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Sycamore erased a 14-point deficit, beating Cahokia on a late field goal by Josh Puleo to lock down win No. 5, guaranteeing a playoff spot and at least one more game in coach Joe Ryan's final season.
Minooka turned away Oswego East on its last-ditch effort to get into field goal range, hanging on to steal a 15-14 victory on the road, and securing a playoff spot in the process.
Wilmington claimed its third straight Illinois Central Eight Conference title with a 44-21 home win over Coal City, rushing for 509 yards and sending the Coalers a second-place finish for the third straight year.
Joliet Catholic football held on for a wild, 30-27 win over playoff-bound Providence – a win that kept JCA in the playoff conversation pending results across the rest of the state.
The Ottawa football team rushed for 445 yards, scored touchdowns on their first three possessions and put up points eight of the 10 times they had the ball against Granite City in a dominating 52-0 triumph on Friday night at King Field in Ottawa.
Senior Landon Knigge rushed for a single-game school-record 447 yards and scored five touchdowns to lead Dixon to a 58-20 win over Genoa-Kingston in the regular-season finale Friday night at A.C. Bowers Field.
Jackson Failla threw for 207 yards and two touchdowns, while four Nazareth players rushed for scores during the team's 42-16 win against St. Francis to clinch the CCL/ESCC Green Division title.
Nazareth generated six sacks and three turnovers on defense.
Glenbard East junior kicker Moises Velazquez nailed a 48-yard field goal as time expired, giving the Rams a thrilling 45-43 victory over Riverside-Brookfield and their second consecutive Upstate Eight East title.
Similar to how its regular season has finished, Manteno progressively improved as the game went on in its 33-6 victory over Streator in the regular-season finale Friday night.
Going down to Belleville Althoff and losing last year is something Kaneland senior lineman Jake Buckley hasn’t forgotten. That made Friday’s 55-28 victory in Maple Park even sweeter.
Huntley sophomore Chase Hojnacki scored five touchdowns as the Red Raiders defeated Hampshire 42-25 in Fox Valley Conference action Friday night for their fifth win of the season.
In an 8-man game pitting 7-1 teams, Polo's offense was potent against South Beloit in the regular-season finale for both teams
Crete-Monee scored the game's first four touchdowns, enough of a lead to withstand a late Kankakee push to emerge in the de facto Southland Athletic Conference championship game at Kankakee on Friday
David Randecker became Woodstock North's all-time leading rushing as the Thunder cruised to a 49-0 Kishwaukee River Conference win over rival Woodstock on Friday night.
Wide receiver Bennett Konkey and quarterback Ben Peterson connected for four touchdowns as Geneva beat St. Charles East 45-20 on Friday night in DuKane Conference action.
DeKalb kept giving Waubonsie Valley chances in the third quarter. Ishmaiah Elliot and the Warriors kept capitalizing.
Elliott scored on plays of over 45 yards on three straight touches as the Warriors came back from six down at halftime for a 49-28 win over the Barbs.
Ethan Dietmeyer ran for 111 yards and a touchdown as McHenry ended the season with a 20-14 Fox Valley Conference win against Crystal Lake Central on Friday night.
The playoffs don’t begin until next weekend, but Logan Ruddy and the rest of the Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland Falcons looked to be in postseason form Friday in their 64-20 dismissal of Bushnell-Prairie City
Burlington Central finished the regular season with a 42-6 Fox Valley Conference win against Dundee-Crown on Friday night, getting three touchdown passes from Landon Arnold.
Addison Trail dominated Willowbrook 35-0 on its way to the West Suburban Gold Division title Friday night.
Monmouth-Roseville controlled the line of scrimmage, and Newman made too many mistakes in a 40-7 road loss to the Titans to close the regular season
St. Charles North scored twice in the final 15 minutes to force overtime, and the North Stars went ahead for good on a Jacob Piper goal to beat Huntley 4-2 and win the Class 3A Huntley Regional championship.
Morris was its own worst enemy Friday night, turning the ball over eight times in a 38-26 loss to Byron Center, Michigan
Joliet West and Joliet Central faced off on a Friday night for the first time since the early 90s. The result was a dominant Joliet West win as both teams closed out their respective seasons