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Southland Prep Football First Round Playoff Matchups
Several South Side and south suburban prep football teams have made the IHSA playoffs. Here are the first round match-ups this weekend.

CHICAGO, IL - The IHSA State Football Playoffs start this weekend and a number of teams from Chicago's South Side and south suburbs have high expectations heading into the single loss elimination tournament that includes eight bracket classes in Illinois. On the Southland, both Lincoln-Way East and Marist enter the playoffs with perfect 9-0 records. Homewood-Flossmoor, Lincoln-Way Central, Shepard, Crete-Monee and Lemont are all 8-1.
Take a look at the first-round schedule below, with teams of local interest in bold.
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- #30 Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest) (5-4) at #3 Chicago (Marist) (9-0) (map), Fri., Oct. 27, 7:00 pm
- #19 Chicago (Curie) (7-2) at #14 LaGrange (Lyons) (7-2) (map), Sat., Oct. 28, 7:00 pm
- #29 Roselle (Lake Park) (5-4) at #4 Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) (8-1) (map), Fri., Oct. 27, 7:00 pm
- #25 Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) (6-3) at #8 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) (8-1) (map), Sat., Oct. 28, 1:00 pm
- #32 Joliet (West) (5-4) at #1 Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) (9-0) (map), Fri., Oct. 27, 7:00 pm
- #22 Chicago (Simeon) (6-3) at #11 Chicago (St. Rita) (7-2) (map), Fri., Oct. 27, 7:00 pm
- #19 Tinley Park (Andrew) (6-3) at #14 Plainfield (North) (7-2) (map), Fri., Oct. 27, 7:00 pm
- #18 Chicago (Mt. Carmel) (6-3) at #15 Moline (H.S.) (7-2) (map), Sat., Oct. 28, 4:00 pm
- #21 Algonquin (Jacobs) (6-3) at #12 New Lenox (Lincoln-Way West) (7-2) (map), Sat., Oct. 28, 6:00 pm
- #24 Rockford (East) (6-3) at #9 New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central) (8-1) (map), Fri., Oct. 27, 7:00 pm
- #10 Lansing (Thornton Fractional South) (6-3) at #7 Danville (H.S.) (7-2) (map), Fri., Oct. 27, 7:00 pm
- #14 Aurora (Marmion Academy) (5-4) at #3 Palos Heights (Shepard) (8-1) (map), Fri., Oct. 27, 7:30 pm
- #12 Blue Island (Eisenhower) (6-3) at #5 Normal (Community West) (7-2) (map), Sat., Oct. 28, 2:00 pm
- #13 New Lenox (Providence Catholic) (5-4) at #4 Oak Lawn (Richards) (7-2) (map), Fri., Oct. 27, 7:00 pm
- #9 Quincy (Sr.) (6-3) at #8 Burbank (St. Laurence) (6-3) (map), Fri., Oct. 27, 7:00 pm
- #16 Darien (Hinsdale South) (5-4) at #1 Crete (C.-Monee) (8-1) (map), Fri., Oct. 27, 7:00 pm
- #10 Chicago (De La Salle) (6-3) at #7 Hoffman Estates (H.S.) (7-2) (map), Sat., Oct. 28, 6:00 pm
- #9 Cary (C.-Grove) (6-3) at #8 Chicago (St. Ignatius) (7-2) (map), Fri., Oct. 27, 7:00 pm
- #14 Tinley Park (H.S.) (5-4) at #3 Washington (7-2) (map), Sat., Oct. 28, 3:00 pm
- #13 Peoria (H.S.) (6-3) at #4 Country Club Hills (Hillcrest) (7-2) (map), Fri., Oct. 27, 7:00 pm
- #13 Woodstock (North) (5-4) at #4 Lemont (H.S.) (8-1) (map), Fri., Oct. 27, 7:00 pm
- #16 Chicago (Morgan Park) (5-4) vs. #1 Chicago (Phillips) (9-0) at Chicago (Gately Stadium) (map), Sat., Oct. 28, 3:00 pm
- #9 Chicago (Agricultural Science) (6-3) at #8 Rochelle (6-3) (map), Fri., Oct. 27, 7:00 pm
- #16 Chicago (Urban Prep/Englewood) (5-4) at #1 Johnsburg (9-0) (map), Sat., Oct. 28, 6:00 pm
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