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Center Grove (IN), Maine South (IL) and Muskegon (MI) all won state championships last weekend, and in addition to the shiny trophies, all three are in the new USA Today Super 25 released on Tuesday. Joining that trio is Grayson (GA), which hops into the rankings at #14 after taking down defending Georgia champ and former #4 Lowndes in the GHSA quarterfinals on Friday.
Here are the new rankings...
1. Trinity (Euless, TX) 13-0, LW: #1 2. St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) 12-0, LW: #2 3. Armwood (Seffner, FL) 12-0, LW: #3 4. Centennial (Corona, CA) 12-0, LW: #5 5. Long Beach Poly (CA) 12-0, LW: #6 6. Skyline (Issaquah, WA) 13-0, LW: #7 7. Madison County (Madison, FL) 11-0, LW: #8 8. Lakeland (FL) 12-0, LW: #9 9. South Panola (Batesville, MS) 14-0, LW: #10 10. Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, VA) 14-0, LW: #11 11. Lake Travis (Austin, TX) 13-0, LW: #13 12. Byrnes (Duncan, SC) 13-1, LW: #22 13. Allen (TX) 12-1, LW: #14 14. Grayson (Loganville, GA) 13-0, LW: NR 15. St. Ignatius (Cleveland, OH) 14-1, LW: #16 16. St. Xavier (Louisville, KY) 12-0, LW: #17 17. Center Grove (Greenwood, IN) 14-1, LW: NR 18. Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ) 10-1, LW: #19 19. River Hill (Clarksville, MD) 13-0, LW: #20 20. De La Salle (Concord, CA) 10-1, LW: #21 21. Bethel Park (PA) 14-0, LW: #23 22. Oceanside (CA) 10-0-1, LW: #25 23. Maine South (Park Ridge, IL) 14-0, LW: NR 24. Timpview (Provo, UT) 13-0, LW: #24 25. Muskegon (MI) 14-0, LW: NR
Coming into Illinois 8A championship game, Maine South quarterback Charlie Gordo was known for winning games with his strong right arm. However, it was the Vanderbilt-bound QB's legs that carried the Hawks (14-0) to a 41-21 win over Hinsdale Central (11-3). Gordo, who entered the game with over 3,000 yards passing and 37 touchdowns, carried the ball 25 times for an 8A title game record 164 yards and a touchdown. HC held Gordo to just 132 yards and one touchdown on 9-of-14 completions. Click here for game story.
Illinois' winningest high school football team captured its 740th win and seventh state championship all in one game. East St. Louis beat Geneva 33-14 in the 7A championship game in Champaign. The victory capped a great season for the Flyers who lost their opening game in the Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Series and then reeled-off 13 straight victories. Click here for game story.
For the second straight year Lemont came-up short in the Illinois 6A title game. Saturday Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin beat Lemont 37-15 to hand the Cyclones their second straight runner-up finish. In 2007, Lemont lost to Joliet Catholic. Click here for game story.
A team that won just three games over the previous two season captured the 5A Illinois high school football state championship on Saturday. St. Francis knocked-off defending state champ Metamora 49-35 to capture the crown. The win also snapped Metamora's 27-game win streak. Click here for game story.
Loyola Academy shutout Lane Tech 17-0 to capture the 75th Prep Bowl championship at Soldier Field on Friday. It was the eighth Prep Bowl title for the Ramblers, and first since 2003. Click here for game story.
Aurora Christian's dream season came to a close on Friday at the hands of another unbeaten team. Bloomington Central Catholic (14-0) beat AC (13-1) 37-28 to capture the state 4A title. The loss ended the great career of Aurora Christian quarterback Jordan Roberts who finishes as Illinois' passing yardage (9,752), passing attempts (1,129) and touchdown (127) leader. Click here for game story.
A couple years ago Carthage high school gave-up a little bit of its identity when it merged with two other high school districts, but the football tradition is still intact. Friday Illini West beat DuQuoin 21-14 to win the 3A state title. Carthage won state titles in 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2000. Click here for game story.
When the post-season began last month, nobody gave 15th seeded Immaculate Conception a chance to claim the Illinois 2A state championship. When the clock moved to 0:00 on Friday, nobody was doubting the Cinderella Run anymore as the Knights beat Casey-Westfield 36-17. Immaculate Conception began the run after a 5-4 regular season. The Knights are the first team to ever win an Illinois title with four losses. Click here for game story.
Concord Triopia used a solid running attack to capture its first Illinois high school football championship in 33 years. The Trojans (14-0) captured the state's 1A title by beating Toulon Stark County 42-7. Triopia rushed for 410 yards in the game. Click here for game story.
East St. Louis began the season on a low note, but that makes the song that much sweeter a week before the Illinois high school football championships. Saturday the Flyers beat Glenbard West 27-20 to advance to the 7A title game against Geneva. It was East St. Louis' 12th straight win after beginning the season at the #1 7A team in Illinois and then losing 20-12 to Huber Heights Wayne (OH) in the Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Football Series. Click here for ESL-Glenbard West game story.
Illinois High School Football Scores Saturday, November 22, 2008
Geneva became the first Illinois school to punch its ticket to the state football championships next week in Champaign. Friday night Geneva behind three second-half touchdowns from Michael Ratay beat Crystal Lake South 25-21 to earn at berth in the 7A championship game. Ratay's three scores leaves him one TD shy of the single-season touchdown record of Billy Greenwald of Highland set back in 1989. Geneva will play the winner of Saturday's game between Glenbard West and East St. Louis. Click here for game recap story.
