ALTON — The first week of high school games begins tonight (Aug. 21, 2026), with teams scheduled to play tonight and Saturday as the season gets underway.
Riverbender will have live broadcasts of two games: Newton at Civic Memorial and Dupo at Marquette Catholic.
The schedule is as follows:
Alton at Belleville West
Roxana at Nashville
Newton at Civic Memorial, broadcast game
Dupo at Marquette Catholic, broadcast game
Jacksonville at Jersey
Southwestern at Staunton
Casey Westfield at East Alton-Wood River
Kankakee at Edwardsville
Freeburg at Granite City
Concord Triopia at Calhoun
Brown County at Carrollton
Jacksonville Routt at Greenfield
North Greene at Beardstown
Carlinville at Vandalia
Highland at Triad
Collinsville at Belleville Althoff
Chicago Mt. Carmel at East St. Louis
Madison at Sparta
Metro East Lutheran at Martinsville, eight-man football, 1 p.m. Saturday
