Fifteen teams handed out upsets, besting higher seed opponents to kick off this year's IHSA football playoffs. Here's who advanced to the next round from Friday night games around the state
Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks
Prairie Central's Lee Slagel and Javan Bazzell tackle St. Joseph-Ogden quarterback Lane McKinney during their road game at Dick Duval Field in August. Outscoring Chicago Christian 30-6 in the first half, the Hawks (5-5) won their opening-round playoff game decisively, 44-20. Prairie Central is back on the road again next week, traveling to face the northern bracket's No. 2 seed Byron.
IHSA Opening Round Football Scores
- Red Hill 12, Cumberland 0
- Abingdon-Avon 49, Morrison 7
- Marquette 42, Princeville 21
- Dwight 21, Bureau Valley 8
- Warrensburg-Latham 42, Georgetown
- St. Teresa 42, Piasa Southwestern 7
- Stillman Valley 32, Reed-Custer 31
- Winnebago 42, Elmwood 12
- Prairie Central 44, Chicago Christian 20
- Chicago Hope 35, Monmouth-Roseeville 14
- Greenville 28, PORTA 18
- Genoa-Kingston 25, North Boone 20
- Cahokia 47, East Peoria 0
- Highland 56, Lincoln 12
- Dixon 28, Plano 13
- Civic Memorial 28, Quincy Notre Dame 24
- Waterloo 34, Taylorville 28
- Tinley Park 20, Woodstock North 8
- Salem 26, Richland County 22
- St. Francis 61, Grayslake North 6
- Sycamore 48, Crystal Lake Central 14
- Lemont 48, Peoria 6
- Oak Forest 56, Danville 6
- Quincy 41, Thornton Fractional South 7
- East Moline United 24, Champaign Central 3
- Highland Park 35, Streamwood 14
- Joliet Catholic 44, Bradley-Bourbonnais 3
- Moline 42, Benet Academy 38
- Lincoln-Way West 42, Mundelein 14
- Buffalo Grove 28, Andrew 27
- Lockport 35, Stevenson 21
- Yorkville 41, Palatine 14
Games won by lower seeds
- #18 Prairie Central defeated #15 Chicago Christian, 44-20
- #19 Waterloo defeated #14 Taylorville, 34-28
- #17 Tinley Park defeated #16 Woodstock North, 20-8
- #18 St. Francis defeated #15 Grayslake North, 61-6
- #17 Glenbard South defeated #16 Payton, 40-7
- #21 Washington defeated #12 Mascoutah, 35-28
- #20 Nazareth Academy defeated #13 Shepard, 44-14
- #17 St. Charles East defeated #16 Elk Grove, 42-21
- #23 Rolling Meadows defeated #10 Addison Trail, 34-26
- #18 Carmel defeated #15 Nobel/Bulls, 38-20
- #33 Oak Park-River Forest defeated #32 Aurora East, 58-7
- #35 Minooka defeated #30 Evanston, 35-21
- #36 Reavis defeated Elgin, 31-28
- #38 Glenbard North defeated Hoffman Estates, 34-20
- #18 Red Hill defeated Cumberland, 12-0