2ND ROUND: Back at home next weekend in the @IHSA_il Class 6A Playoffs to face the Harlem Huskies. 🎟️TICKETS: https://t.co/OUObT0MZ0Z 📋INFO: https://t.co/zQUPerjH6O #WeAreCentral 🚀 #IHSA 🏈

Class 5A playoffs/second round: @CGTrojanFB at @StPatrickFB, 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Class 7A playoffs/second round: @BrotherRiceFB at @HDJacobsFBall, 6 p.m. Saturday.

Class 5A playoffs/second round: @PrairieRidgeFB at @SFHSFBWheaton, 1 p.m. Saturday.

Class 3A playoffs/second round: @RBHS_Football at @ACC_Chargers_FB, 7 p.m. Friday.

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.@CHSFootball100’s game-winning TD from Saturday night to beat Libertyville in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs. @LandonArnold30 @SamuelAmes11

.@PrairieRidgeHS's Emmie Foster won the Class 2A Lakes Girls Cross Country Sectional championship to lead the Wolves to state, @goDCHSathletics co-op won the FVC Girls Swimming Invite, and more in Saturday's Northwest Herald roundup.

.@CGTrojanFB scored three first-quarter TDs and dominated @SycoSpartans defensively, which was enough to provide a comfortable cushion in a 42-14 win in their Class 5A playoff opener on Saturday. @AndyTavegia's story:

.@HDJacobsFBall made a goal-line stand then drove 99 yards for a touchdown to help spark the Golden Eagles to a 36-27 win over Addison Trail in the first round of the Class 7A playoffs on Saturday. Stan Goff's story:

After relying on its ground game for most of the night, @CHSFootball100 went airborne to pull out a thrilling 21-17 Class 6A opening round win over Libertyville on Saturday night at Rocket Hill. @prepscribe’s story:

A touchdown with 59.5 seconds to play was the difference in DuPec’s 18-13 Class 3A first-round playoff victory over host @JHS_FB on Saturday. @SamNatrop’s story:

.@rbchs_soccer was held scoreless, and Chicago Academy's Bryan Juarez scored two second-half goals to lift the Cougars past the Rockets 3-0 in their Class 1A Johnsburg Sectional championship on Saturday. @akantecki’s story:

.@AldenHebronSD19's Jack Stewart scored on a 50-yard touchdown run as the Giants fell to South Beloit 37-6 in their Illinois 8-Man Football Association playoff opener on Saturday.

After relying on its ground game for most of the night, @CHSFootball100 went airborne to pull out a thrilling 21-17 Class 6A opening round win over Libertyville Saturday night at Rocket Hill. @prepscribe’s story:

A touchdown with 59.5 seconds to play was the difference in DuPec’s 18-13 Class 3A playoff victory over host @JHS_FB. @SamNatrop’s story:

Class 3A final: @DuPecRivermen 18, @JHS_FB 13. Skyhawks finish the season 7-3. @NWHPreps @JoeAguilar64 @akantecki

.@HDJacobsFBall made a goal-line stand then drove 99 yards for a touchdown to help spark the Golden Eagles to a 36-27 win over Addison Trail in the first round of the Class 7A playoffs. Story by Stan Goff:

Freshman Lennox Szymonik placed fourth individually and led @HDJacobsXC to a state berth with a sixth-place finish Saturday at the Class 3A Hoffman Estates Sectional. Story by John Bumbales:

Carter Block to Jack Thompson 25-yard TD. Johnsburg 7, DuPec 6, 1:38 left in third. @NWHPreps

.@rbchs_soccer was held scoreless, and Chicago Academy's Bryan Juarez scored two second-half goals to lift the Cougars past the Rockets 3-0 in their Class 1A Johnsburg Sectional championship on Saturday. @akantecki’s story: