Half of the field at the IHSA football state championships is private schools. And they dominated on the first day of games ...

Here are the final scores, recaps and our players of the game from each state championship game at Illinois State ...

DePaul (11-3) won the school its first title since precursor Gordon Tech won a title in 1980. The Rams did it with a run game ...

Malachuk threw for 336 yards and four touchdowns Saturday to lead the Roadrunners to a 29-27 victory over Joliet Catholic in ...

Geneva, in the state finals for the first time since 2008, gave East St. Louis a stout challenge before losing 48-28 in the ...

Quarterback Logan Malachuk led the offense over those three titles and linebacker Gabe Kaminski spearheaded the defense.

The Journal Star each week spotlights the top-performing teams and players from weekend playoff games. This week, we take a ...

The IHSA football state championship games are Friday and Saturday at Hancock Stadium, on the campus of Illinois State ...

Nazareth senior quarterback Logan Malachuk stood on the east side of Illinois State’s Hancock Stadium field, looked into the stands and took it all in Saturday afternoon. Nothing ran through his ...

After eight years, Mike Bukovsky earned his state title as Montini’s head coach. The Broncos’ offense was unstoppable most of ...

The IHSA moved to eight classes in 2001 and for the first time ever Saturday, Nov. 30 at Hancock Stadium in Normal, two ...

Public school teams were outscored by a combined 193-26 in four losses against private schools in state title games.