2019 Illinois high school football championships recap

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Nationally-ranked East St. Louis (No. 64), Mount Carmel (No. 89) and Lincoln-Way East (No. 119) captured 2019 Illinois high school football state championships over the weekend at Huskie Stadium on the campus of Northern Illinois University.

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In 8A, Lincoln-Way East won its second state title in three years with a 12-0 win over Warren Township in a battle of unbeatens. The Griffins finish a perfect 14-0.

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The 7A championship game was a battle of state-powers with plenty of hardware between them. Mount Carmel (Chicago) won its 13th overall high school football state championship with 37-13 win over defending champ Nazareth Academy, which brought a 20-game win streak into the contest. NA has played in five of the last six championship games, winning three of them.

The 6A title went to East St. Louis with a 43-21 win over Prairie Ridge. The championship is the ninth overall for the Flyers.

Rochester captured its eight state championship in the last ten years with a 42-28 win over St. Rita in the 5A championship game. It was Rochester’s first 5A score.

2019 Illinois High School Football Championship Scores

4A – Richmond-Burton 50 Murphysboro (co-op) 14

3A – Williamsville 46 Byron 42

2A – Newman Central Catholic 35 Nashville 14

1A – Lena-Winslow 58 Central A&M 20

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.