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 ...

Results from all the ranked teams.

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 ...

West Aurora would have liked the chance to show what it could do in the second round of the Class 8A playoffs against top-seeded Mount Carmel. But Belleville East also wanted that bite at the apple, ...

The Harlem Huskies had the toughest opening-round draw last year in the IHSA playoffs when they had to face Chicago Mt. Carmel. They had a much easier one Friday night, and it showed on the scoreboard ...

Get IHSA live updates and final scores as the opening round of the 2025 Illinois high school football playoffs kicks off ...

Illinois High School Football Playoff First-Round Scores included victories for Roxana, Calhoun, Greenfield and Carrollton.

Emmett Dowling threw two long touchdown passes to Marshaun Thornton and Mount Carmel knocked off three-time defending 8A champion Loyola 21-17 to remain undefeated in its quest for a fourth straight ...

Spartans pull off a stunner in first-round victory at previously unbeaten Benton as seven area teams are moving on to the second round of the IHSA playoffs ...

Abington Heights Junior Ella Musgrave spearheaded the initiative to establish a Mini-THON at Abington Heights High School ...

Salt Fork football stays overnight before first-round game at Dupo, Villa Grove players give their hair a different look, unbeaten ALAH relies on balance and high-octane Westville continuously works o ...

In a season where the Tigers beat Mercy McAuley and Mount Notre Dame, and lost to Ursuline ... Sienna Polomsky and Paige ...