{"id":329557,"date":"2023-09-08T23:27:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T23:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=329557"},"modified":"2023-09-09T00:02:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T00:02:22","slug":"east-st-louis-takes-on-atascocita-how-to-watch-the-top-high-school-football-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=329557","title":{"rendered":"East St. Louis takes on Atascocita: How to watch the top high school football matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s one of the best teams in Illinois taking on one of the best in Texas on Saturday as East St. Louis heads to the Lone Star State to battle Atascocita.<\/p>\n

Both teams are trending upward in the national rankings, with the outcome of this game certainly weighing heavily on next week’s Super 25 release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the Eagles, it’s a chance to showcase a talented Texas bunch coming off an impressive win against perennial in-state juggernaut Katy, the first in the school’s history. Led by senior quarterback Zion Brown, the offense showcases a decently balanced attack, with speedy LSU commit Jelani Watkins out wide and sophomore Cardae Mack keeping the defense honest in the backfield.<\/p>\n

For the Flyers, it’s another tough test for a program that is used to facing the best of out-of-state competition. Last week, the team had an impressive bounce-back win against Baltimore, Md. behemoth St. Frances, which brought East St. Louis to 1-1 on the year.<\/p>\n

The first loss, however, still looms \u2014 a tough defeat to Mount Carmel (Chicago, Illinois) that left many scratching their heads … 20 penalties? Yikes!<\/p>\n

But the team is back on the right track, led by senior dual-threat quarterback Robert Battle and complemented by a tough defense that only allowed the Panthers to score 7 points.<\/p>\n

The final word: While the Friday night lights get most of the headlines in Texas, this Saturday afternoon game (Sept. 9, 2023) is certainly set to play out like a blockbuster.<\/p>\n

High school football fans around the nation who are looking to watch the matchup can live-stream the game on the NFHS Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch: Atascocita vs. East St. Louis<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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(USA TODAY Network)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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(Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A must-see Saturday matchup on the NFHS Network!<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":329559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=329557"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329576,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329557\/revisions\/329576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/329559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=329557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=329557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=329557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}