High School Football
A look at Veldman’s recent commitment and York’s new football coach.
In partnership with the Bears, Ledley King — who played his entire career for soccer club Tottenham Hotspur of the Premier League — traveled from England to participate in Monday’s girls flag football event at Crane, the alma mater of Bears founder George Halas.
Illinois High School Football State Championships
Chris Burgess has committed to Notre Dame.
Miami has been hitting the area hard recently, landing St. Ignatius lineman Justin Scott and Kenwood defensive end Marquise Lightfoot from the Class of 2024.
Three Kenwood stars signed their letters of intent with D1 schools on Wednesday.
Local players expected to sign during the early signing period, which runs from Dec. 20 to 22.
Illinois high schools voted against the implementation of a district system for football the Illinois High School Association announced on Tuesday.
Turner is heading home, leaving Kenwood after seven seasons to take over at his alma mater.
The proposal schools are currently voting on would divide the state’s football-playing schools into 64 eight-team districts, eight per class.
<sub>IHSA Football State Championship Scores</sub>
Friday, Nov. 24
Class 1A | Camp Point Central 14, Lena-Winslow 0
Class 2A | Wilmington 28, Athens 3
Class 3A | Byron 69, Mt. Carmel, Ill. 7
Class 4A | Rochester 59, St. Laurence 38
Saturday Nov. 25
Class 5A | Nazareth 38, Joliet Catholic 20
Class 6A | Cary-Grove 23, East St. Louis 20
Class 7A | Mount Carmel 35, Downers Grove North 10
Downers Grove North jumps, Lyons returns and Nazareth makes the cut.
Malachuk’s 22-yard touchdown run with 4:16 to play silenced the crowd in Crystal Lake.
Mason Ellens ran the opening kickoff back 92 yards for a touchdown to put the Hilltoppers ahead to stay and played effective defense on Purdue-bound receiver Luke Williams.
Results from all the ranked teams.
Battle is one of the area’s more dynamic running backs, with the speed to run away from defenders and the strength to shake off tackles.
St. Ignatius lineman Justin Scott knew how fast Jack Wanzung was. Joliet West found out on Friday.
The Eagles open the postseason at 2 p.m. Saturday against Peru St. Bede (5-4) at Altgeld Park on the West Side.
Breaking down five of this weekend’s best games.
Mount Carmel is the favorite, but there are multiple solid challengers.
The latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters.
There is a new No. 1 for the first time since 2021.
The first round provides some major punch, especially in Class 7A which features two sensational first-round games, St. Rita at Mount Carmel and Brother Rice at Batavia.
Top-seeded Loyola might actually have the toughest road to the title game.
Links to the pairings for all eight classes.
All the pairings for Class 8A.
All the pairings for Class 7A.
All the pairings for Class 6A.
All the pairings for 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.
Griffin, who has been a starter for the Mustangs since the pandemic spring season in 2021, is a playmaker on offense, defense and special teams.
The Ramblers stuffed a potential game-tying two-point conversion in the final minutes.
As enrollments continue to diverge among the schools under the Public League football umbrella — which includes both traditional Chicago Public Schools and charters — coops are seen as an increasingly viable way to help grow the sport.
Milivojevic, who is committed to Ball State, was 15-for-20 for 234 yards and the two TDs to Willis. He also ran for a score, giving him 31 combined touchdowns this season.
Results from all the ranked teams.
There are schools with more state titles and more wins. But the importance of high school football in Morris goes a step beyond any other local community.
The key play was a 32-yard touchdown pass from Chris Montell to Jason Piskule.