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Michael O'Brien

2024 IHSA state football playoff pairings and scores

Here are all of this weekend's scores for the second round of the state playoffs, with links to previous rounds scores and the pairings below.

In the first round, the higher seed hosts the game. In subsequent rounds, the school that has hosted fewer times during the current playoff series hosts the game. If both teams have hosted an equal number of times, the higher seed hosts. The game must be played on Saturday, unless both schools agree to play the game on Friday.

One playoff round will take place each week, starting with the first round games on Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2. This season’s state championship games will be held at Hancock Stadium in Normal. The Class 1A thru 4A title games will take place on Friday, Nov. 29. The Class 5A thru 8A title games will be Saturday, Nov. 30.

Second round scores

CLASS 8A
Lincoln-Way East 38, Minooka 7
Stevenson 35, Glenbard East 7
Maine South 41, West Aurora 6
Loyola 24, Marist 20
Lyons 63, Downers Grove South 20
Naperville Central 31, Fremd 28
York 35, Oswego 17
Warren 35, Barrington 26

CLASS 7A
Bradley-Bourbonnais 42, Young 0
Lincoln-Way Central 49, Hoffman Estates 28
Batavia 25, Lincoln-Way West 21
Downers Grove North 13, Fenwick 10
Quincy 44, Moline 14
St. Rita 21, Willowbrook 9
Mount Carmel 48, St. Charles North 15
Normal 52, Prospect 49

CLASS 6A
Cary-Grove 41, Antioch 8
Belvidere North 28, Wauconda 10
Lake Forest 23, Libertyville 17
Geneva 42, Burlington Central 28
East St. Louis 48, Normal West 0
Glenwood 42, Oak Forest 21
Richards 42, Washington, Ill. 14
Kankakee 27, Bloomington 7

CLASS 5A
Sycamore 69, Westinghouse 12
St. Francis 30, Prairie Ridge 21
Rochelle 38, Benet 6
Nazareth 42, Woodstock North 20
Morgan Park 55, Metamora 28
Morris 36, Highland 20
Peoria 52, TF North 14
Joliet Catholic 49, Sacred Heart-Griffin 0

CLASS 4A
DePaul Prep 38, Geneseo 13
St. Laurence 26, Wheaton Academy 14
Coal City 33, Boylan 10
Dixon 51, Ag. Science 6
Breese Central 34, Murphysboro 7
Mt. Zion 43, Peoria Notre Dame 29
Normal U-High 48, Richland County 13
Cahokia 40, Waterloo 20

CLASS 3A
Montini 14, Byron 13
Princeton 34, King 16
Wilmington 36, Eureka 0
Du-Pec 33, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 6
Tolono Unity 35, St. Joseph-Ogden 7
Nashville 41, Greenville 21
Benton 41, Sullivan-Okaw Valley 0
Monticello 42, Williamsville 14

CLASS 2A
Farmington 14, Rockridge 10
Dwight-GSW 12, Elmwood-Brimfield 6
Bismarck-Henning 21, Seneca 14
Chicago Christian 24, Tri-Valley 14
Johnston City 24, Warrensburg-Latham 6
Pana 34, Vandalia 28
Maroa-Forsyth 28, Chester 7
Quincy Notre Dame 34, Arthur-Lovington 7

CLASS 1A
LeRoy 53, Rockford Lutheran 29
Galena 33, Ottawa Marquette 6
Lena-Winslow 44, Stockton 14
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 28, Newman CC 0
Althoff 43, Carrollton 21
Casey-Westfield 16, Brown County 0
Calhoun 14, Sesser-Valier 6
Camp Point Central 40, Cumberland 0

2024 IHSA state football playoff pairings

Click on the links below:

All the pairings for Class 8A.
All the pairings for Class 7A.
All the pairings for Class 6A.
All the pairings from Class 5A.
All the pairings for Class 4A.
All the pairings for Class 3A.
All the pairings for Class 2A
All the pairings for Class 1A.
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