Football: November 2010 Archives

The times and dates for the IHSA football state semifinals have been released:

Class 8A
Maine South (10-2) at Loyola (11-1), 1 p.m. Saturday
Homewood-Flossmoor (10-2) vs. Mount Carmel (10-2) at Gately Stadium, noon Saturday

Class 7A
St. Rita (11-1) at Lake Zurich (11-1), 7 p.m. Saturday
Wheaton Warrenville South (12-0) at Belleville East (10-2), 5 p.m. Saturday

Class 6A
Prairie Ridge (11-1) at Boylan (12-0), 1 p.m. Saturday
Marmion (11-1) at Danville (12-0), 3:30 p.m. Saturday

Class 5A
Montini (10-2) at Kaneland (12-0), 5 p.m. Saturday
Richwoods (12-0) at Chatham Glenwood (9-3), 1 p.m. Saturday

Class 4A
Sandwich (11-1) vs. Alleman (12-0) at Augustana College, 2 p.m. Saturday
Metamora (11-1) at Rochester (12-0), 6 p.m. Saturday

Class 3A
Tolono Unity (11-1) at Stillman Valley (12-0), 2 p.m. Saturday
Mt. Carmel (11-1) at Illini West (12-0), 1 p.m. Saturday

Class 2A
Sterling Newman (12-0) at Deer Creek-Mackinaw (12-0), 2 p.m. Saturday
Casey-Westfield (12-0) at Maroa-Forsyth (10-2), 1:30 p.m. Saturday

Class 1A
Lena-Winslow (11-1) at Lewistown (12-0), 2 p.m. Saturday
Tuscola (11-1) at Brown County (12-0), 2 p.m. Saturday

The Public League has updated its football playoff schedule, and five teams remain in the running for the conference's berth in the Prep Bowl.

Morgan Park and Robeson came back into the city playoffs after losing in the second round of the IHSA playoffs, joining Curie, Orr and Dunbar.

The only quarterfinal game will match Curie and Orr at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Lane Stadium. Dunbar, Morgan Park and Robeson drew byes into the semifinals, which will be on Monday, Nov. 15 at Gately Stadium.

The Public League final will be on Saturday, Nov. 20, with the winner advancing tro the Prep Bowl against the Catholic League representative on Friday, Nov. 26 at Soldier Field.

The IHSA announced on Monday that the state football finals will be carried live not only on a statewide TV network, but on ESPN3.com.

According to the IHSA, this will be ESPN's first venture into carrying a prep state final on any of its numerous platforms.

The games will be played on Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 26-27, at the University of Illinois' Memorial Stadium in Champaign. They'll be available live at www.espn3.com, and will be available later at www.ihsa.tv.

The Chicago-area TV outlet for the football state finals is WPWR (Channel 50). It also will carry the boys and girls basketball state tournaments.