Football: Class 8A playoff pairings
Here are the pairings for the first round of the Class 8A football playoffs. Game days and times will be released by the IHSA Monday afternoon.
Game 1 - #16 LaGrange (Lyons) (5-4) at #1 Lincolnshire (Stevenson) (9-0), TBA
Game 2 - #9 Gurnee (Warren) (7-2) at #8 Wilmette (Loyola Academy) (7-2), TBA
Game 3 - #13 Glenview (Glenbrook South) (6-3) at #4 Winnetka (New Trier) (8-1), TBA
Game 4 - #12 Chicago (Taft) (7-2) at #5 Chicago (Curie) (8-1), TBA
Game 5 - #15 Palatine (Fremd) (6-3) at #2 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) (9-0), TBA
Game 6 - #10 Palatine (H.S.) (7-2) at #7 Huntley (8-1), TBA
Game 7 - #14 Skokie (Niles West) (6-3) at #3 Park Ridge (Maine South) (9-0), TBA
Game 8 - #11 Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) (7-2) at #6 Barrington (8-1), TBA
Game 9 - #8 Aurora (Metea Valley) (5-4) at #1 Aurora (Waubonsie Valley) (8-1), TBA
Game 10 - #5 Chicago (Brother Rice) (6-3) at #4 Naperville (Central) (7-2), TBA
Game 11 - #7 Downers Grove (South) (6-3) at #2 Chicago (Simeon) (8-1), TBA
Game 12 - #6 Lisle (Benet Academy) (6-3) at #3 Hinsdale (Central) (7-2), TBA
Game 13 - #8 Joliet (West) (5-4) at #1 Oswego (H.S.) (8-1), TBA
Game 14 - #5 Bolingbrook (6-3) at #4 Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) (7-2), TBA
Game 15 - #7 Belleville (East) (5-4) at #2 Edwardsville (H.S.) (8-1), TBA
Game 16 - #6 Naperville (Neuqua Valley) (6-3) at #3 Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) (7-2), TBA