Can we stop the triple option? "It felt amazing, just doing it for the city," Flyers senior Miles McVay said. East St. Louis didnt lose to a team in Illinois this season. The coin toss was almost comical if you saw the size difference. East St. Louis scores 57 unanswered points to win 10th state championship. Menu. Gone were the undefeated ''mythical'' state champions from the suburbs or Downstate. I just wanted to come back and finish, Battle said. TROY, Ill. Triad High didnt have to look far to find its new football coach. They outscored their opponents 265-128. East St. Louis players celebrate their victory over Prairie Ridge for the state 6A football championship at Memorial Stadium in Champaign on Saturday, Nov 26, 2022. Pontoons, baseball tours, Anthony Bourdain Trail and a note on Indianas Chinook stocking survey. On 11/19, the East St. Louis varsity football team won their neutral playoff game against Lemont (IL) by a score of 32-29. 11 in USA Today's national rankings after the 1999 team ranked No. Both teams missed later scoring chances, setting up an overtime in which Glenbrook`s Greg Van Schaack bulled over from six inches out on fourth down. Sean King, Special to STLhighschoolsports.com, East St. Louis' Christopher Bennett Jr (3) carries the ball against Prairie Ridge's Logan Harlow (17) during a state 6A championship game at Memorial Stadium in Champaign on Saturday, Nov 26, 2022. Ranking the all-time best in anything is a challenging task, but football is tougher than most. East St. Louis won its second state title. It was one of the best high school football games in state history, and the memory of that added a little juice to this years matchup between Prairie Ridge and the Flyers. The Wolves, the No. TaRyan Martin had 17 carries for 175 yards and three touchdowns for the Flyers (12-2). In the state semifinal and final he rushed for a combined 514 yards and seven touchdowns. Saturday also marked the 14th time in program history that the Flyers appeared in a state championship game. The school serves about 1,438 students in grades 9 to 12 in the East Saint Louis Public Schools district. Their numerous Division I players included 250-pound OL Jim Gatziolis, who played at Wisconsin and Nebraska. The Flyers secured the 10th state football title, East St. Louis also defeated Prairie Ridge, Thats a wrap! Build your custom FanSided Daily email newsletter with news and analysis on Dallas Mavericks and all your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and more. 4901 State Street East St. Louis, IL 62205-1759. An Illinois football commit, Hayden got one carry on what will be his home field next year and scored a 69-yard touchdown on the Flyers first play of the fourth quarter. 15 in USA Todays national rankings. 1982: Rockford Guilford-Never had a Public League team come this close. Gillespie said his first state champs were his best, but the '78 team's defensive dominance gives them the edge here. And with [East St. Louis] being so fast.. But we did it anyway. Battle connected with senior Antwon Hayden for the two-point conversion and an 8-7 lead. From 1976 to the beginning of the 1995 season, the Flyers' coach was Bob Shannon. 2. [1] It was featured in the Jonathan Kozol book Savage Inequalities. 2023 NCAA Division I Football Champions Panorama - South Dakota State Jackrabbits Fan Cave Decor. 3 min read Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic seems honed in on winning his third straight NBA MVP, and not even voter fatigue might stop him. Football - St. Louis Rams Football - Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They finished No. They defeated Englewood 111-0 in 1911 and Evanston 101-0 in 1912. (Sorry, Roaring Twenties.). Junior quarterback Robert Battle anchored the attack, completing 10-of-12 passes for 207 yards and three touchdowns and was named the player of the game. Subscribe with this special offer to keep reading, (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). STLHighSchoolSports.com is the most comprehensive source of stats, scores and stories from any and all area high schools. This story was originally published November 26, 2022 5:33 PM. They finished by knocking off undefeated Wheaton South in the semifinals and Maine South, which was making its third straight trip to the finals, in one of the state's best championship games ever. They outscored their playoff opponents 199-70 and blitzed a talented Thornton team for 558 yards in the final to return to glory after falling in the 6A final the previous two years. Robeson coach Roy Curry virtually scrounged the halls to suit up 28 players for the title