PBL Youth Football teams, GCMS Mighty Mites and Seniors advance past first round of playoffs


GIBSON CITY – All three Paxton-Buckley-Loda Youth Football teams advanced past the first round of the Central Illinois Football League playoffs, as did the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Mighty Mite and Senior teams.

The PBL Juniors won 14-13 in overtime over GCMS while the Mighty Mites won 8-0 over Watseka and the Seniors won 46-40 in overtime over Iroquois West.

The GCMS Mighty Mites won 26-7 over Dwight while the Seniors won 21-6 over Herscher.

The GCMS and PBL Mighty Mites will face each other in the semifinals at 1 p.m. next Saturday. The Falcon and Panther Seniors will meet at 5 p.m. on Saturday; both games will be played in Paxton.

The PBL Juniors will play at Momence at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20.

Below are some sights from Saturday’s GCMS Mighty Mites game. Digital copies of all these photos can be purchased at the following link: ko-fi.com/s/e78d36aff5. Single photos can also be made available for purchase; please message Andrew Rosten for details.