Drew Magel’s 20-yard touchdown run wrapped up another dominant performance across the board for the top-seeded Trojans, who racked up 505 total yards of offense and held Lake Forest’s starters scoreless. C-G defeated the No. 6-seeded Scouts, 40-7, in the Class 6A semifinals to reach the state championship for the sixth time in school history. C-G (13-0) will face No. 4-seeded East St. Louis (11-2), a 54-13 winner over No. 7-seeded Crete-Monee, at 1 p.m. Nov. 27 at NIU’s Huskie Field in DeKalb. The Trojans, who won state titles in 2009 and 2018, played their past five state title games in Champaign.

Here’s a look at Saturday’s Class 6A football semifinal game between Cary-Grove and Lake Forest.

No. 6-seed Lake Forest scored with 14 seconds left in the game to stun No. 7 Prairie Ridge 22-21 Saturday in their Class 6A quarterfinal playoff game.

His hands were sweaty and his nerves kept him from looking up at the football that he just booted, but Glenbard North junior kicker Juan Ramirez knew his 43-yard field goal in the final minute of Saturday night’s game was good once he heard the home crowd erupt.

Here’s a look at the second-round football playoff games in Lake County — Cary-Grove at Grayslake Central, Prairie Ridge at Wauconda, and Warren at Glenbard North.

The Batavia defense could smell blood in the water. In the waning minutes of the third quarter during Friday’s Class 7A first-round playoff game against Lake Zurich, the Bears gained three net yards specifically on their second possession of the second half. It forced the Bears’ fourth punt of the game and was a snapshot to the dominance Batavia exhibited in a 37-0 victory, a rematch of the 2017 Class 7A state title game.

Barrington jumped to a 9-0 lead in the first quarter against higher-seeded Warren. But the Blue Devils dominated the second half and pulled out a 27-9 victory in the Class 8A playoffs.

When teams make it to the playoffs, they must be prepared for anything. For Friday’s night’s first round Class 6A playoff matchup between the No. 11-seeded Antioch Sequoits and No. 6 Lake Forest Scouts, they had to battle through something that can’t be replicated in a week’s worth of practice: Mother Nature. By the end of four quarters, it was Lake Forest that came out victorious, with a 27-6 win over the Sequoits.

Here’s a look at the fisrt round of the football playoffs in Lake County, including games being hosted by Warren and Wauconda.

It’s been about checking boxes this season for the Wauconda football team. And so far, the Bulldogs are 2-0. “At the beginning of the year, we talked to our kids and they had three big goals: they wanted to win our conference (Northern Lake County Conference) and they wanted to go 9-0,” Wauconda coach Dave Mills said. “And we’re just checking those boxes off.” Check. Check.