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 ...

Emmett Dowling shows steady hand for Mount Carmel. And accounts for 4 TDs against Loyola. ‘Proving them wrong.’ Mount ...

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 ...

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

St. Laurence, Lincoln-Way Central, Lincoln-Way East, Sandburg and Mount Carmel are picks to click for first round.

The high school football regular season concluded for most teams in Illinois last week, and the top programs in the Prairie ...

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

Illinois High School Football Scores from the final night of the regular season on Friday of Week 9 ...

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 ...

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.