2023 Illinois high school football playoff scores – 1st Round

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The 2023 Illinois high school football playoffs are underway. Below you can see all of the first round scores in the state’s eight classifications.

The state championships will be played at Illinois State University on November 24-25.

Illinois High School Football Scores

Playoffs – 1st Round

8A

Game 1 — Wilmette (Loyola Academy) 45, Plainfield (North) 9

Game 2 — Naperville (Neuqua Valley) 31, Palatine (H.S.) 17

Game 3 — Huntley 26, Skokie (Niles West) 14

Game 4 — Chicago (St. Ignatius) 39, Joliet (West) 6

Game 5 — Edwardsville (H.S.) 35, Aurora (West Aurora) 14

Game 6 — Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) 23, Naperville (North) 8

Game 7 — Elmhurst (York) 43, Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) 22

Game 8 — LaGrange (Lyons) 31, Lincolnshire (Stevenson) 6

Game 9 — Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) 56, Chicago (Taft) 0

Game 10 — Minooka 27, Orland Park (Sandburg) 7

Game 11 — South Elgin 55, Chicago (Lane) 6

Game 12 — Gurnee (Warren) 39, Oswego (H.S.) 3

Game 13 — Barrington 42, Glenview (Glenbrook South) 18

Game 14 — Naperville (Central) 31, Downers Grove (South) 22

Game 15 — Park Ridge (Maine South) 35, Lockport (Twp.) 0

Game 16 — Belleville (East) 70, Aurora (East) 0

7A

Game 1 — Normal (Community) 43, Summit (Argo) 0

Game 2 — Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) 38, St. Charles (North) 21

Game 3 — Addison (A. Trail) 21, Chicago (Lincoln Park) 18

Game 4 — Lombard (Glenbard East) 24, Machesney Park (Harlem) 0

Game 5 — Arlington Heights (Hersey) 28, Wheaton (Warrenville South) 19

Game 6 — Downers Grove (North) 42, Chicago (Kenwood) 13

Game 7 — Collinsville 20, Des Plaines (Maine West) 15

Game 8 — New Lenox (Lincoln-Way West) 40, Hoffman Estates (H.S.) 14

Game 9 — Rockton (Hononegah) 56, Rockford (Auburn) 12

Game 10 — Villa Park (Willowbrook) 21, Yorkville (H.S.) 13

Game 11 — Batavia 46, Chicago (Brother Rice) 0

Game 12 — New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central) 23, Algonquin (Jacobs) 14

Game 13 — Quincy (Sr.) 44, West Chicago (H.S.) 14

Game 14 — Wheaton (North) 34, Chicago (Whitney Young) 0

Game 15 — Chicago (Mt. Carmel) 39, Chicago (St. Rita) 10

Game 16 — Mt. Prospect (Prospect) 46, Buffalo Grove 20

6A

Game 1 — Lake Zurich 21, Crystal Lake (Central) 7

Game 2 — Maple Park (Kaneland) 56, Riverside (R.-Brookfield) 20

Game 3 — Belvidere (North) 38, Chicago (Amundsen) 20

Game 4 — Wauconda 21, Fox Lake (Grant) 20

Game 5 — Lake Forest (H.S.) 49, Chicago (Lake View) 6

Game 6 — Geneva 50, Chicago (Senn) 8

Game 7 — Cary (Grove) 49, Libertyville 6

Game 8 — Highland Park 56, Chicago (Mather) 6

Game 9 — Kankakee (Sr.) 29, Midlothian (Bremen) 6

Game 10 — Blue Island (Eisenhower) 42, Dunlap 41 (2 OT)

Game 11 — East St. Louis (Sr.) 61, Lemont (H.S.) 0

Game 12 — Normal (Community West) 37, Chicago (Simeon) 6

Game 13 — Washington 59, Danville (H.S.) 14

Game 14 — Crete (Monee) 47, Champaign (Centennial) 13

Game 15 — Oak Lawn (Richards) 55, Chicago (Hubbard) 7

Game 16 — Chatham (Glenwood) 63, Bloomington (H.S.) 28

5A

Game 1 — Sterling (H.S.) 50, Chicago (Payton) 0

Game 2 — Wheaton (St. Francis) 45, Rochelle 14

Game 3 — Chicago (Morgan Park) 34, Chicago (Corliss) [Coop] 12

Game 4 — Sycamore (H.S.) 42, Evergreen Park 13

Game 5 — LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) 35, Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) 28

Game 6 — Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) 54, Chicago (Noble/UIC) 0

Game 7 — Antioch 63, Chicago (Englewood STEM) 8

Game 8 — Mundelein (Carmel) 69, Chicago (Lindblom) 14

Game 9 — Morris 56, Tinley Park (H.S.) 6

Game 10 — Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin) 23, Calumet City (Thornton Fractional North) 0

