IHSA state football playoff pairings: First-round games begin this weekend

The IHSA state football playoffs begin this weekend at a high school near you.

Championship games will be held Thanksgiving weekend at Hancock Stadium in Normal, with Classes 1A-4A on Nov. 29 and Classes 5A-8A on Nov. 30.

The first-round pairings below are in bracket order.

(32) Niles West (5-4) at (1) Lincoln-Way East (9-0), 6:30 p.m. Friday
(17) Minooka (7-2) at (16) Taft (7-2), 7 p.m. Friday
(25) Curie (5-4) at (8) Glenbard East (8-1), 7 p.m. Friday
(24) Sandburg (5-4) at (9) Stevenson (8-1), 7 p.m. Friday
(29) Huntley (5-4) at (4) West Aurora (9-0), 7 p.m. Friday
(20) Maine South (6-3) at (13) Naperville North (7-2), 6 p.m. Saturday
(28) Glenbrook South (5-4) at (5) Marist (8-1), 7 p.m. Friday
(21) Belleville East (6-3) at (12) Loyola (7-2), 6:30 p.m. Friday
(31) Joliet West (5-4) at (2) Lyons (9-0), 7 p.m. Friday
(18) Plainfield South (7-2) at (15) Downers Grove South (7-2), 7 p.m. Friday
(26) Schaumburg (5-4) at (7) Naperville Central (8-1), 7 p.m. Friday
(23) Andrew (6-3) at (10) Fremd (8-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday
(30) Waubonsie Valley (5-4) at (3) Oswego (9-0), 6:30 p.m. Friday
(19) Edwardsville (6-3) at (14) York (7-2), 6 p.m. Friday
(27) Warren (5-4) at (6) Palatine (8-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday
(22) South Elgin (6-3) at (11) Barrington (7-2), 7 p.m. Friday

(32) Kenwood (4-5) vs. (1) Young (9-0), 7:15 p.m. Friday at Rockne Stadium
(17) Bradley-Bourbonnais (7-2) at (16) Jacobs (7-2), 7 p.m. Friday
(25) Hoffman Estates (6-3) vs. (8) Lincoln Park (8-1), 7 p.m. Friday at Lane Stadium
(24) Lincoln-Way Central (6-3) at (9) Maine West (8-1), 6:30 p.m. Friday
(29) Collinsville (5-4) at (4) Batavia (8-1), 6 p.m. Friday
(20) Lincoln-Way West (6-3) at (13) Pekin (7-2), 7 p.m. Friday
(28) Wheaton Warrenville South (5-4) at (5) Downers Grove North (8-1), 7 p.m. Friday
(21) Brother Rice (6-3) vs. (12) Fenwick (7-2), 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Triton College Stadium
(31) Argo (5-4) at (2) Quincy (9-0), 1 p.m. Saturday
(18) Addison Trail (7-2) at (15) Moline (7-2), 7 p.m. Friday
(26) Willowbrook (6-3) at (7) Rockton Hononegah (8-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday
(23) Rockford Guilford (6-3) at (10) St. Rita (7-2), 3 p.m. Saturday
(30) Rolling Meadows (5-4) at (3) St. Charles North (8-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday
(19) Mount Carmel (6-3) at (14) Machesney Park Harlem (7-2), 6 p.m. Friday
(27) West Chicago (6-3) at (6) Normal Community (8-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday
(22) Hersey (6-3) at (11) Prospect (7-2), 7 p.m. Friday

(16) Senn (5-4) at (1) Cary-Grove (9-0), 7 p.m. Friday
(9) Grayslake North (7-2) at (8) Antioch (7-2), 7 p.m. Friday
(13) Kaneland (5-4) at (4) Belvidere North (8-1), 7 p.m. Friday
(12) Fenton (6-3) at (5) Wauconda (7-2), 7 p.m. Friday
(15) Deerfield (5-4) at (2) Libertyville (8-1), 6:30 p.m. Friday
(10) Mather (6-3) at (7) Lake Forest (7-2), 7 p.m. Friday
(14) Amundsen (5-4) at (3) Geneva (8-1), 2 p.m. Saturday
(11) Grant (6-3) at (6) Burlington Central (7-2), 6 p.m. Saturday
(16) Springfield (5-4) at (1) East St. Louis (8-1), 2 p.m. Saturday
(9) Simeon (7-2) at (8) Normal Community West (7-2), 1 p.m. Saturday
(13) Oak Forest (6-3) vs. (4) Kennedy (7-2), noon Saturday at Lane Stadium
(12) Crete-Monee (6-3) at (5) Chatham-Glenwood (7-2), 2 p.m. Saturday
(15) Dunlap (6-3) at (2) Richards (8-1), 7 p.m. Friday
(10) Shepard (7-2) at (7) Washington, Ill. (7-2), 7:30 p.m. Friday
(14) Glenbard South (6-3) at (3) Kankakee (8-1), 1 p.m. Saturday
(11) Lemont (6-3) at (6) Bloomington (7-2), 5 p.m. Saturday