game, which Guilford ended up winning 16-12. These guys are our first group since the eighties ato be at state three years in a row and if it wasnt for COVID it would have been four.. East St. Louis' stats have been entered for the 32-29 win vs. Lemont on 11/19/2022 2:00 PM. Putting the clamps on Prairie Ridges triple option attack fueled the Flyers victory. David Kvidahl is a columnist for STL High School Sports. That kicked off the mercy rule running clock the rest of the game. Sophomore Christopher Bennetts 12-yard rushing score made it 42-7 with 2:10 remaining in the period and Bonds PAT made the score 43-7. With Glenbrook trailing 13-6 early in the fourth quarter, Don Broadbridge, who began his football career as a third-string quarterback on the freshman B team, threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to Sam Poulos. Prairie Ridge (12-2) made its fifth championship game appearance since 2011, won back-to-back titles in 2016 and 2017 and lost the 2019 championship to East St. Louis. Playoff victory margin: 31.2 points (Lane 42-0, Sandburg 54-14, Naperville Central 40-26, Downers Grove North 38-6, Barrington 42-14). Battle then hooked up with Bond for a 41-yard touchdown pass with 33 seconds left in the quarter for a 49-7 lead. Sean King, Special to STLhighschoolsports.com, East St. Louis' Brandon Henderson (77), Miles McVay (58) and Paris Patterson (blue shirt) raise the 6A championship trophy in celebration of their victory over Prairie Ridge for the state 6A state football championship at Memorial Stadium in Champaign on Saturday, Nov 26, 2022. Think of this as the Terrific 32 all-time playoff bracket. It was their eighth touchdown, tying the Class 6A title game record for most in a game. The St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers were tied at the hip when they came into the league. Why the Caravan were great: They were led by future Notre Dame coach Brennan and QB Tom Carey, a future Caravan coach. Flanagan quarterback Jim Braksick connected with Gregg Gundy on an 18-yard pass, and the Falcons went on to beat heavily favored Concord Triopia 13-8 in the Class 1A final. "The Tigers of East St. Louis' Lincoln High ran basketball, but the Flyers got one now" State Championships that is, for the school year 2018-2019, as did . Senior quarterback Tyler Vasey entered the game with an IHSA record 3,776 yards and 58 touchdowns on 317 carries this fall. We set this goal last year after losing the state championship, and the guys came out from January working their butts off, Flyers coach Darren Sunkett said. Key players included LB Bryan Cox, QB Kerwin Price, OL Anthony Buckner, RB Marvin Lampkin and WRs Art Sargent and Cortez Robinson. 2 seed, wrapped up at 12-2 while seeing their nine-game winning streak snapped. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. Illinois high school football playoff brackets, schedule, computer rankings, statewide stat leaders and scores - live and final. 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Dynasties get represented once. For years before and since, city schools were favorite whipping boys of suburban and Catholic League opposition. On Saturday, Nov. 26, East Side captured its 10th state. The five guys in front of me work hard every day, he said. We have a great deal of respect for (Vasey). Playoff victory margin: 26.4 points (Stevenson 63-29, Loyola 26-7, Barrington 42-0, Bartlett 23-6, Hinsdale Central 41-21). Why the Caravan were great: They knocked off three consecutive undefeated teams to take the title, starting with one of the best games in state history against Homewood-Flossmoor in the quarterfinals, when TE Mark Norville's 1-yard TD catch of a tipped pass on the final play in the rain at Gately Stadium allowed the Caravan to advance. 1. Tournament Game 2022 Illinois High School Football Playoff Brackets: IHSA Class 6A Prairie Ridge 7 East St. Louis 57 Final Box Score Tournament Bracket Nov 26, 2022 @ 10:03pm LOUIS, Ill. - The Flyers football team is celebrating a perfect season and a ninth state title and the city of East St. Louis will honor the team's achievement with a championship. Named national champion by the National Sports News Service. You cant match up with that talent. Playoff victory margin: 23.0 (Willowbrook 22-0, East St. Louis 48-12, Richards 28-0, Buffalo Grove 15-9). Undefeated champions only. Why the Ramblers were great: They finally broke through for the program's first state title since 1993 after years of close calls. QB Anthony Kropp passed for 3,010 yards and 31 TDs. Playoff victory margin: 26.5 points (West Chicago 22-0, Rich Central 26-0, Lake Forest 33-0, LaSalle-Peru 25-0). It happens. This week's top HS football teams in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The 6-foot and 170-pound signal caller hit junior receiver Jesse Watson for a 27-yard touchdown to push the lead to 29-7 with 8:43 in the third. Are there champions that lost a game or two that deserve to make the list? The five guys in front of me work hard every game.. On 11/26, the East St. Louis varsity football team won their neutral playoff game against Prairie Ridge (Crystal Lake, IL) by a score of 57-7. Junior quarterback Robert Pops Battle savored getting a state championship win on his second trip to state with the Flyers. 