Illinois High School Football Scores Friday, November 21, 2008
7A Semifinals Geneva 25 Crystal Lake South 21
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The streak is over. Driscoll's attempt to win its 8th straight Illinois high school football title ended Saturday night losing to top-seed Aurora Christian in the 4A semifinals 24-17.
Illinois High School Football Huddle Saturday, November 15, 2008
Class 8A Bartlett 38 Schaumburg 35 Hinsdale Central 17 Brother Rice 14 Maine South 42 Barrington 0
Class 7A Crystal Lake South 14, Cary-Grove 7 (OT) East St. Louis 35, St. Rita 28 Geneva 35, Carmel 21
Class 6A Antioch 28, Glenbard South 27 (OT) Lemont 35 Grant 14 Providence 38, Rock Island 0 Springfield Sacred Heart Griffin 32, Bloomington 12
Class 5A Cahokia 31, Decatur MacArthur 6 Kankakee 36, Morris 21 Metamora 38, Washington (Ill.) 7 St. Francis 28, Montini 14
Class 4A Aurora Christian 24 Driscoll 14 Bloomington Central Catholic 21 Peoria Notre Dame 17 Richmond-Burton 21, Geneseo 0 Breese Mater Dei 42, Mascoutah 14
Class 3A Carthage Illini West 22, Aledo-Westmer 6 Columbia 40, Greenville 14 DuQuoin 14, Decatur St. Theresa 10 Oregon 21, Wilmington 14
Class 2A Auburn 21, Macon Meridian 12 Casey-Westfield 18, Maroa-Forsyth 7 Clifton Central 20, Bushnell-Prairie City-Avon 7 Immaculate Conception 41, Manilus Bureau Valley 8
Class 1A Concord Triopia 22, Tuscola 21 Milledgeville 30, Galena 15 Sidell-Jamaica-Salt Fork 32, Pawnee 22 Toulon Stark County 25 Polo 13
Prep Bowl playoffs Catholic League semifinal Loyola 28, St. Laurence 6
Four weeks into the season the Mt. Carmel Caravan had been through quite a few highs and lows. After wins over Curie and St. Ignatius, MC found itself nationally-ranked by several polls. That lofty feeling came to a crashing halt in Week 3 with a three-point loss to Providence and was followed-up with a loss to St. Rita the next week.
At 2-2, the team did a gut check and now the Caravan is just two wins away from another state title after a 42-7 win over Marist Friday night in the Illinois 8A quarterfinals. Click here for a game story.
Illinois High School Football Scores Friday, November 14, 2008
24 of the 25 teams in last week's National Prep Poll won, and that means there's stability in the latest rankings. #17 St. Ignatius' (Cleveland, OH) win over former #13 Glenville (Cleveland, OH) drops Glenville out of the poll and allows St. Ignatius to take over #13. The teams between#18 and #25 all slide-up a slot, and Destrehan (LA) moves into the poll at #25.
Maybe Joliet Catholic's 13th state title last year WAS unlucky. The Hilltoppers' 2008 season came to a close Saturday with a 24-21 overtime loss to Providence in a battle of two of Illinois best high school football program. The Celtics win moves Providence to next week's quarterfinal round. Joliet Catholic was able to force overtime after battling back from a 14-0 halftime deficit. Click here for game story.
Illinois High School Football Scores Saturday, November 8, 2008
Class 8A Maine South 26, Loyola 7 Click here for game story Schaumburg 55, Warren 21 Barrington 7 New Trier 2 Brother Rice 9 Belleville East 7
Class 6A Bloomington 27, Normal Community 10 Lemont 21, Morgan Park 7 Click here for game story Providence 24, Joliet Catholic 21 (OT) Springfield Sacred Heart Griffin 48, Peoria Richwoods 21 Antioch 35 Highland Park 34 (OT) Click here for game story Glenbard South 14 Hubbard 7 Rock Island 41 Oswego 36
Class 5A Cahokia 36 Marion 9 Decatur MacArthur 15, Highland 14 Kankakee 22, Rochelle 21 Metamora 35, Streator 20 Montini 33 Hillcrest 20 Morris 27 Sterling 7 St. Francis 42, Nazareth 20 Click here for game story Washington (Ill.) 28, Dunlap 14
Class 4A Aurora Christian 28 Coal City 20 Bloomington Central Catholic 19, Mt. Zion 7 Breese Mater Dei 40, Metropolis Massac County 26 Driscoll 14, Mendota 7 Geneseo 16, Bishop McNamara 14 Mascoutah 31, Herrin 6 Quincy Notre Dame 30, Mahomet-Seymour 14 Richmond-Burton 48, Genoa-Kingston 14
Class 3A Aledo-Westmer 30, De La Salle 22 Carthage Illini West 66, MaComb 14 Columbia 28, Pittsfield 0 Decatur St. Teresa 49, Anna-Jonesboro 14 DuQuoin 51, Carterville 19 Greenville 28, Vandalia 10 Oregon 40, Amboy-LaMoille 0 Wilmington 6 Sterling Newman Central Catholic 0
Class 2A Auburn 25, Marshall 7 Bushnell-Prairie City-Avon 22, Momence 20 Casey-Westfield 41, Westville 0 Clifton Central 20, Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland 0 Immaculate Conception 43, Lena-Winslow 22 Click here for game story Macon Meridian 44, Athens 20 Manilus Bureau Valley 12, Morrison 6 (4OT) Maroa-Forsythe 43, Johnston City 7
Class 1A Concord Triopia 46, Arcola 0 Galena 14, Princeville 12 Milledgeville 54, Kewanee-Annawan-Wethersfield 20 Pawnee 20, Villa Grove 8 Polo 32, Cuba North Fulton 30 Sidell Jamaica-Salt Fork 14, Greenfield-Northwestern 0 Toulon Stark County 22 Orangeville 16 Tuscola 21, Mt. Olive 7
Not a good night for two Illinois Class 8A title hopefuls. Defending champ Naperville North and #1 seeded Bolingbrook both saw its seasons end way short of a trip to Champaign. 7th seeded Marist needed overtime to beat the 2007 champs, while Hinsdale South beat Bolingbrook soundly 35-14.
