All Finals
Streator 36 Eisenhower 14
East Peoria 47 Southeast 13
MacArthur 20 Mattoon 0
Lanphier 18 Lincoln 14. Lanphier's 1st win since 2022.
Chatham 39 Edwardsville 31
This started out like each team might score in the 40's. The Titans led at halftime 25-24. Chatham's Big 3 of QB Knoedler, RB Mueller, and WR Lehnen were all excellent. Knoedler does everything you'd expect from a 3-year starter, Mueller was bottled up much of the game but still popped a big 40-yard TD at a key time and had some other tough carries when the Titans were trying to run clock, and Lehnen had multiple big catches and both a receiving and rushing TD. The Defense held the Tigers to a single score in the 2nd half and had 2 INT's. Special teams were rocky, missing 2 XP's, a snap issue ruined a 3rd XP, and a long snap out of the end zone cost them a safety. A questionable onside kick recovery gave the Tigers a chance to tie with 2 minutes or so left but a 4th and long pass to the end zone was well defended and just missed connecting with Edwardsville's 6'5" WR.