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(It starts) with the five guys in front of me doing their jobs, Martin said. East St. Louis (12-2)12. So dynasties like the four-peats from Joliet Catholic (1975-78), Mount Carmel (1988-91) and Providence (1994-97) get one team on the list as do repeat powerhouses such as Maine South 2008-09 and Richards 1988-89. Playoff victory margin: 31.8 points (Prosser 61-0, McHenry 42-23, Richards 49-20, Rock Island 39-0, Joliet Catholic 17-6). Thats all we heard from the time we lost the state championship last year until this week. Future Bear TE Emery Moorehead helped pick up the slack with RB Kevin Keith. Fans of small- and medium-sized schools especially Bishop McNamara, Driscoll, Montini, Geneseo, Metamora, Rochester and Phillips' historic 2015 squad have a right to be upset at their teams' absence here, but their best squads just did not play the level of competition that make comparisons to the teams represented here possible. Giants head coach Brian Daboll was part of five Super Bowl champions during two stints as an assistant with the Patriots and he coached in . Prairie Ridge marched 67 yards on 11 plays as Vasey scored a 14-yard touchdown for a 7-0 lead with 7 minutes and 13 seconds to play in the first. Beutjer passed for a national-record 60 TDs with 3,946 yards and a 210.7 rating. Battles nifty 26-yard touchdown run with 5:28 left in the third quarter, followed by Bonds PAT, swelled the lead to 36-7. Why the Redhawks were great: Senior RB Ryan Clifford had perhaps the state's best individual season ever, rushing 301 times for 2,673 yards and 44 TDs. With them being so fast were not going to break off many runs, Vasey said. East St. Louis received the kickoff to start the third quarter and while it mixed in Martin, Battle showcased his accuracy. Why the Flyers were great: They were named national champs by USA Today and the National Sports News Service, the last team from Illinois to earn that title a fitting honor for perhaps the state's all-time best team. He also played free safety during the playoffs and had two interceptions in the semifinals and another in the final against Addison Trail while throwing four and three TDs in those games. Just ask the East St. Louis Flyers football team. Thats a wrap! If a team pitches a shutout for an entire season in the middle of a streak of seven straight undefeated seasons it's in. Police exchange gunfire with woman in Downtown West. Class matters. In 2008, en route to the Flyers' first state championship under Sunkett, an East St. Louis player collapsed on the sideline during a game against Collinsville. Why the Corsairs were great: They rushed for 4,196 yards behind "The Great Wall of Carmel," an offensive line led by Dan Osterhout (6-2, 280), Drew Cairo-Gross (6-3, 295) and Luke Krombach (6-4, 255). Why the Mustangs were great: The small but sturdy team was coached by Buckley, a former Marine and three-sport star at Harvard. 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Sean King, Special to STLhighschoolsports.com, East St. Louis' Robert Battle (9) carries the ball on a keeper against Prairie Ridge during a state 6A championship game at Memorial Stadium in Champaign on Saturday, Nov 26, 2022. The team averaged 10.7 per rushing attempt, with four backs averaging 100 or more yards per game behind a huge offensive line led by Keith Bruns, Joe Pieper and Gary Stajduhar. A year after finishing as runner up to Cary-Grove in a 37-36 heartbreaker, East Side was not going to be denied again. On December 16, 2016, the East St. Louis Flyers football team was welcomed to the United States District Courthouse in East St. Louis for a reception to recognize the team's outstanding 14-0 state championship season. McVay, senior left guard Paris Patterson, senior left tackle Brandon Henderson, senior center Tim Pitts and senior right guard Terran Scarborough were a force that no in-state opponent could match this season. When youve got