CCL/ESCC schedules for 2026

jotapepe

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Per Snap (former 8to18), IC Catholic is playing St. Mary's South Side in Week 2 at Illinois Wesleyan.
 

jotapepe

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What I've found so far (please add if you have more intel): (THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED AS I GET MORE INFORMATION - h/t to @CCHS-Fan and anyone else)

Loyola
vs. Warren (or at, not sure)
at Ind. Cathedral
vs. St. Rita
vs. Brother Rice
at Benet
at Marist
vs. St. Ignatius
at IC Catholic
at Mount Carmel

Niles ND
vs. Westinghouse
at Morgan Park
at St. Viator
at Benet
vs. Brother Rice
vs. St. Patrick
vs. DePaul
at St. Francis
vs. Marmion

Marist
vs. Simeon
vs. King
vs. Montini
at Mount Carmel
at Marmion
vs. Loyola
vs. Carmel
at St. Laurence
at Brother Rice

St. Ignatius
vs. St. Viator
vs. Chicago Hope
vs. IC Catholic
vs. Fenwick
at St. Rita
at Carmel
at Loyola
vs. Leo
at Providence

DePaul
at Oak Lawn Richards
vs. Lane Tech
at Fenwick
at IC Catholic
vs. St. Viator
vs. JCA
at Niles ND
vs. Brother Rice
vs. St. Laurence

Brother Rice
at LWE
vs. Hyde Park
vs. St. Francis
at Loyola
at Niles ND
vs. Mount Carmel
vs. Fenwick
at DePaul
vs. Marist

Benet
at Lena-Winslow
at Glenbard North
at Leo
vs. Niles ND
vs. Loyola
at Marmion
vs. IC Catholic
at St. Rita
vs. St. Patrick

Mount Carmel
vs. East St. Louis (at ISU)
Unknown
vs. Nazareth
vs. Marist
at St. Patrick
at Brother Rice
vs. Providence
at JCA
vs. Loyola

Carmel Catholic
at Hersey
vs. Lake Forest
vs. St. Laurence
at Providence
at Montini
vs. St. Ignatius
at Marist
vs. DeLaSalle
at Fenwick

St. Laurence
vs. King
at Prospect
at Carmel
vs. JCA
vs. DeLaSalle
vs. IC Catholic
at Marmion
vs. Marist
at DePaul

Fenwick
Unknown
at OPRF (neutral-site?)
vs. DePaul
at St. Ignatius
at St. Francis
vs. Providence
at Brother Rice
vs. St. Viator
vs. Carmel

St. Rita
vs. Providence
at Glenbard West
at Loyola
vs. St. Francis
vs. St. Ignatius
at Montini
vs. Leo
vs. Benet
at Nazareth

Marmion
vs. Racine Lutheran
vs. Lincoln Park
at DeLaSalle
at St. Patrick
vs. Marist
vs. Benet
vs. St. Laurence
at Montini
at Niles ND

Nazareth
Unknown
vs. York
at Mount Carmel
vs. Montini
vs. Providence
at St. Francis
at Marian Catholic
vs. St. Patrick
vs. St. Rita

St. Viator
at St. Ignatius
at St. Patrick
vs. Niles ND
at Leo
at DePaul
vs. Marian Catholic
vs. St. Francis
at Fenwick
at DeLaSalle

Providence
at St. Rita
vs. Kenwood
vs. JCA
vs. Carmel
at Nazareth
at Fenwick
at Mount Carmel
vs. Marian Catholic
vs. St. Ignatius

Marian Catholic
at Bloom Township
at Morton (IL)
vs. St. Patrick
at DeLaSalle
at JCA
at St. Viator
vs. Nazareth
at Providence
vs. Leo

St. Francis
at New Palestine
vs. Clemente
at Brother Rice
at St. Rita
vs. Fenwick
vs. Nazareth
at St. Viator
vs. Niles ND
at Montini

St. Patrick
at Rolling Meadows
vs. St. Viator
at Marian Catholic
vs. Marmion
vs. Mount Carmel
at Niles ND
vs. JCA
at Nazareth
at Benet

JCA
Unknown
vs. Sacred Heart-Griffin
at Providence
vs. St. Laurence
vs. Marian Catholic
at DePaul
at St. Patrick
vs. Mount Carmel
at IC Catholic

Montini
Unknown
Unknown
at Marist
at Nazareth
vs. Carmel
vs. St. Rita
at DeLaSalle
vs. Marmion
vs. St. Francis

DeLaSalle
vs. Reavis
vs. Plainfield East
vs. Marmion
vs. Marian Catholic
at St. Laurence
vs. Leo
vs. Montini
at Carmel
vs. St. Viator

IC Catholic
Unknown
vs. St. Mary's South Side (at IWU)
at St. Ignatius
vs. DePaul
at Leo
at St. Laurence
at Benet
vs. Loyola
vs. JCA

Leo
Unknown
vs. Blue Island Eisenhower
vs. Benet
vs. St. Viator
vs. IC Catholic
at DeLaSalle
at St. Rita
at St. Ignatius
at Marian Catholic
 
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jotapepe

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Brother Rice now listed as hosting Hyde Park in Week 2, which is strange because they had supposedly been playing Sandburg.
 

Caravan92

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Give us a clue.
Home. ESPN. Let’s just say the visitors have a pretty fresh reputation… and rumor is they spent a lot of time on playgrounds growing up. Hopefully we skip the ‘one little fight’ part cause mom will move em across the country to live with their Auntie & Uncle.
 