Click here to read about the Marist-Naperville North game. Click here for the Hinsdale South-Bolingbrook game.
Illinois High School Football Scores Friday, November 7, 2008
2nd Round Result
Class 8A Bartlett 21, Fremd 7 Hinsdale Central 35, Bolingbrook 14 Marist 28, Naperville North 25 (OT) Mt. Carmel 34, Lincoln-Way East 31
Class 7A Carmel 10, Woodstock 7 Downers Grove North 16, Proviso East 0 St. Rita 21, Thornton 13
Lake Zurich's 2008 season ended short of expectations as the 2007 7A champs lost its first round Illinois high school football playoff game on Saturday. St. Charles East rallied from a 13-3 halftime deficit to move on to next week's second round where it will face Cary-Grove. Lake Zurich finishes the year with a 6-4 record while St. Charles East is now 8-2. Click here for a game recap.
Illinois High School Football Scores Saturday, November 1, 2008
Playoffs - 1st Round
Class 8A playoffs Barrington 21, St. Patrick 14 Brother Rice 44, Sandburg 6 Loyola 26, Glenbard North 14 Maine South 63, Stevenson 29 Naperville North 42, Simeon 16 Schaumburg 20, Glenbrook South 16 Warren 21, York 9
Class 7A playoffs Cary-Grove 47, Rockford-Guilford 0 East St. Louis 50, St. Laurence 15 Fenwick 49, Lincoln Park 15 Geneva 27, Rolling Meadows 7 Geneva improved to 10-0. Glenbard West 14, Wheaton North 0 Proviso East 20, Steinmetz 14 Rockford Boylan 24, Libertyville 14 Rockton Hononegah 42, Prospect 31 St. Charles East 17, Lake Zurich 13 Thornton 32, T.F. South 24
Class 6A playoffs Antioch 68, Harlan 6 Bloomington 27, Mt. Vernon 16 Hubbard 27, Oak Lawn 9 Lemont 39, Lake Forest 14 Normal Community 7, Danville 0 Oswego 34, Rich East 0 Peoria Richwoods 48, Springfield 7 Rock Island 28, Eisenhower 14 Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 35, Chatham Glenwood 21
Class 5A playoffs Cahokia 40, Effingham 8 Decatur McAurthur 25, Jacksonville 28 Dunlap 35, Peoria Woodruff 34 Highland 26, Troy Triad 21 Marion 39, Taylorville 7 Metamora 52, Champaign Central 6 Montini 47, Clark 0 Morris 37, Manley 12 Nazareth 63, Freeport 29 Rochelle 40, Robeson 13 St. Francis 49, Belvidere North 14 Sterling 23, Kaneland 21 Streator 14, Normal University 13 Washington 35, East Peoria 7
Class 4A playoffs Aurora Christian 41, Plano 0 Breese Mater Dei 42, Mt. Carmel (Ill.) 15 Coal City 17, Sandwich 10 Driscoll 42, Herscher 14 Geneseo 45, Walther Lutheran 33 Herrin 20, Harrisburg 19 Mahomet-Seymour 27, Chillicothe Illinois Valley Central 10 Mascoutah 35, Waterloo 21 Mendota 17, Leo 6 Metropolis Massac County 42, Freeburg 34 Mt. Zion 41, Rochester 33 Quincy Notre Dame 48, Paris 7 Richmond-Burton 25, Reed-Custer 24
Class 3A playoffs Aledo-Westmer 28, Lisle 21 Amboy-LaMoille 28, Spring Valley Hall 25 Anna-Jonesboro 52, Staunton 0 Carterville 54, Piasa Southwestern 12 Columbia 47, New Berlin-Franklin-Waverly 14 Decatur St. Teresa 44, Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton 7 DuQuoin 44, Pana 6 Greenville 35, Carlinville 3 Macomb 28, Tolono Unity 21 Pittsfield 40, Fairfield 32 Sterling Newman Central Catholic 40, Monmouth-Roseville 0 Wilmington 41, St. Joseph-Ogden 6
Class 2A playoffs Auburn 45, Havana 14 Immaculate Conception 42, Orion 6 Johnston City 26, Alton Marquette 13 Lena-Winslow 35, Lanark Eastland-Pearl City 6 Macon Meridian 48, Chester 40 Marshall 35, Trenton Wesclin 13 Manlius Bureau Valley 46, Elmwood-Brimfield 6 Maroa-Forsyth 39, Warrensburg-Latham 13 Momence 41, Farmington 0 Morrison 35, Downs Tri-Valley 7 Westville 42, Bridgeport Red Hill 13
Class 1A playoffs Arcola 21, Carrollton 16 Concordia Triopia 20, Hardin Calhoun 6 Cuba-North Fulton 26, Alden-Hebron 0 Galena 49, Freeport Aquin 13 Milledgeville 59, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 12 Mt. Olive 36, Astoria-South Fulton 14 Orangeville 20, Dakota 7 Pawnee 20, Mt. Sterling Brown County 0 Polo 26, Heyworth 16 Sidell Jamaica-Salt Fork 50, Cerro Gordo 31 Toulon Stark County 34, Hope Academy 14 Tuscola 31, Jacksonville Routt 12 Villa Grove 41, Arthur-Lovington 21
It didn't take long for the first upset in the Illinois high school football playoffs...7A favorite and second-seeded Wheaton Warrenville South (8-2) was upset by Downers Grove South 8-7 Friday night. In 4A, second-seeded Chicago Christian saw its season come to an end with a 35-21 loss to Bishop McNamara.
