Each week, we’ll have 22 players – 11 on offense, 11 on defense – to make the Friday Night Drive Team of the Week. Vote for your favorite players for Round 1 of the playoffs!

After relying on its ground game for most of the night, Burlington Central went airborne to pull out a thrilling 21-17 Class 6A opening round win over Libertyville Saturday night at Rocket Hill.

Here are the second round pairings for the 2025 IHSA playoffs.

A touchdown with 59.5 seconds to play was the difference in DuPec’s 18-13 Class 3A playoff victory over host Johnsburg.

Jacobs made a goal-line stand then drove 99 yards for a touchdown to help spark the Golden Eagles to a 36-27 win over Addison Trail in the first round of the Class 7A playoffs.

Freshman Lennox Szymonik placed fourth individually and led Jacobs to a state berth with a sixth-place finish Saturday at the Class 3A Hoffman Estates Sectional.

Richmond-Burton was held scoreless, and Chicago Academy's Bryan Juarez scored two second half goals to lift the Cougars past the Rockets 3-0 in their Class 1A Johnsburg Sectional championship on Saturday.

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Cary-Grove faces Sycamore in and IHSA football Class 5A first-round playoff game on Saturday, November 1, 2025 at Al Bohrer Field on the campus of Cary-Grove High School in Cary.

Alden-Hebron's Jack Stewart scored on a 50-yard touchdown run as the Giants fell to South Beloit 37-6 in their Illinois 8-Man Football Association playoff opener on Saturday.