2025 IHSA/I8FA playoff pairings: first round information for BCR/NewsTribune teams

Illinois high school football: IHSA playoff first-round matchups for all classes statewide

Here are the first-round IHSA football playoff matchups for all classes across the entire state of Illinois.

2025 IHSA state football playoff pairings and scores

In the first round, the higher seed hosts the game. In subsequent rounds, the school that has hosted fewer times during the current playoff series hosts the game. If both teams have hosted an equal number of times, the higher seed hosts. The game must be played on Saturday, unless both schools agree to play the game on Friday.One playoff round will take place each week, starting with the first round games on Friday, Oct. 31 and Saturday, Nov. 1.…

The road to state begins: IHSA reveals 2025 football playoff matchups

Here's all eight classes of the IHSA football playoffs.

2025 IHSA/I8FA playoff pairings: first round information for BCR/NewsTribune teams

A look at the first-round playoff games for Princeton and Amboy.

IHSA bracket, schedule for first-round Illinois high school football games

The Illinois high school football playoffs are set. See the entire first-round IHSA bracket and schedule.

St. Joseph-Ogden set to face #3 Benton Rangers in IHSA Playoffs

Benton Rangers, 9-0 and dominant in the Southern River-to-River, host paper underdogs St. Joseph-Ogden for their First-Round IHSA 2025 playoff game. Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks St. Joseph-Ogden's Wyatt Wertz slips a Pontiac tackle during their conference game on Friday. Wertz scored three times and racked up 202 all-purpose yards. ST. JOSEPH - The IHSA playoff brackets are set, and St. Joseph-Ogden fans have something to circle on their calend…