Illinois High School Football Scores Friday, October 31, 2008
Class 8A Bartlett 10, Notre Dame 7 Belleville East 17, Plainfield Central 15 Bolingbrook 62, Curie 13 Fremd 24, Palatine 7 Hinsdale Central 46, Downers Grove South 12 Lincoln-Way East 35, Waubonsie Valley 17 Marist 42, Lincoln-Way Central 21 Mt. Carmel 42, Naperville Central 21 New Trier 31, Lane 10
Class 7A Carmel 45, Wheeling 33 Crystal Lake South 24, St. Charles North 21 De La Salle 7, Belleville West 0 Downers Grove North 8, Wheaton Warrenville South 7 St. Rita 44, Bradley-Bourbonnais 0 Woodstock 29, Machesney Park Harlem 22
Class 6A Glenbard South 48, Riverside-Brookfield 31 Grant 32, Vernon Hills 31 (2OT) Highland Park 35, Prairie Ridge 28 Huntley 70, Batavia 63 Joliet Catholic 30, Crete-Monee 6 Morgan Park 18, Crystal Lake Central 15 Providence 30, Oak Forest 0
Class 5A Hillcrest 36, Marshall 8 Kankakee 46, Harper 6
Class 4A Bishop McNamara 35, Chicago Christian 21 Bloomington Central Catholic 49, Champaign St. Thomas More 8 Genoa-Kingston 38, Hampshire 34
Class 3A Carthage Illini West 55, Camp Point Central-Southeastern 7 Oregon 34, Peru St. Bede 7 Stillman Valley 58, Rockford Christian 14 Vandalia 34, Flora 12
Class 2A Athens Co-op 22, Pleasant Plains 10 Bushnell-Prairie City 38, Fieldcrest 32 Casey Westfield 41, Toledo Cumberland 0 Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland 28, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 26
Class 1A Kewanee-Annawan-Wethersfield Co-op 39, Fisher 20 Greenfield-Northwestern Co-op 15, Virden 14 Princeville 41, Alexis United 6
The Illinois high school football playoffs begin this weekend with a lot of eyes on the 4A bracket where Driscoll (7-2) will be seeking it's 8th straight state championship. Driscoll comes in as the 4th seed and could meet top-seeded Aurora Christian (9-0) in the state quarters.
Here's a look at the 1st round match-ups....
8A Upper Bracket #16 Notre Dame (5-4) at #1 Bartlett (9-0) #9 Palatine (7-2) at #8 Fremd (7-2) #13 Schaumburg (5-4) at #4 Glenbrook South (8-1) #12 York (6-3) at #5 Warren (8-1) #15 Stevenson (5-4) at #2 Maine South (9-0) #10 Glenbard North (6-3) at #7 Loyola (7-2) #14 New Trier (5-4) at #3 Lane (8-1) #11 St. Patrick (6-3) at #6 Barrington (7-2)
Lower Bracket #16 Curie (5-4) at #1 Bolingbrook (9-0) #9 Hinsdale Central (7-2) at #8 Downers Grove South (7-2) #13 Belleville East (6-3) at #4 Plainfield Central (8-1) #12 Sandburg (6-3) at #5 Brother Rice (7-2) #15 Simeon (6-3) at #2 Naperville North (9-0) #10 Lincoln-Way Central (6-3) at #7 Marist (7-2) #14 Waubonsie Valley (6-3) at #3 Lincoln-Way East (8-1) #11 Naperville Central (6-3) at #6 Mt. Carmel (7-2)
7A Upper Bracket #16 Rolling Meadows (5-4) at #1 Geneva (9-0) #9 Rockton Hononegah (7-2) at #8 Prospect (7-2) #13 Wheeling (6-3) at #4 Carmel (8-1) #12 Woodstock (6-3) at #5 Machesney Park Harlem (8-1) #15 Rockford Guilford (5-4) at #2 Cary-Grove (9-0) #10 Lake Zurich (6-3) at #7 St. Charles East (7-2) #14 Libertyville (5-4) at #3 Rockford Boylan (9-0) #11 St. Charles North (6-3) at #6 Crystal Lake South (7-2)
Lower Bracket #8 Wheaton North (5-4) at #1 Glenbard West (9-0) #5 Lincoln Park (6-3) at #4 Fenwick (6-3) #7 Downers Grove North (5-4) at #2 Wheaton Warrenville South (8-1) #6 Steinmetz (6-3) at #3 Proviso East (7-2) #8 Bradley-Bourbonnais (5-4) at #1 St. Rita (8-1) #5 Thornton Fractional South (7-2) at #4 Thornton (7-2) #7 St. Laurence (6-3) at #2 East St. Louis (8-1) #6 De La Salle (6-3) at #3 Belleville West (8-1)
6A Upper Bracket #16 Lake Forest (5-4) at #1 Lemont (9-0) #9 Morgan Park (6-3) at #8 Crystal Lake Central (7-2) #13 Grant (6-3) at #4 Vernon Hills (8-1) #12 Batavia (6-3) at #5 Huntley (8-1) #15 Harlan (6-3) at #2 Antioch (9-0) #10 Prairie Ridge (6-3) at #7 Highland Park (7-2) #14 Oak Lawn (6-3) at #3 Hubbard (8-1) #11 Riverside-Brookfield (6-3) at #6 Glenbard South (7-2)
