Quantcast
breaking news

Football fans look to the sky for pre-game entertainment

Updated: October 3, 2012
watch video
FISHER -- It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's a youth football pre-game. Instead of watching the field, fans of the Fisher Bunnies and Mahomet Bulldogs were looking up. That's because a skydiver delivered the game ball from above. 

John Colclasure has been jumping out of planes for almost 20-years making almost 20,000 jumps. Tuesday night was all about his family.

Even though Colclasure is from Mahomet, he makes sure to support both teams. He wore a helmet with both mascots on it.

Fun fact: Colclasure was in the movie "The Bucket List" as a skydiver with Morgan Freeman's character.

Comments

Readers Feel...

hello
Related Content

There's a new housing option in Champaign that lets people living with autism also live with independence. ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Former President Bill Clinton is getting in on the same-sex marriage debate in Illinois....

CHAMPAIGN -- People say driving on Prospect Avenue or Neil Street can be horrible. ...

PEORIA COUNTY -- We're getting a better idea of how things played out the night five members of a Beason family were beaten to death....

DANVILLE -- She's volunteered for decades. ...

ILLINOIS -- Dogs may be man's best friend, but a new study shows some pets in Illinois aren't too friendly....

URBANA -- The Champaign County court system is getting smarter with taxpayer dollars. ...

ARCOLA -- A broom factory almost caught fire....

URBANA -- A high school is being recognized for its efforts to prepare its students for the future....

If prescription medications are not disposed of properly they can ruin our water supply.  Drew Wilder speaks with the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant to learn how....

 
More From WCIA News
  • No Child Left Behind Illinois
    Friday, October 19, 2007 @ 4:27 PM
    About 900 schools failed to meet No Child Left Behind benchmarks. Ten of those schools are in District 186.
    Read More»
  • Sales Tax Increase Headed For Douglas County?
    Friday, October 19, 2007 @ 4:24 PM
    County Board Members Voted To Put 0.5 Cent Increase On February Ballot
    Read More»
  • Lincoln's Challenge
    Friday, October 19, 2007 @ 1:14 PM
    A Rantoul school for troubled teens might have to shut its doors. Broken air conditioners, shoddy boilers, and crumbling walls are just a few of...
    Read More»
  • "Superbug" Strikes Champaign
    Friday, October 19, 2007 @ 1:10 PM
    Parents in central Illinois are learning the "superbug" strikes close to home and now the push to make sure it doesn't get out of hand.
    Read More»
  • Girls Day in Decatur
    Friday, October 19, 2007 @12:14 PM
    It was a girls days out in Decatur today as part of breast cancer awareness month..
    Read More»
 
Connect with ciLiving

 
 
 
©1998 - 2013 Illinoishomepage.net
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
All Rights Reserved