(6-30-26) According to WICS TV’s Carson Gourdie–

Watseka football won’t have a varsity team for 2026, I confirmed with the school. They will play a full JV schedule in 2026, and hope to increase roster numbers so they can return to varsity as soon as possible.

After seeing numbers decline in recent years, the Watseka football program is heading in a different direction. The Warriors will field only a junior varsity team in 2026, a move to try to build up a program that has well over a century of football tradition to look back on. 

Anthony Swanson spent the last three seasons on the staff of coach Max Fransen and served as JV coach during that time. He will now be leading the program with the goal of getting numbers back up.

The Warriors have suffered five straight losing seasons and went 1-8 last season with a 7-6 win over Iroquois West.

They’re a member of the Vermillion Valley Conference.