Local Teams Square Off in First Round of Playoffs This Weekend

Several local high school football teams will square off in the first round of playoffs this Saturday. 

Jacobs High School football team (5-4) will compete against No. 2-seeded Boylan Catholic (9-0) in Rockford at 1 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Illinois High School Association website. 

Huntley High School (6-3) will play No. 7-seeded Fenwick High School (7-2) in Oak Park at 7 p.m. Saturday in Oak Park, according to the IHSA.

No. 1-seeded Cary-Grove High School (9-0) will host Rockford's Auburn High School (5-4), a No. 16 seed, in the first round of the playoffs Saturday in class 6A. The game will kick off at 4 p.m. Saturday in Cary. 

Also in class 6A, Hyde Park Academy High School (6-2) will travel to Crystal Lake Central High School (7-2) Saturday. Hyde Park, a No. 13 seed, will square off against Crystal Lake Central, a No. 4 seed, starting at 1 p.m. Saturday. 

Crystal Lake South High School (6-3) will travel to Lake Zurich (7-2) Saturday. The No. 11th seed South Gators, in the playoffs for their 11th consecutive year, will face Lake Zurich, No. 6 seed, starting at 2 p.m. Saturday in the class 7A round 1 playoffs.

Winners of each game will advance to the second round of the playoffs.