CHICAGO (WGN-TV) — “March Madness”: Even if you’re not much of a basketball fan, you probably see and hear this phrase every year at this time. The term “March Madness” is generally understood today ...

Where he came from in Wall Lake, Iowa, they didn’t even have high school wrestling. Ed Ewoldt certainly made up for that.

Playoff expansion in Illinois high school football has become a reality. The Illinois High School Association on Tuesday announced the playoff field expanding from 256 teams to 384 teams has been ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WAND) - Tuesday morning, member schools of the IHSA approved all 12 amendment proposals that appeared during the annual referendum process. Several significant changes were approved ...

A proposal to expand the IHSA football playoffs by 128 teams was passed by a schoolwide membership vote, 377-252 (with 96 abstentions). The proposal, submitted by Monticello High School, will change ...

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High school football playoffs in Illinois will include significantly more teams beginning in the 2026 season. The Illinois High School Association approved to enlarge the playoff bracket for each ...

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced that its member schools approved a high school football playoff expansion proposal on Tuesday afternoon. The new playoff format will raise the ...

Evergreen Park coach Jim Ramazinski saw his team finish on the wrong side of the bubble this fall, going 4-5 and missing the playoffs. That’s going to change now. The Illinois High School Association ...

The Illinois High School Association will expand the number of teams in the postseason beginning next season. As a result, the season will begin a week earlier, a fact that has caused a ripple of ...

Unity senior defensive end Coleton Langendorf holds up the ball after a recovered onside kick late in the fourth quarter on Nov. 29 against Byron. That play afforded the Rockets one last shot at the ...

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