Jameson Purcell threw for 280 yards and three touchdowns while running for another score, leading Maine South past West Aurora 41-6 in a Class 8A second-round game.

Top-seeded teams all moved along with little difficulty. Will that trend continue in Round 2? Steve Soucie breaks down the second round of the 2024 IHSA Class 8A playoffs.

Sophomore Jameson Purcell threw for 479 yards and six touchdowns, as Maine South won a 49-42 barnburner over Naperville North in Saturday night's Class 8A first-round game.

Has parity arrived in IHSA football? The numbers certainly seem to indicate that it has. Steve Soucie takes a look at what we learned in Week 4.

Nick Peipert threw for 400 yards and four touchdowns, and his 50-yard TD pass to Paul Kondraros put Barrington ahead to stay in a wild 42-35 win over Maine South.

Brandon Jenkins rushed for 238 yards and two touchdowns on 33 carries, and his interception in the final minutes preserved Hersey's dramatic 28-23 win over Maine South.

The majority of conferences around the state open up league play in Week 3. Will the typically hierarchies hold? Or will new teams emerge as favorites? Steve Soucie looks at some of the top Week 3 matchups.

Constantine Coines and Michael Dellumo led an offense that piled up 440 yards, and Maine South bounced back from a Week 1 loss to fly past Warren 35-18.

There's really no such thing as a must win game in Week 2, but there are a laundry list of games around the state that when the dust clears at the end of the year what happened in Week 2 could loom large.