Lower Bracket #8 Eisenhower (5-4) at #1 Rock Island (9-0) #5 Rich East (7-2) at #4 Oswego (7-2) #7 Providence Catholic (5-4) at #2 Oak Forest (8-1) #6 Crete-Monee (6-3) at #3 Joliet Catholic (7-2) #8 Chatham-Glenwood (5-4) at #1 Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin (8-1) #5 Springfield (7-2) at #4 Peoria Richwoods (8-1) #7 Mt. Vernon (5-4) at #2 Bloomington (8-1) #6 Danville (7-2) at #3 Normal Community (8-1)
5A Upper Bracket #16 Clark (5-4) at #1 Montini (9-0) #9 Hillcrest (5-4) at #8 Marshall (5-4) #13 Belvidere North (5-4) at #4 St. Francis (8-1) #12 Freeport (5-4) at #5 Nazareth Academy (7-2) #15 Rochelle (5-4) at #2 Robeson (9-0) #10 Harper (5-4) at #7 Kankakee (6-3) #14 Kaneland (5-4) at #3 Sterling (8-1) #11 Morris (5-4) at #6 Manley (6-3)
Lower Bracket #8 Champaign Central (5-4) at #1 Metamora (9-0) #5 Normal University (6-3) at #4 Streator (6-3) #7 East Peoria (5-4) at #2 Washington (8-1) #6 Dunlap (5-4) at #3 Peoria Woodruff (7-2) #8 Effingham (5-4) at #1 Cahokia (8-1) #5 Marion (6-3) at #4 Taylorville (6-3) #7 Jacksonville (6-3) at #2 Decatur MacArthur (7-2) #6 Highland (6-3) at #3 Troy Triad (7-2)
4A Upper Bracket #16 Plano (5-4) at #1 Aurora Christian (9-0) #9 Sandwich (6-3) at #8 Coal City (6-3) #13 Herscher (5-4) at #4 Driscoll (7-2) #12 Chicago (Leo) (6-3) at #5 Mendota (7-2) #15 Bishop McNamara (5-4) at #2 Chicago Christian (8-1) #10 Walther Lutheran (6-3) at #7 Geneseo (6-3) #14 Richmond-Burton (5-4) at #3 Reed-Custer (7-2) #11 Hampshire (6-3) at #6 Genoa-Kingston (7-2)
Lower Bracket #8 Paris (5-4) at #1 Quincy Notre Dame (9-0) #5 Chillicothe Illinois Valley Central (8-1) at #4 Mahomet-Seymour (8-1) #7 Champaign St. Thomas More (6-3) at #2 Bloomington Central Catholic (9-0) #6 Rochester (7-2) at #3 Mt. Zion (9-0) #8 Mt. Carmel (5-4) at #1 Breese Mater Dei (9-0) #5 Freeburg (6-3) at #4 Metropolis Massac County (6-3) #7 Harrisburg (5-4) at #2 Herrin (7-2) #6 Mascoutah (6-3) at #3 Waterloo (6-3)
3A Upper Bracket #16 Camp Point Central (5-4) at #1 Carthage Illini West (9-0) #9 Tolono Unity (6-3) at #8 Macomb (7-2) #13 Lisle (5-4) at #4 Aledo-Westmer Coop (8-1) #12 Rockford Christian (6-3) at #5 Stillman Valley (8-1) #15 Peru St. Bede (5-4) at #2 Oregon (9-0) #10 Spring Valley Hall (6-3) at #7 Amboy-LaMoille Coop (7-2) #14 St. Joseph-Ogden) (5-4) at #3 Wilmington (9-0) #11 Monmouth-Roseville (6-3) at #6 Sterling Newman Central Catholic (7-2)
Lower Bracket #16 Carlinville (4-5) at #1 Greenville (9-0) #9 Flora (7-2) at #8 Vandalia (8-1) #13 New Berlin-Franklin-Waverly Coop (5-4) at #4 Columbia (9-0) #12 Fairfield (5-4) at #5 Pittsfield Coop (8-1) #15 Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton Coop (5-4) at #2 Decatur St. Teresa (9-0) #10 Staunton (6-3) at #7 Anna-Jonesboro (8-1) #14 Piasa Southwestern (5-4) at #3 Carterville (9-0) #11 Pana (5-4) at #6 DuQuoin (8-1)
2A Upper Bracket #16 Farmington (5-4) at #1 Momence (8-1) #9 Bushnell-Prairie City (6-3) at #8 Minonk Fieldcrest (7-2) #13 Flanagan-Cornell (6-3) at #4 Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley (8-1) #12 Watseka (6-3) at #5 Clifton Central (7-2) #15 Immaculate Conception (5-4) at #2 Orion (8-1) #10 Lanark Eastland (6-3) at #7 Lena-Winslow (7-2) #14 Elmwood-Brimfield Coop (5-4) at #3 Manlius Bureau Valley (8-1) #11 Downs Tri-Valley (6-3) at #6 Morrison (7-2)
Lower Bracket #16 Havana (5-4) at #1 Auburn (9-0) #9 Trenton Wesclin (6-3) at #8 Marshall (6-3) #13 Athens (5-4) at #4 Pleasant Plains (8-1) #12 Chester (5-4) at #5 Macon Meridian (7-2) #15 Toledo Cumberland (5-4) at #2 Casey-Westfield (9-0) #10 Bridgeport Red Hill (6-3) at #7 Westville (7-2) #14 Warrensburg-Latham (5-4) at #3 Maroa-Forsyth (8-1) #11 Alton Marquette (6-3) at #6 Johnston City (7-2)
1A
Upper Bracket #16 Deer Creek-Mackinaw (5-4) at #1 Milledgeville (9-0) #9 Kewanee Wethersfield [Annawan-W. Coop] (7-2) at #8 Fisher (7-2) #13 Alexis United (6-3) at #4 Princeville (9-0) #12 Freeport Aquin (6-3) at #5 Galena (8-1) #15 Orangeville (5-4) at #2 Dakota (9-0) #10 Toulon Stark County (6-3) at #7 Hope Academy (8-1) #14 Cuba North Fulton Coop (6-3) at #3 Alden-Hebron (9-0) #11 Polo (6-3) at #6 Heyworth (8-1)
