(12-1-24) This last weekend 8 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) State Football Champions were crowned.

The good news…two #1 seeds picked up titles in Class 1A and 6A.

One #3 seed and one #6 seed picked up trophies.

The bad news…two #9 seeds, one #12 seed and one #19 seed won.

  • Class 1A – #1 seed
  • Class 2A – #6 seed
  • Class 3A – #9 seed
  • Class 4A – #9 seed
  • Class 5A – #3 seed
  • Class 6A – #1 seed
  • Class 7A – #19 seed
  • Class 8A – #12 seed

Not all classes seed the same way class 8A and 7A seeds all 32 qualifiers (1-32) together, while the other classes seed two brackets of 16 (1-16)

It might be noted that of the 8 state champions 7 of them were private schools…East St. Louis was the the only public school to win a state title in Class 6A.

  • Class 1A: Belleville Althoff 57, Lena-Winslow 14
  • Class 2A: Palos Heights Chicago Christian 47, Maroa-Forsyth 0
  • Class 3A: Lombard Montini 49, Monticello 8
  • Class 4A: Chicago DePaul 40, Mt. Zion 6
  • Class 5A: LaGrange Park Nazareth 29, Joliet Catholic 27
  • Class 6A: East St. Louis 48, Geneva 28
  • Class 7A: Chicago Mt. Carmel 55, Batavia 34
  • Class 8A: Wilmette Loyola Academy 35, Elmhurst York 14,