BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL — Calhoun and East St. Louis will host the area’s only home games in the second round of the Illinois High School Association football playoffs, with quarterfinal berths at stake Friday night and Saturday afternoon.
The IHSA announced dates and kickoff times Monday at its office in Bloomington-Normal for the second round of its 53rd football playoffs. All other remaining area teams will play on the road.
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East St. Louis, the No. 4 seed in Class 7A, will host Chicago St. Patrick at 6 p.m. Friday. The Flyers defeated Burbank Reavis 69-0 last week after receiving a bye into the first round. St. Patrick advanced with a 54-37 opening-round victory over Collinsville and a 49-13 win over Chicago Westinghouse College Prep last week.
In Class 1A, Hardin Calhoun, the No. 3 seed in the southern bracket, will host No. 6 seed Tuscola at 2 p.m. Saturday. Both teams received byes into the first round. Calhoun defeated Carlyle 46-0, while Tuscola beat Casey-Westfield 48-6.
No. 16 seed Roxana will visit No. 8 seed Monticello at 2 p.m. Saturday in Class 3A. Roxana defeated Metropolis Massac County 60-23 at home in the opening round before upsetting top-seeded Hillsboro 55-48 on the road last week. Monticello advanced with a 34-0 first-round win over Stanford Olympia.
Two area teams remain in Class 4A. No. 10 seed Highland will play at No. 2 seed Carterville at 2 p.m. Saturday, and No. 11 seed Cahokia will visit No. 3 seed Rochester at 4 p.m.
Highland defeated Lincoln 56-12 in the opening round and Freeburg 54-34 on the road in the first round. Carterville received a bye into the first round before beating Salem 37-0 last week.
Cahokia advanced with a 47-0 opening-round victory over East Peoria and a 24-21 first-round win at Jacksonville. Rochester defeated Waterloo 49-7 after receiving a bye into the first round.
In Class 5A, No. 5 seed Triad, the area’s only remaining team in that classification, will visit No. 4 seed Morton at 2 p.m. Saturday. Both teams received byes into the first round, where Triad beat Washington 24-7 and Morton defeated Lemont 46-14.
The quarterfinals are scheduled for Nov. 13-14, with dates and kickoff times to be announced next Monday at the IHSA office. The semifinals will be Nov. 20-21.
The championship games will be played Nov. 27-28 at Illinois State University’s Hancock Stadium in Bloomington-Normal. The Class 1A-4A finals are scheduled for Nov. 27, followed by the Class 5A-8A finals Nov. 28. Kickoff times each day will be 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7 p.m.
