The 2024 IHSA state football playoffs began the first weekend in November with 256 teams in the field. Now eight have been crowned champions.

Six Chicagoland prep football programs, including two from the city, claimed Illinois High School Association state championships over Thanksgiving weekend in Normal. The state football championship games were held Friday and Saturday in each of the IHSA’s eight classes at Hancock Stadium on the campus of Illinois State University.

Half of the field at the IHSA football state championships is private schools. And they dominated on the first day of games in Normal, Illinois.

Here are all the 2024 Illinois high school football playoff brackets, matchups and game times for the IHSA state championships

Here are the players with the best performances in the championship games of the IHSA high school football playoffs in Normal.

Iowa-bound quarterback Ryan Fitzgerald finished 12-for-21 with 160 yards and three TDs to lead Loyola (12-2), which took the lead for good late in the second quarter on a 16-yard TD pass from Fitzgerald to Drew MacPherson (195 total yards and three TDs).

The 2024 Illinois high school football postseason concludes with all IHSA state title games taking place this weekend. All eight of the 2024 IHSA State Championship games will be played this Friday and Saturday (November 29-30) at Illinois State University's Hancock Stadium in Normal,

On the final weekend of the Illinois high school football season, Althoff and East St. Louis look to secure state championships.