For the second straight Friday, Lyons edged York in the final seconds, this time on Ryland Avants' 31-yard field goal as time expired for a 24-21 win in the Class 8A first-round game in Western Springs.

There's a prominent addition to the Class 8A field in Mount Carmel, but there's plenty of teams that are hoping than can keep the Caravan from collecting 8A hardware. Steve Soucie breaks down the opening round of the 2025 IHSA Class 8A Playoffs.

Here are previews and picks for IHSA first-round playoff games for teams from the Suburban Life coverage area.

Simon Kodosky, York brace for playoff rematch with Lyons, Nazareth not getting caught up in talk of four-peat ahead of playoff opener and Lemont set for huge challenge of Kankakee in Bob Narang's Suburban Life football notebook.

Join hosts Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz as they preview Week 1 in the Illinois high school football playoffs for the western suburbs

Here are first-round playoff breakdowns for teams from the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here are the first round pairings for the IHSA playoffs.

Junior running back EJ Kuhlman's historic performance powered Lyons past rival York on Friday, as his 246 rushing yards set a new program record.

Get ready for Week 9 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Suburban Life coveragea area.