High School Football
The proposal schools are currently voting on would divide the state’s football-playing schools into 64 eight-team districts, eight per class.
The best players from across the Chicago area.
Illinois High School Football State Championships
Dupree is Mount Carmel’s first Player of the Year since Tony Furjanic in 1981.
Mount Carmel coach Jordan Lynch and Rochester coach Derek Leonard discuss if private schools have an advantage in football.
Loyola ends the season on top.
Loyola beat the Griffins 26-15 at ISU’s Hancock Stadium to win its fifth state title.
The Caravan beat Downers Grove North 35-10 in the Class 7A state championship game on Saturday at ISU’s Hancock Stadium. It’s the school’s 15th title, which ties Joliet Catholic for the most in state history.
The Trojans beat the Flyers 23-20 in the Class 6A state championship game on Saturday at ISU’s Hancock Stadium. It’s the fourth state championship for Cary-Grove.
Joliet Catholic, which has won a record 15 state championships, led 20-10 at halftime.
IHSA Football State Championship Scores
Friday, Nov. 24
Class 1A | Camp Point Central 14, Lena-Winslow 0
Class 2A | Wilmington 28, Athens 3
Class 3A | Byron 69, Mt. Carmel, Ill. 7
Class 4A | Rochester 59, St. Laurence 38
Saturday Nov. 25
Class 5A | Nazareth 38, Joliet Catholic 20
Class 6A | Cary-Grove 23, East St. Louis 20
Class 7A | Mount Carmel 35, Downers Grove North 10
It was a statement playoff run for St. Laurence and a respectable title-game loss for a program striving to join the elite.
DJ Stewart rumbled 41 yards for a touchdown on his first carry and added two more scores as the Mustangs beat the Broncos 21-7 at Lane Stadium.
It’s the third state title for Wilmington, which won the Class 2A state title in 2021 and the 3A championship in 2014.
All the scores from this weekend’s title games at ISU.
A look at all six games involving local teams.
The All-Public League football team was selected by a committee of Public League coaches and administrators.
Downers Grove North, Cary-Grove and Nazareth rise and Hope Academy debuts.
This Joliet Catholic team does many of the same things right as its predecessors. But it also has a dimension not often seen: a potent passing game directed by quarterback Andres Munoz.
Dupree had four carries for 74 yards and two touchdowns and two catches for 100 yards and two more Saturday.
A look at five of this weekend’s best games.
A look at the high school football playoff picture.
The top four teams continue to dominate and Wilmington makes its season debut.
Results from all the ranked teams.
The defending Class 8A champion Ramblers will play York in the semifinals.
Alessio Milivojevic picked Morgan Park apart with short passes and ran for two scores. One was a physical 13-yard blast in which he broke multiple tackles.
Kasper threw two touchdown passes and ran for one in the Warriors’ 42-7 victory against Sandwich in the Class 4A state quarterfinals on Friday in West Chicago.
A look at five of this weekend’s best games.
Marquee Sports Network announced on Tuesday that it will televise this year’s Prep Bowl, which will be held at Lane on Nov. 24 at 1 p.m.
Twenty-three proposals were revealed, including one that resurrects the concept of districts for football.
If you look at the list of total state championships, three of the top four schools (Joliet Catholic, Mount Carmel, Providence) are private.
It’s a major shakeup as seven new teams join before the state quarterfinals.
Results from all the ranked teams.
The Mustangs rallied from 11 points down at halftime to beat Sycamore 27-21 in a Class 5A second-round game.
Donovan Dey ran for 229 yards and three touchdowns in Carmel’s 50-7 clock win at Antioch in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs on Saturday.
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