Sutter from John Bargen.

Peoria High ... grinds the clock?

The Lions are used to scoring and scoring quick. Yet the area's No. 2 team took a late 46-40 lead Friday night by using up nearly nine minutes of game clock against No. 3 rival Notre Dame.

Just 4:32 remains and the Irish have the ball.

Dunlap begins second half with a bang

The Eagles returned the opening kick off the second half 90 yards for touchdown and now lead Rock Island 20-14. Jackson Oldham had a pair of rushing TDs in the first half for the Eagles (1-0), ranked No. 1 in the Journal Star power rankings.

Washington loses a tough one at Kankakee

Washington lost to Kankakee 42-7 in game between 2023 Class 6A state quarterfinalists. Quarterback Tyler Humphrey scored on a quarterback sneak in the second quarter for the Panthers' only points.

You can find all the scores for Week 2 by tapping right here.

Peoria High vs Notre Dame update: Irish rally to tie it

Notre Dame has stormed back to scored 20 straight points and tie its game with rival Peoria High, 40-40, late in the third quarter.

Richwoods vs Manual update: Knights win

Richwoods holds off Manual for a 15-6 victory at Peoria Stadium, a big win for the Knights.

Dunlap vs Rock Island update: Eagles hit the ground running

Running back Jackson Oldham has a pair of touchdown runs, one from 23 yards and another from 8 yards, helping Dunlap keep pace with Rock Island, 14-14, in a road game in the Quad Cities.

Peoria High vs Notre Dame update: Points coming quickly

Peoria High and Notre Dame have combined to score 42 points in 5 minutes, 51 seconds of game clock in the second quarter. The Lions took an 18-6 lead at the 8:22 mark of the second quarter — and now lead 40-20 with 2:31 left before halftime.

Elite basketball recruit and ... homecoming king?

Manual basketball star Dietrich Richardson not only has NCAA Division-I programs after him, now he's the Homecoming King, according to our man at Peoria Stadium, Dave Eminian.

You can read all about the Peoria hoops star in this feature story from Adam Duvall, written during the 2023-24 basketball season.

Friday Prep Spotlight: Get to know your football heroes

Every Friday this football season, we will take to @pjstarsports account over on X.com and spotlight a few of the players from around the Peoria area.

For Week 2, you got to know players from Metamora, Peoria High, Illinois Valley Central, Tremont, Deer Creek-Mackinaw and Farmington. Check out one below, and head over to see the rest.

Peoria High vs Notre Dame update: Lions roaring in rivalry game

Peoria High leads Notre Dame 18-6 in a game between the No. 2 and No. 3 teams in the Journal Star power rankings. Three Lions have TDs for Peoria High: Jaylen Rayford, TQ Webb and Detaurio Pollard. There is about 8 minutes left before halftime at Richwoods Stadium.

Richwoods vs Manual update: Tight one at halftime

Richwoods tied the game late in the first half after an 8-yard run from running back Amari Johnson. The Knights and Rams are tied 6-6 with one half left to play at Peoria Stadium.

Late start for Metamora football

The game between Metamora and LaSalle-Peru at Malone Field will begin at about 8 p.m., according to Kevin Chlum of LaSalle News-Tribune.

Late starts often happen in the Mid-Illini, which usually play 5 p.m. prelim games before varsity contests.

Peoria weather: Another gorgeous night

It's football weather in Peoria, just in time for Week 2. The skies are clear with a slight wind tonight as the high school season rolls on.

Adam Duvall shared this great shot of Richwoods Stadium ahead of the game between rivals Peoria High and Peoria Notre Dame.

Honoring the first IHSA state champion

Flanagan-Cornell will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Class 1A Illinois High School Association state champion during its game Friday against Peoria Heights.

Flanagan and coach Roger Zehr defeated Concord Triopia 13-8 at Hancock Stadium in Normal — becoming Illinois' first team to be called state champion. The village of Flanagan is about an hour east of Peoria, just off Illinois Route 116.

“It was a great day for everybody in town,” Maurie Duffy told the Pantagraph in a recent story about the team. “To put your name on the first ever, that was big for us.”

IHSA scores, updates from Week 2 of Illinois high school football season

Illinois high school football schedule today

In Peoria, the four city schools match up tonight with Richwoods vs. Manual at Peoria Stadium and Peoria High vs. Notre Dame at Richwoods Stadium. The biggest game of the night likely is Washington taking a trip north to Kankakee. The full Week 2 schedule is here.

IHSA football scores: Week 2

Once scores start coming in, you can find them all right here.

Watch IHSA football games on NFHS Network

You can stream multiple Illinois high school football games at the NFHS Network. Some of the top matchups of Week 2 include: Lemont vs. Geneva; Chicago Mt. Carmel at Chicago St. Rita; and a huge doubleheader Saturday at East St. Louis with the hosts against Covington Newton from Georgia, and Dover (Fla.) Specially Fit Academy facing Frankfort Lincoln-Way East.

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