Game 11 — Troy (Triad) 20, Mahomet (Seymour) 19

Game 12 — Joliet (Catholic Academy) 40, Peoria (H.S.) 16

Game 13 — New Lenox (Providence Catholic) 21, Morton 14

Game 14 — Country Club Hills (Hillcrest) 22, Carbondale (H.S.) 8

Game 15 — Highland 35, Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 14

Game 16 — Metamora 36, Decatur (MacArthur) 14

4A

Game 1 — Chicago (Dyett) 28, Chicago (Agricultural Science) 14

Game 2 — Sandwich 49, Norridge (Ridgewood) 34

Game 3 — West Chicago (Wheaton Academy) 68, Chicago (Phoenix) 0

Game 4 — Arlington Heights (St. Viator) 14, Richmond (R.-Burton) 0

Game 5 — Rockford (Boylan Catholic) 43, Chicago (Phillips) 12

Game 6 — Elmhurst (IC Catholic) 35, Geneseo 12

Game 7 — Dixon (H.S.) 10, Plano 7

Game 8 — Burbank (St. Laurence) 64, Chicago (C. Vocational) 0

Game 9 — Rochester 59, Lincoln 14

Game 10 — Coal City 44, Normal (University) 0

Game 11 — Breese (Central) 19, Cahokia (H.S.) 2

Game 12 — Mt. Zion 21, Effingham (H.S.) 2

Game 13 — Murphysboro 49, Taylorville 13

Game 14 — Charleston 27, Freeburg 24 (OT)

Game 15 — Peoria (Notre Dame) 28, Kewanee (H.S.) 13

Game 16 — Harrisburg 23, Carterville 12

3A

Game 1 — Byron 72, Chicago (Noble/Hansberry) 0

Game 2 — Peotone 34, Chicago (Crane) 13

Game 3 — Stillman Valley 21, Chicago (Noble/Johnson) 20

Game 4 — Pecatonica [Du-Pec Coop] 34, Oregon 0

Game 5 — Princeton 44, Paxton (Buckley-Loda) 7

Game 6 — Monmouth (M.-Roseville) 35, Poplar Grove (North Boone) 14

Game 7 — Fairbury (Prairie Central) 48, Chicago (North Lawndale Charter) 6

Game 8 — Lombard (Montini) 48, Eureka 6

Game 9 — DuQuoin (H.S.) 28, Monticello 21

Game 10 — Tolono (Unity) 35, Williamsville 21

Game 11 — Mt. Carmel 24, Benton 17

Game 12 — Sullivan [Sullivan-Okaw Valley Coop] 14, Clinton 13

Game 13 — Greenville 35, Fairfield 12

Game 14 — Stanford (Olympia) 20, Litchfield [Coop] 17

Game 15 — Roxana 50, Paris 22

Game 16 — St. Joseph (Ogden) 38, Carlinville 15

2A

Game 1 — Seneca 45, Dwight [Dwight/Gardner-So. Wilmington Coop] 0

Game 2 — Taylor Ridge (Rockridge) 37, Westville 21

Game 3 — Downs (Tri-Valley) 24, El Paso (Gridley) 0

Game 4 — Wilmington 41, Aledo (Mercer County) 14

Game 5 — Maroa (M.-Forsyth) 42, Palos Heights (Chicago Christian) 6

Game 6 — Momence 16, Knoxville 8

Game 7 — Bloomington (Central Catholic) 47, Mendon (Unity) [Unity-Payson Coop] 0

Game 8 — Farmington 28, Bismarck (B.-Henning-Rossville-Alvin) 23

Game 9 — Quincy (Notre Dame) 21, Arthur (A.-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond) 14

Game 10 — Nashville 49, Pana (H.S.) 7

Game 11 — Athens 33, Piasa (Southwestern) 7

Game 12 — Red Bud 7, Chester 0 (OT)

Game 13 — Shelbyville 48, Trenton (Wesclin) 0

Game 14 — Vandalia 34, Lawrenceville 22

Game 15 — Johnston City 16, Auburn 8

Game 16 — Breese (Mater Dei) 40, Carmi (White County) 22

1A

Game 1 — Lena (L.-Winslow) 50, Rockford (Lutheran) 13

Game 2 — Forreston 20, Ottawa (Marquette) 7

Game 3 — Kewanee (Wethersfield) [A.-Wethersfield Coop] 41, Mackinaw (Deer Creek) 6

Game 4 — Morrison 34, Fulton (H.S.) 12

Game 5 — Toulon (Stark County) 34, Princeville 20

Game 6 — Oneida (ROWVA) [Coop] 28, Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) 14

Game 7 — Chicago (C. Hope Academy) 58, Peru (St. Bede) 6

Game 8 — Aurora (Christian) 38, Gibson City (Melvin-Sibley) 7

Game 9 — Camp Point (Central) 54, Bridgeport (Red Hill) 0

Game 10 — Hardin (Calhoun) [Coop] 42, Heyworth 14

Game 11 — Belleville (Althoff Catholic) 76, Tuscola 41

Game 12 — LeRoy 45, Villa Grove 14

Game 13 — Sesser (Valier) [Coop] 34, Carrollton 8

Game 14 — Catlin (Salt Fork) 7, Winchester [West Central Coop] 0

Game 15 — Greenfield [G.-Northwestern Coop] 52, Nokomis 13

Game 16 — Casey (Westfield) 49, Toledo (Cumberland) 7

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