Division I talent up and down the lineup and we dont have any D-I players to be able to match up is tough for anybody. Playoff victory margin: 29.6 (Notre Dame 42-18, Crystal Lake South 55-7, Rockford Boylan 42-14, Minooka 40-20, Bloomington 54-26). We set this goal last year when we lost in the state championship (to Cary-Grove). Sean King, Special to STLhighschoolsports.com, East St. Louis fans cheer their team against Prairie Ridge during a state 6A championship game at Memorial Stadium in Champaign on Saturday, Nov 26, 2022. Why the Caravan were great: Mount Carmel capped its undefeated season with a 17-6 win over Joliet Catholic in the 5A title game, holding the Hilltoppers to 183 yards, all on the ground. he latest guest on my weekly 20 Minutes podcast is East St. Louis head coach and athletic director Darren Sunkett. St. Laurence`s Ernie Wulff, a second-string fullback, scored from the 7 to tie the game and Matt Oskalunas kicked the extra point to win it. The 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship was over by halftime. Here is a look at the teams previous state championship appearances in all IHSA playoff classifications. East St. Louis played in its third consecutive championship game, and had the playoffs not been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 Sunkett believes it would have been four. We had great leadership, and those guys knew what it took to get back here.. RB Tim McHugh, an All-American, rushed for 1,198 yards and 18 TDs. It was a masterful performance a year after he felt utterly responsible for the Flyers one-point championship game loss. I just kept my eyes open and was patient.. We really felt like we had something to prove.. Sean King, Special to STLhighschoolsports.com. They finished No. With the state football playoffs, the nature of the sport in Illinois high schools changed forever. the SIJHSAA Eighth-Grade Girls Regional Championship . In the last game of his illustrious career Vasey rushed 25 times for 107 yards and one score. The Wolves never got it going again. The defense was led by brother LBs Gus (eight sacks) and Jon (seven) Olofsson. The 2022 Helmet College Football National Champions Yard Flag and banner hangs vertically, measures a large 13x18 inches, and provides a top sleeve for insertion . We let them down last year.. Price passed for a third score five seconds before the end of the half. On Saturday, Nov. 26, East Side captured its 10th state championship thanks to a resounding 57-7 blowout win over Crystal Lake Prarie Ridge at Memorial Stadium on the University of Illinois campus in Champaign. Anti-aging serums in particular offer many benefits to aging and mature skin. Vasey had 25 carries for 126 yards and one touchdown. prior to the game, the flyers held a skate for local lgbtq+ youth and officers from the greater philadelphia g.o.a.l organization, whose mission is to "advocate for and on behalf of lgbtq+ first. QB Mark Venegoni passed for 1,629 yards and 15 TDs and rushed for 782 and 17 but missed the championship game with an injury. This group will rank as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, in Mount Carmel history." There was a problem saving your notification. Sean King, Special to STLhighschoolsports.com, East St. Louis' Terran Scarborough (79) and Timothy Pitts Jr (52) block Prairie Ridge's Walter Pollack (63) and Giovanni Creatore (36) during a state 6A championship game at Memorial Stadium in Champaign on Saturday, Nov 26, 2022. Why the Saukees were great: Taking a team this talented and putting it in 1970s rural western Illinois turned out to be quite unfair. EAST ST. LOUIS - The East St. Louis Senior High School Flyers football team (11-2) is headed back to the IHSA Class 6A State Championship game for the third time in four years. Goro passed for 3,171 yards with 38 TDs, and Perez rushed for 1,145 and 22. They finished No. Playoff victory margin: 35.0 (Danville 44-0, Lockport 58-12, Sandburg 13-0, Buffalo Grove 33-7, Brother Rice 46-0). BG allowed only 489 rushing yards all season, an average of 35 per game, behind DT Jon Gustafsson (Illinois), a 6-foot-5, 260-pound monster from Sweden, and LB Jim Wagner (UCLA), a fellow All-Stater. Prairie Ridges Tyler Vasey (7) looks on after taking second place in the IHSA Class 6A state football game against East St. Louis. 1985: East St. Louis-This time the Flyers, who won 46-0 over Catholic League foe Brother Rice, took no prisoners. EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. The East St. Louis community came together Wednesday for a celebration of champions. 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