First-round results and this weekend's second-round Illinois High School Association state football playoff matchups around ...

Mount Carmel has lived up to all the preseason hype. Quarterback Emmett Dowling, in his first year as the starter, has been ...

Mount Carmel trailed by three points with six minutes left when Emmett Dowling found Marshaun Thornton with a pass over the middle. Thornton broke one tackle, then outran two Loyola defenders to score ...

No. 3 Mount Carmel (IL) survives upset bid by three-time Class 8A state champion Loyola Academy in first round ...

In what surely has to be one of the most significant first-round matchups in IHSA state football playoff history, longtime ...

Find out where and who your favorite team is playing in the second round of the playoffs next Thursday and Friday.

As Harrison noted, East has grown accustomed to playoff trips north. In 2022, East lost in the first round at South Elgin, 28-20; in 2023, the Lancers defeated East Aurora at home, 70-0, before losing ...

Quarterback Blake Howell transferred to Severna Park after opening the season as Spalding’s starter. Since making his Falcons ...

Early losses had Andover staring at another losing season. Six wins later, the Trojans are league champs — and one of Kansas’ ...

Calhoun continued its rise in the Class 1A state poll, checking in at No. 4 in the AP's final rankings of Illinois high school football's eight classes in 2025.

When: 7 p.m. Friday. Playoff history: Elgin is making its 14th playoff appearance. The Maroons own a 7-12 career record in ...

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