10.05.2009 5:57 pm
Belleville East-East St. Louis football game now Saturday
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
The Southwestern Conference football game involving Belleville East at East St. Louis has been changed to Saturday at 1 p.m. The game was originally scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m.
The Flyers, No. 2 in the Post-Dispatch large-schools rankings and No. 3 in the Associated Press Class 6A state poll, are 4-2 overall and 4-0 in the conference. They are coming off a 44-24 victory over league foe Belleville West last Saturday afternoon and own a 28-game conference winning streak. Their last conference loss was 41-24 at Edwardsville on Oct. 7, 2005,
East is 5-1, 3-1 and is coming off a 17-7 loss at conference rival O’Fallon last Friday night. The Lancers were No. 6 in large-schools rankings and No. 5 in AP Class 8A poll.
The reason is real simple, the animals dont like to come out in daylight. There is a better chance of gunfire and mayhem if the game were to be held at night.
Are there metal detectors at the entrance to the field?
The last time ESL played East in Belleville, there were all kinds of fights. About a dozen cops had to be called out. I agree with danj that a night game in ESL could be dangerous.
Safety first. We have had enough assaults lately in Belleville by the blacks. Moving the game to the afternoon might forestall some, not all, of the violence these people bring with them.
if belleville east cant whoop ofallon ,who we beat 44-0 what makes them think they can beat us we killin dem 72-0