Lower Bracket #16 Hardin Calhoun (5-4) at #1 Concord Triopia (9-0) #9 Carrollton (6-3) at #8 Arcola (6-3) #13 Astoria South Fulton Coop (6-3) at #4 Mt. Olive (8-1) #12 Tuscola (6-3) at #5 Jacksonville Routt (8-1) #15 Arthur-Lovington Coop (6-3) at #2 Villa Grove (9-0) #10 Pawnee (6-3) at #7 Mt. Sterling Brown County (7-2) #14 Cerro Gordo (6-3) at #3 Sidell Jamaica (9-0) #11 Virden (6-3) at #6 Greenfield-Northwestern Coop (8-1)
By Jeff Fisher The High School Football Huddle Aurora Christian quarterback Jordan Roberts now owns another Illinois passing record. Roberts, who earlier this year took over as the state's all-time touchdown thrower, is now the state's leader in passing yardage. Friday night Roberts broke the record of 8,308 yards set last year by Rochester's Wil Lunt. Aurora Christian beat Wheaton Academy 34-19.
Elsewhere, the David vs. Goliath Battle between 8A St. Rita and 1A Hope Academy went to Goliath as St. Rita improved to 8-1 with a 49-0 shutout. It was the first time in Illinois history that two teams from the state's biggest and smallest classification had ever met on the gridiron.
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Illinois High School Football Scores Friday, October 24, 2008
Aledo-Westmer 40, Stark County 7 Amboy 21, Riverdale 0 Anna-Jonesboro 47, Benton 14 Annawan-Wethersfield 52, Abingdon 7 Antioch 50, Lakes Community 7 Aquin 41, Durand 6 Arcola 18, Sangamon Valley 10 Argo 36, Oak Lawn Richards 32 Astoria South Fulton 39, West Prairie 0 Athens 64, Unity-Payson 16 Auburn 23, Virden 12 Aurora Christian 34, Wheaton Academy 19 Barrington 33, Conant 7 Belleville East 34, Granite City 24 Belleville West 29, Collinsville 24 Belvidere 52, Rockford Auburn 8 Bishop McNamara 33, St. Ignatius 7 Bismarck-Henning 20, Danville Schlarman 6 Bloomington Central Catholic 55, Rantoul 16 Bloomington 23, Decatur MacArthur 13 Blue Island Eisenhower 28, Evergreen Park 0 Bolingbrook 29, Lockport 0 Bradley-Bourbonnais 33, Lincoln Way North 16 Breese Central 21, Pinckneyville 14 Breese Mater Dei 25, Newton 15 Broadlands Heritage 34, Tri-County 28 Brown County 57, North Greene 29 Bureau Valley 42, Ottawa Marquette 20 Cambridge 49, ROWVA 28 Carmi White County 38, Eldorado 14 Carrollton 19, Virginia A-C Central 16 Carterville 35, Frankfort 0 Cary-Grove 14, McHenry 6 Casey-Westfield 43, Lawrenceville 6 Central-Southeastern 59, Beardstown 6 Cerro Gordo 41, South Piatt 19 Champaign Centennial 27, Normal West 15 Chatham Glenwood 42, Quincy 14 Chester 48, Dupo 14 Chicago Little Village 16, Collins 6 Chicago Mt. Carmel 56, Hales Franciscan 14 Christopher-Ziegler-Royalton 56, Elverado-Trico 13 Clinton 19, Sullivan 7 Coal City 27, Plano 13 Columbia 41, Nashville 15 Crete-Monee 13, Thornton Fractional North 0 Crystal Lake Central 38, Grayslake North 8 Cuba North Fulton 42, Biggsville West Central 6 Cumberland 36, Oblong 0 Dakota 18, Forreston 14 Danville 45, Urbana 0 Decatur St. Teresa 50, Monticello 6 Deer Creek-Mackinaw 13, Tremont 12 Dixon 18, Princeton 13 Downers South 30, Leyden 7 Downs Tri-Valley 19, LeRoy 18 DuQuoin 42, Murphysboro 8 Dyett 28, Douglass 0 East Peoria 21, Peoria Central 0 East St. Louis 51, Edwardsville 0 Eastland-Pearl City 35, West Carroll 0 El Paso-Gridley 30, Fieldcrest 24 Elmwood-Brimfield 38, Alexis United 0 Fairfield 23, Hamilton County 6 Flanagan-Woodland 34, Blue Ridge 6 Freeport 40, Rockford Jefferson 8 Fremd 27, Hoffman Estates 23 Galena 21, Polo 7 Galesburg 48, Pekin 7 Geneva 47, Batavia 14 Genoa 15, Byron 13 Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 14, Fisher 6, OT Gillespie 27, Litchfield 25 Glenbard North 26, Aurora West 0 Glenbard South 13, Sycamore 0 Glenbard West 9, Hinsdale Central 0 Greenfield-Northwestern 53, Jacksonville ISD 13 Greenville 19, Piasa Southwestern 6 Gurnee Warren 40, Round Lake 0 Hall 36, Champaign