This weekend is big weekend for high school football around the Stateline as the high school play-offs begin. A number of local teams are represented.

 Here are weekend's first round match-ups:

Class 8A

  • #10 Palatine (H.S.) (7-2) at #7 Huntley (8-1), Saturday, November 1st @ 2pm

Class 7A

  •  #12 Rockford (Auburn) (6-3) at #5 Rockton (Hononegah) (8-1), Saturday, November 1st @ 4pm
  •  #10 Mundelein (Carmel) (6-3) at #7 Machesney Park (Harlem) (7-2), Saturday, November 1st @ 1pm

Class 6A

  • #16 Rockford (Boylan Catholic) (5-4) at #1 LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) (9-0), TBA
  • #13 Lake Forest (H.S.) (6-3) at #4 Belvidere (North) (8-1), Friday October 31 @ 7:30 p.m
  • #15 Aurora (Marmion Academy) (6-3) at #2 DeKalb (8-1), Friday October 31 @ 7:00 p.m

Class 5A

  • #16 Belvidere (H.S.) (5-4) at #1 Geneseo (9-0), Saturday, November 1st @ 1pm
  •  #10 Sterling (H.S.) (6-3) at #7 Burlington (Central) (6-3), TBA

Class 4A

  • #16 Chicago (Payton) (4-5) at #1 Rockford (Lutheran) (9-0), Friday October 31 @ 7:00 p.m
  • #10 Mendota (6-3) at #7 Coal City (7-2), TBA
  • #11 Richmond (R.-Burton) (6-3) at #6 Dixon (H.S.) (7-2), Saturday, November 1st @ 1pm

Class 3A

  • #5 Chicago (Raby) (5-4) at #4 Oregon (5-4), Friday October 31 @ 7:30 p.m
  • #7 Byron (5-4) at #2 Chicago (Bowen) (8-1), Saturday, November 1st @ Noon
  • #6 Poplar Grove (North Boone) (5-4) at #3 Chicago (Harper) (6-3), Saturday, November 1st @ 3:30 pm

Class 2A

  • #8 Amboy [A.-LaMoille Coop] (5-4) at #1 Pearl City [Eastland-P.C. Coop] (9-0), Saturday, November 1st @ 5pm

Class 1A

  • #8 Hebron (Alden-H.) [Coop] (5-4) at #1 Rockford (Christian Life) (9-0), Saturday, November 1st @ 2pm
  • #5 Lena (L.-Winslow) (6-3) at #4 Stockton (7-2), TBA
  • #6 Dakota (5-4) at #3 Freeport (Aquin) (7-2), Saturday, November 1st @ 1pm
  • #7 Fulton (H.S.) (6-3) at #2 Forreston (8-1), TBA

 

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