Cross Bones

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Home. ESPN. Let’s just say the visitors have a pretty fresh reputation… and rumor is they spent a lot of time on playgrounds growing up. Hopefully we skip the ‘one little fight’ part cause mom will move em across the country to live with their Auntie & Uncle.
Im actually an expert in this, some people here know why. Im guessing Bel Air Prep?
 

McCaravan

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Home. ESPN. Let’s just say the visitors have a pretty fresh reputation… and rumor is they spent a lot of time on playgrounds growing up. Hopefully we skip the ‘one little fight’ part cause mom will move em across the country to live with their Auntie & Uncle.
Bergen Catholic I'm told which I guess is close to Philly to have the Fresh Prince intro reference
 

OnVikings!

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Home. ESPN. Let’s just say the visitors have a pretty fresh reputation… and rumor is they spent a lot of time on playgrounds growing up. Hopefully we skip the ‘one little fight’ part cause mom will move em across the country to live with their Auntie & Uncle.
Philadelphia? Gotta be St. Joseph, LaSalle College, or Roman Catholic.
 

Silver Rain

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Yes, maybe a California school. There's a lot of them. Bel Air Prep, John Bosco, Mater Dei. Big names, good teams, generous alumni. If it's held at Barda-Dowling, MC will probably give them a good game. .
 

Caravan92

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Yes, maybe a California school. There's a lot of them. Bel Air Prep, John Bosco, Mater Dei. Big names, good teams, generous alumni. If it were held at Barda-Dowling, MC would probably give them a good game. .
Mater Dei has a week 3 opening. If IHSA didn’t move the season up a week that might have happened!
 
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jotapepe

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Mount Carmel announces they are playing St. Joseph Regional (NJ) in Week 2... the same week that SJR is supposedly going to Creekside (GA). Fun!
 

Silver Rain

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The SJR Green Knights have won 20 state championships in football. They play in New Jersey's Non-Public A League. Non-Public? Why don't they just say private?

In 2025, they ranked No. 55 in High School America's Top 300. MC ranked 43, Moeller 87, Rice 98, Fenwick 126, and ESL 128. It's a pretty good list

 
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LWN_Pheonix

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I think that from now on the board should only use the terms
- “public” or “non public”
when describing a school

I like it when the PC police change words so that they don’t offend….

/sarcasm
 

Caravan92

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MC is playing St. Joes from Philly I thought....
So did I… about 20 minutes after I posted about Philadelphia on here is the first I heard about SJ “Regional”. At that point I figured I’d just let MC handle the official announcement instead of adding to the confusion. My apologies.
 

Colin2299

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Leo
Unknown
vs. Blue Island Eisenhower
vs. Benet
vs. St. Viator
vs. IC Catholic
at DeLaSalle
at St. Rita
at St. Ignatius
at Marian Catholic
Leo is one of those teams I pray gets their 3 wins and let’s see what they can do in the 1A playoffs.

Wish they would schedule two CPS teams for NC.
 

jotapepe

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So the games we still need:
- Fenwick Week 1
- JCA Week 1
- Montini Weeks 1 and 2

Anybody know anything?
 

Cross Bones

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What im seeing is SJR dropped Creekside and is playing MC on ESPN. If it's an ESPN game dont they (promoter or ESPN) cover the travel?
 
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Topiarydan1

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Is there anyone willing to publicly state that Marist is their pre season #1 next year?!?!?
Yeah that was an odd call - this year they could maybe pull out a 5-4 but I am thinking 4-5. They will be looking for a QB (so whoever loses the MC battle perhaps) - they are now a hoops school with their nice 4A championship and 2 new hoops kids coming in from CPL. So maybe football not big with them. They had a decent Frosh team
 

LWN_Pheonix

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With all of the recent changes and a demand for better Rn competition

I think that Illinois football should stay at 3A

eliminate 1 & 2A and make them play up
 

jotapepe

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Another double-up: Montini now lists their Week 2 game as a home game against Hillcrest. Crete-Monee likewise lists their Week 2 as a home game against Hillcrest. This sort of thing has happened in the past with CPS teams but rarely with the likes of Hillcrest, a reputable suburban school with a good program.
 

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Another double-up: Montini now lists their Week 2 game as a home game against Hillcrest. Crete-Monee likewise lists their Week 2 as a home game against Hillcrest. This sort of thing has happened in the past with CPS teams but rarely with the likes of Hillcrest, a reputable suburban school with a good program.
Just out of pure curiosity, what about Hillcrest do you find reputable?
 

Silver Rain

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Yeah that was an odd call - this year they could maybe pull out a 5-4 but I am thinking 4-5. They will be looking for a QB (so whoever loses the MC battle perhaps) - they are now a hoops school with their nice 4A championship and 2 new hoops kids coming in from CPL. So maybe football not big with them. They had a decent Frosh team
Bayonne, New Jersey, had a Marist High School, an institution that closed its doors in 2020. In the '60s, '70s, and '80s, this Marist expanded rapidly and was known primarily for its academics. It then began to shrink. To offset declining enrollment, it went coed but to no avail. They soon ran out of money.

The coed Catholics in Chicago seem to be doing well, but the model wouldn't succeed at every school.
 

LWN_Pheonix

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When “doubling up” is something that happens, one woo ups think that there might be too many classes.
What is played in 1A should not be called football
 

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Yeah that was an odd call - this year they could maybe pull out a 5-4 but I am thinking 4-5. They will be looking for a QB (so whoever loses the MC battle perhaps) - they are now a hoops school with their nice 4A championship and 2 new hoops kids coming in from CPL. So maybe football not big with them. They had a decent Frosh team
Hearing they are pretty happy with their choice as of now at QB but a transfer could change that.