By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle
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 RoundClass 8A playoffsBarrington 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 playoffsCary-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 playoffsAntioch 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 playoffsCahokia 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 playoffsAurora 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 playoffsAledo-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 playoffsAuburn 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 playoffsArcola 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
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.