St. Thomas More 18 Hampshire 34, Marengo 7 Harrisburg 28, Carbondale 14 Harvard 42, Burlington Central 16 Havana 26, Bushnell-Prairie City 20, OT Heyworth 49, Colfax Ridgeview 7 Highland 40, Charleston 7 Hillcrest 27, Tinley Park 20 Hillsboro 17, Alton Marquette 14 Hononegah 27, Belvidere North 21 Hope 20, Clark 6 Illini West (Carthage) 55, Petersburg PORTA 0 Illinois Valley Central 16, Limestone 6 Jacksonville Routt 39, Bunker Hill 14 Jacobs 21, Dundee-Crown 7 Johnsburg 17, Huntley 7 Johnston City 28, Sesser-Valier-Waltonville-Woodlawn 20 Joliet Catholic 12, Niles Notre Dame 0 Kaneland 34, Yorkville 0 Kankakee 21, Rich Central 0 Knoxville 18, Sherrard 12 Lake Park 43, Elgin 23 Lemont 34, Bremen 3 Lena-Winslow 16, Mendota 7 Lewistown 66, Peoria Heights 0 Lincoln 39, Peoria Manual 0 Lincoln Park 20, Manley 14 Loyola 42, Gordon Tech 0 Macon Meridian 42, Moweaqua Central A&M 21 Mahomet-Seymour 44, Eureka-Roanoke-Benson 12 Marist 35, Marian Catholic 26 Maroa-Forsyth 26, Warrensburg-Latham 0 Mascoutah 56, Salem 20 Massac County 63, Olney East Richland 25 Mattoon 27, Eisenhower 20 Metamora 46, Pontiac 18 Milledgeville 46, East Dubuque 20 Momence 34, Clifton Central 16 Monmouth-Roseville 14, Farmington 6 Morgan Park 30, Harper 14 Morrison 27, Fulton 7 Morton 13, Jerseyville Jersey 6 Mount Olive 41, Nokomis 0 Mt. Carmel 41, Robinson 14 Mt. Zion 28, Bethalto Civic Memorial 0 Naperville North 7, Wheaton Warrenville South 6 New Berlin-Franklin 26, Pawnee 0 Normal Community 29, Champaign Central 2 Normal University 41, Fairbury Prairie Central 12 O'Fallon 35, Alton 13 Oak Forest 42, Shepard 0 Orangeville 22, Ashton-Franklin Center 6 Oregon 28, Stillman Valley 0 Orion 48, Rockridge 8 Oswego 37, Romeoville 6 Ottawa 21, Moline 7 Palatine 24, Schaumburg 10 Pana 40, East Alton-Wood River 13 Peotone 21, Westmont 7 Plainfield Central 53, Minooka 15 Pleasant Hill-Barry-West Pike 26, Winchester West Central 16 Pleasant Plains 41, Rushville-Industry 12 Princeville 40, Galva 8 Prospect 34, Elk Grove 6 Quincy Notre Dame 44, Canton 0 Richmond-Burton 29, North Boone 21 Richwoods 32, LaSalle-Peru 14 Riverside-Brookfield 27, Ridgewood 0 Rochelle 44, DeKalb 8 Rochester 57, Stanford Olympia 14 Rock Island Alleman 21, Dunlap 3 Rockford Boylan 40, Machesney Park Harlem 14 Rockford Guilford 20, Rockford East 0 Rolling Meadows 14, Buffalo Grove 10 Salt Fork 26, Oakwood 13 Sparta 36, Red Bud 13 Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 53, Cahokia 24 St. Bede 36, River Valley 6 St. Charles East 42, Thornridge 0 St. Charles North 20, Naperville Neuqua Valley 0 St. Edward 20, Marmion 8 St. Francis 13, Marian Central Catholic 7 St. Laurence 34, Leo 12 St. Rita 49, Hope Academy 0 Staunton 48, Roxana 0 Sterling Newman 50, Erie-Prophetstown 33 Sterling 42, East Moline United 0 Stevenson 56, Mundelein 0 Stockton 19, South Beloit 8 Streator 38, Rock Falls 24 Taylorville 15, Effingham 8 Tolono Unity 33, Shelbyville 6 Triad 49, Althoff Catholic 27 Triopia-Meredosia-Chambersburg 45, Calhoun 0 Tuscola 35, Argenta-Oreana 8 Vandalia 33, Carlinville 18 Vernon Hills 7, Grant 6 Villa Grove 39, Arthur-Lovington 6 Washington 28, Springfield 27 Waterloo 48, Freeburg 24 Watseka 44, Iroquois West-Crescent-Iroquois 6 Waubonsie Valley 51, Larkin 13 Wauconda 41, North Chicago 20 West Hancock (Warsaw/Hamilton/Nauvoo-Colusa) 30, Pittsfield-Griggsville-Perry 29 Wheaton North 35, West Chicago 7 Wheeling 27, Hersey 0 Williamsville 29, Girard 12 Wilmington 21, Herscher 0 Winnebago 22, Rockford Lutheran 6
It's never happened before in Illinois high school football history...a 1A school going up the ladder to face an 8A school. However, it will happen Friday night when 8A St. Rita, a school that began the year in national rankings, faces 1A Hope Academy. St. Rita brings a 7-1 record into the contest, while Hope is a perfect 8-0. To see how this one turns out, don't forget to come back to The High School Football Huddle tonight for our scoreboard.
