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Naperville Central will announce the site of the Week 1 opener at a later date; here's what the Warriors will have to face next season:

2009 WAUBONSIE VALLEY SCHEDULE
Aug. 28 at Naperville Central
Sept. 4 vs. Oswego
Sept. 11 at Bartlett
Sept. 18 at St. Charles North
Sept. 25 vs. Neuqua Valley at North Central College
Oct. 2 vs. St. Charles East
Oct. 9 vs. Elgin
Oct. 16 at Lake Park
Oct. 23 vs. East Aurora

All games are scheduled for Fridays at 7:30 p.m.

Naperville Central's stadium situation is unsettled, so the site for its Sept. 4 game against Neuqua Valley will be announced later. Bill Ellinghaus, the Neuqua assistant football coach and assistant athletic director, indicated that another location might change but the here's the rough draft of the schedule:

2009 NEUQUA VALLEY SCHEDULE (TENTATIVE)
Aug. 28 vs. Naperville North
Sept. 4 at Naperville Central
Sept. 11 vs. South Elgin
Sept. 19 at Bartlett*
Sept. 25 vs. Waubonsie Valley at North Central College
Oct. 2 at Cathedral (Ind.)
Oct. 9 at. St. Charles North
Oct. 16 vs. St. Charles East
Oct. 23 vs. Elgin

*Except for the Saturday afternoon road game at Bartlett, all games are
scheduled for Fridays at 7:30 p.m.

Waubonsie Valley is coming down off an emotional win against a District 204 rival to face 0-4 Elgin on Friday night. But the Warriors (1-3) can't afford to overlook Elgin - they've given themselves a chance to be in the playoff conversation and need to bank another win.

"Don't let their record fool you," Waubonsie coach Paul Murphy said. "They got some pretty good skill kids on offense that scare the heck out of you, that can go the distance."

Look for Waubonsie quarterback Tyler Castro, who went 19-of-28 for 265 yards and four touchdowns last week against Neuqua Valley, to set up in the spread offense and make Elgin chase receivers all night.

"(With) a small roster, 30-something players, I'm sure (Elgin's) got guys going both ways," Murphy said. "We're 80-something players. We got to wear them down and just make them play for 48 minutes and make them go that distance and we think we can wear them down."

The Upstate Eight Conference will expand and realign into two six-team divisions beginning in the fall of 2010.

The conference announced the anticipated move on Thursday and it took into account several geographic considerations. Metea Valley, which in scheduled to open in the fall of 2009, will become the conference's new 12th member and join District 204 rivals Neuqua Valley and Waubonsie Valley in the UEC South. The division will also include East Aurora, St. Charles East and St. Charles North.

The UEC North will be made up of Bartlett, Elgin, Lake Park, Larkin, South Elgin and Streamwood.

What's your early take? How will this impact these UEC programs?