A proposal to expand the IHSA football playoffs by 128 teams was passed by a schoolwide membership vote, 377-252 (with 96 ...

The high school football playoffs in Illinois will feature more teams when the 2026 postseason rolls around. And the regular season will start one week earlier.

The IHSA announced a proposal passed on Tuesday that will expand the playoffs from 32 teams to 48 teams in each of the eight ...

IHSA Proposal 19 was passed by a majority of member schools in an IHSA schoolwide vote. Its implementation will increase the ...

As the IHSA announced an expansion of the football playoffs starting next season, Suburban Life-area coaches offered their ...

The finals of the IHSA state football playoffs are almost done. Championship games in Classes 1A-4A were played as scheduled Friday at Hancock Stadium in Normal. The 5A and 6A finals were made up on ...

Both games will be at Illinois State University’s Hancock Stadium. The Class 5A game, Providence vs. St. Francis, will start at 3 p.m. with the Class 6A game, Fenwick vs. East St. Louis, following at ...

Here are the final scores and top performers from the Class 5A and 6A state championship games from Hancock Stadium in ...

The 2025 Illinois High School Association football state championships continued Tuesday and Wednesday with four games ...

The new IHSA football playoff parameters would have included seven additional teams from the Springfield area, including two teams that went 2-7.

Playoff expansion in Illinois high school football has become a reality. The Illinois High School Association on Tuesday announced the playoff field expanding from 256 teams to 384 teams has been ...

Evergreen Park coach Jim Ramazinski saw his team finish on the wrong side of the bubble this fall, going 4-5 and missing the playoffs. That’s going to change now. The Illinois High School Association ...