A season of triumphs: Heyworth's playoff run concludes

Heyworth competited fiercely and represented their school withhonor and pride.

The Heyworth Hornets capped off an outstanding football season today, concluding their impressive playoff run against a formidable Stockton Blackhawks squad in the IHSA Class 1A Second Round. While the final scoreboard, Stockton 26, Heyworth 3, did not fall the Hornets' way, it cannot overshadow the tremendous accomplishments of this team and its community.

The Hornets fought hard, earning a valuable field goal and demonstrating the resilience and tenacity that defined their path to the second round. Playing against the number one seed is a testament to the level of success Heyworth achieved this year—a season marked by tenacity, skill, and the unified spirit of the entire town.

To the players, coaches, and the loyal Heyworth faithful: hold your heads high. You competed fiercely and represented your school with honor and pride. This deep run into the playoffs establishes a strong foundation and raises the bar for the program's future. The entire Heyworth community can look back on this season with immense pride. This is not an ending, but a springboard for even greater things to come.

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IHSA second-round playoff scores and results

Unity Rocket Tre Hoggard carries the ball

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

TOLONO - After shaking three Monticello tacklers, Unity Tre Hoggard looks for a path around Sages'Nolan Buehnerkemper during first half action. Later, as time ran out in the fourth quarter, Hoggard intercepted a pass on a Monticello two-point coversion attempt to punch the Rockets' ticket to a quarterfinal playoff game against Williamsville in a barn burning 21-20 win on Saturday.

Illini Prairie Conference scores

Monmouth-Roseville 29, Bloomington Central Catholic 28
Unity 21, Monticello 20
St. Joseph -Ogden 42, Roxana 32

Big Twelve Conference scores

Montini 47, Peoria Notre Dame 17
Oak Forest 34, Bloomington 14
Peoria 38, Morton 34
Simeon 36, Normal West 21

Scores from around the state

Games listed in bracket order.

CLASS 1A:

Stockton 26, Heyworth 3
Dwight 43, Clifton Central 14
Kewanee Wethersfield 33, Mackinaw (Deer Creek) 26
Lena-Winslow 43, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 14
Hardin Calhoun 22, Greenfield-Northwestern Coop 14 (OT)
Casey (Westfield) 48, Nokomis 14
Mt. Sterling (Brown County) 16, Camp Point Central 8
Carrollton 34, Dupo 19

CLASS 2A:

Tri-Valley 24, Taylor Ridge Rockridge 17
Wilmington 42, Seneca 0
El Paso-Gridley 31, Newman Central Catholic 0
Farmington 21, Aurora Christian 14
Maroa-Forsyth 41, Johnston City 6
Flora 17, Pana 14
Westville 49, DuQuoin 13
Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond 41, Cumberland 22

CLASS 3A:

Richmond-Burton 57, Aurora Central Catholic
Monmouth-Roseville 29, Bloomington Central Catholic 28
Byron 38, Pecatonica 12
IC Catholic 37, Kankakee McNamara 27
Williamsville 53, Petersburg PORTA 14
Unity 21, Monticello 20
Vandalia 42, Greenville 21
St. Joseph-Ogden 42, Roxana 32

CLASS 4A:

Montini 47, Peoria Notre Dame 17
Coal City 49, Dixon 42
Morris 64, Metamora 50
Geneseo 29, Macomb 0
Cahokia 36, Jacksonville 13
Breese Central 42, Freeburg 7
Sacred Heart-Griffin 45, Carterville 15
Rochester 55, Waterloo 21

CLASS 5A:

Wheaton St. Francis 41, Prairie Ridge 38
Chicago King 21, Chicago Corliss [Coop] 6
Belvidere North 30, Kaneland 25
Cary-Grove 55, St. Patrick 21
Washington 38, Mahomet-Seymour 14
Providence Catholic 35, Kankakee 25
Oak Forest 34, Bloomington 14
Peoria 38, Morton 34

CLASS 6A:

Nazareth Academy 28, Warrenville South 7
Lake Zurich 35, Antioch 0
Burlington Central 24, Harlem 14
Fenwick 45, Rolling Meadows 7
East St. Louis 53, Chatham Glenwood 14
Simeon 36, Normal West 21
St. Laurence 35, Bradley-Bourbonnais 21
Dunlap 28, Crete-Monee 21

CLASS 7A:

Hersey 42, Richards 21
St. Rita 31, Lincoln-Way Central 28
Batavia 42, Glenbard East 21
Glenbard North 22, Moline 14
Downers Grove North 19, Glenbard West 7
Lincoln-Way West 43, Kenwood 20
St. Charles North 26, Carmel 23
Brother Rice 46, Jacobs 0

CLASS 8A:

Mt. Carmel 48, Belleville East 29
Lincoln-Way East 55, Palatine 13
Fremd 45, Lyons 21
Bolingbrook 20, Warren 14
Barrington 38, Glenbrook South 20
Lockport 21, Homewood-Flossmoor 20
Maine South 33, Hinsdale Central 29
Oswego 45, Lane 10