By Jeff Fisher The High School Football Huddle Maine South, the top-ranked 8A team in Illinois, came back from a 12-point halftime deficit to defeat Glenbrook North Friday night 30-27. The Hawks won it on a field goal with five seconds to play.
Illinois High School Football Scores Friday, September 26, 2008
Highlights from Mt. Carmel Vs. Brother Rice Mt. Carmel 35 Brother Rice 10
Alden-Hebron 27, Pecatonica 16 Amundsen 20, Lake View 12 Aurora Christian 42, Chicago Christian 28 Barrington 41, Hoffman Estates 27 Batavia 31, Kaneland 21 Bloom 34, Thornridge 22 Bolingbrook 48, Joliet 0 Burlington Central 41, North Boone 14 Carmel 50, Marian Catholic 7 Cary-Grove 41, Jacobs 0 Catholic Blue Mt. Carmel 35, Brother Rice 10 Chicago Vocational 27, Julian 12 Coal City 28, Peotone 21 Conant 40, Palatine 34 Crete-Monee 27, Kankakee 13 Crystal Lake Central 46, Grayslake Central 7 Crystal Lake South 36, McHenry 0 De La Salle 10, St. Laurence 0 Deerfield 56, Maine East 13 Downers North 19, Proviso West 7 Driscoll 28, Immaculate Conception 0 DuSable 52, Perspectives-Calumet 6 Fenton 19, Ridgewood 0 Fenwick 49, Bishop McNamara 35 Geneva 45, Sycamore 21 Genoa-Kingston 28, Winnebago 12 Glenbard East 22, West Chicago 18 Glenbrook North 34, Maine West 0 Glenbrook South 44, Waukegan 0 Grant 42, Round Lake 7 Hampshire 21, Richmond-Burton 11 Harvard 40, Marengo 7 Herscher 34, Manteno 6 Hersey 37, Elk Grove 14 Highland Park 75, Niles North 36 Hinsdale Central 56, Oak Park 28 Homewood-Flossmoor 27, Lincoln-Way North 10 Hope Academy 33, Gordon Tech 25 Huntley 41, Grayslake North 0 Joliet Catholic 21, St. Patrick 0 Lake Forest 36, Mundelein 0 Lane 14, Steinmetz 8 Lemont 42, Shepard 7 Leyden 33, Willowbrook 7 Libertyville 49, North Chicago 32 Lincoln-Way East 42, Lincoln-Way Central 14 Little Village 13, Clemente 0 Loyola 56, St. Ignatius 0 Maine South 56, Evanston 8 Marian Central 28, St. Edward 7 Marist 41, St. Viator 14 Marshall 22, Fenger 0 Mather 7, Schurz 6 Minooka 31, Oswego East 7 Montini 14, Marmion 8 Morris 24, Romeoville 6 Naperville North 27, Glenbard North 20 Nazareth 24, Benet 7 Neuqua Valley 38, Larkin 12 New Trier 45, Niles West 0 Oak Forest 10, Hillcrest 8 Oak Lawn 21, Eisenhower 11 Oregon 42, Byron 0 Oswego 22, Plainfield North 21 Plano 14, Lisle 7 Prairie Ridge 59, Johnsburg 34 Prospect 42, Buffalo Grove 21 Rich South 34, Thornton-Fractional North 21 Richards 27, Reavis 15 Riverside-Brookfield 47, Elmwood Park 0 Robeson 36, Harper 0 Rochelle 29, Yorkville 7 Rockford Christian 30, Mooseheart 14 Sandburg 10, Lockport 0 Sandwich 15, Reed-Custer 14 South Elgin 20, Thornton Fractional South 19 St. Charles East 42, Lake Park 41 St. Francis 49, Aurora Central Catholic 3 St. Rita 14, Providence 10 Stagg 10, Andrew 7 Stevenson 35, Zion-Benton 19 Stillman Valley 59, Rockford Lutheran 7 Streamwood 40, East Aurora 21 Tinley Park 26, Bremen 17 Vernon Hills 39, Lakes 17 Walther Luth. 42, Wheaton Academy 28 Warren 17, Lake Zurich 14 Waubonsie Valley 46, Elgin 21 West Suburban Gold Hinsdale South 34, Morton 20 Westmont 27, Seneca 6 Wheaton North 38, West Aurora 27 Wheaton Warrenville South 45, Naperville Central 7 Wheeling 14, Rolling Meadows 13 Wilmington 35, Dwight 7 Woodstock 31, Dundee-Crown 14 York 21, Lyons 20
Center Grove (IN), Maine South (IL) and Muskegon (MI) all won state championships last weekend, and in addition to the shiny trophies, all three are in the new USA Today Super 25 released on Tuesday. Joining that trio is Grayson (GA), which hops into the rankings at #14 after taking down defending Georgia champ and former #4 Lowndes in the GHSA quarterfinals on Friday.
