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IHSA state football championship game scores

All the scores from the state title games in Champaign this weekend.

By Michael O’Brien

Fenwick football players celebrate winning the IHSA Class 5A state championship against Kankakee.

IHSA State Football Championships

All games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign

Friday, November 25

Class 1A

Lena-Winslow 30, Camp Point Central 8

Class 2A

St. Teresa 29, Tri-Valley 22

Class 3A

IC Catholic 48, Williamsville 17

Class 4A

Sacred Heart-Griffin 44, Providence 20

Saturday, November 26

Class 5A

Nazareth 45, Peoria 44

Class 6A

East St. Louis 57, Prairie Ridge 7

Class 7A

Mount Carmel 44, Batavia 20

Class 8A

Loyola 13, Lincoln-Way East 3

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