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

Here is the 2025 All-Fox Valley Conference girls flag football team, as selected by coaches. A total of 38 players from nine schools received All-FVC honors.

"I’m going to miss these kids. They put us back on the map." The season ended Friday for Kaneland. The Knights reached the second round of the playoffs for the seventh time since 2015. And the 8-3 mark matches their best record since a 9-2 campaign in 2013.

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 2 of the playoffs!

Third-seeded St. Charles used three straight turnovers to force a momentum swing, scoring 19 consecutive points for a come-from-behind 26-23 victory over 14th-seeded Carmel to advance to the Class 7A playoff quarterfinals.

Matt Kies flew in and batted down a 2-point conversion pass in the final seconds as the Lockport Porters held on for a 21-20 victory over Homewood-Flossmoor in a classic Class 8A second-round matchup on a rainy Saturday night at Lockport.

Wilmington rushed 54 times for 418 yards and six touchdowns and held host Seneca to just 42 total yards in a 42-0 rain-soaked victory on Saturday in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs.

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Wilmington shut out Seneca 42-0 on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025 at Seneca High School. Check out photos from the game by MaKade Rios.

Donato Gatses rushed for 233 yards and two touchdowns, passing 2,000 yards rushing on the season, as Glenbard North beat Moline 22-14 to advance to a Class 7A quarterfinal rematch with DuKane Conference rival Batavia.