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Class 8A
Maine South … 41
Hinsdale Central … 21
*After finishing second in 2003, ’04 and ’05, the Hawks won their first state title since 2000.
Class 7A
East St. Louis … 33
Geneva … 14
*QB Detchauz Wray (4 TD passes) and the Flyers scored 27 unanswered points in the second half.
Class 6A
Springfield Sacred Ht.-Griffin … 37
Lemont … 15
*Three interceptions keyed Sacred Heart-Griffin to its third championship in four years.
Class 5A
St. Francis … 49
Metamora … 35
*The Spartans scored 35 second-half points en route to their first state championship.
Class 4A
Bloomington Central Catholic … 37
Aurora Christian … 28
*AC’s Jordan Roberts (365 yards, 4 TDs) won QB battle, but Adam Rebholz and BCC won the war.
Class 3A
Carthage Illini West … 21
DuQuoin … 14
*Michael Lafferty’s 18-yard TD pass to Jacob Schmudlach with 25 seconds left was the difference.
Class 2A
Immaculate Conception … 36
Casey-Westfield … 17
*The Knights scored three straight TDs in the second quarter and won their second title.
Class 1A
Concord Triopia … 42
Toulon Stark County … 7
*Triopia outrushed Stark County 410-30 in claiming its first
championship since 1975.
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By the numbers
0Four schools finished the season without a loss: Maine South, Bloomington Central Catholic, Carthage Illini West and Concord Triopia all went 14-0.
1: St. Francis won its first championship in its first title-game appearance.
2: For the second straight year, Lemont finished as the runner-up in Class 6A.
3: Aurora Christian quarterback Jordan Roberts set three Class 4A title-game records in Friday night’s loss:
completions (27), attempts (55) and passing yards (365).
4: Immaculate Conception (10-4) became the first four-loss team to win a championship.
47: Total touchdowns this season for Geneva’s Michael Ratay, who scored on a 21-yard reception Saturday.
166: East St. Louis was penalized 19 times for 166 yards. Both broke championship-game records in any class.
255: Number of days until teams can begin practicing for the 2009 season (Aug. 12).
