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Mixed results from the state football semifinals
Fremd's Jayden Faulkner looks to get past Mount Carmel's Roman Igwebuike during the IHSA Class 8A football semifinal game on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025 in Chicago. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Mixed results from the state football semifinals

Two local football teams won the right to play one more game next weekend: Montini advanced to the state final on Friday night in Class 4A, and St. Francis will play next Saturday morning in Class 5A.

Prep football

Florio’s big plays lead Montini past Morris in Class 4A semifinal
Nov 22, 2025 8:38 pm - Midway through the first quarter of Saturday’s Class 4A semifinal, the Montini football team found itself in a position it hasn’t been in very often this year. The Broncos were trailing. That didn’t last long, as junior Luca Florio returned a kickoff
 
 

Prep football

St. Francis forces five turnovers, snaps semifinal streak to reach 5A state title game
Nov 22, 2025 8:30 pm - Dario Milivojevic said he felt like he blew the coverage on a big gain by Belvidere North late in the first half. But the St. Francis senior safety also tracked down Blue Thunder receiver Nathan Alexander at the 2-yard and punched the ball loose, all
 
 
Three other teams saw their football seasons end Saturday night: Batavia, Downers Grove North and Fremd had a great run, but they ran into tough matchups Saturday in the state semifinals.

Prep football

Fremd stays close early before Mt. Carmel pulls away in 8A semifinal
Nov 22, 2025 9:10 pm - Fremd’s magical season came to end Saturday in Chicago. The Vikings put together a spirited effort, but came up short to Mt. Carmel 42-21 in the Class 8A semifinals. Top-seeded Mt. Carmel (13-0), which moved up to 8A this season after winning three c
 
 

Prep football

St. Rita uses huge momentum shift in third quarter to take down Batavia and return to Class 7A title game
Nov 22, 2025 8:33 pm - Jack Schapendonk knew he had to do everything he could to keep the ball out of the end zone. With St. Rita holding an 11-point lead with time winding down in the end of the first half, the sophomore and the defense were facing a tall task of keeping
 
 

Prep football

Brother Rice denies Downers Grove North in 7A semifinals
Nov 22, 2025 9:31 pm - C.J. Gray didn’t throw for many yards Saturday. He didn’t have to. Behind a massive and physical offensive line, the Brother Rice senior quarterback ran for four of his team’s six rushing scores to lead the host Crusaders to a 45-17 win over Downers
 
 
Saturday also concluded the first week of the girls basketball season, and we had coverage of girls basketball also. The boys basketball season starts Monday. Look for our preseason boys basketball Top 20 and our boys basketball season previews in the next few days.

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Libertyville builds big lead, holds off Hersey
Nov 22, 2025 7:04 pm - Libertyville's Elle Pawelczyk is hoping to study business management at the University of Tennessee, which was the home of legendary women's basketball coach Pat Summitt who won 1,089 games. On Saturday afternoon at Buffalo Grove High School, the Bi
 
 
Here are all the scores from Saturday’s high school sports action. Coaches are reminded to email all of their varsity scores to us at prepsports@dailyherald.com to be included in our scoreboard.

Girls basketball

High school scores for Nov. 22
Nov 22, 2025 9:57 pm - Football IHSA State Semifinals Class 8A #1 Mt. Carmel 42, #4 Fremd 21 #11 Oswego 10, #23 Lockport 7 Class 7A #25 St. Rita 54, #13 Batavia 34 #6 Brother Rice 45, #15 Downers Grove North 17 Class 6A #11 Fenwick 28, #1 Nazareth Acad
 
 
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