Here are the opening-round results and second-round matchups for our Herald-News area teams in the playoffs.
Class 8A
Lincoln-Way East 42, Niles West 0: Top-seeded Lincoln-Way East (10-0) will visit No. 17 Minooka (8-2) in the second round at 6 p.m. Friday.
Minooka 37, Taft 6: No. 17-seeded Minooka (8-2) will host No. 1 seed Lincoln-Way East (10-) at 6 p.m. Friday.
Lyons 38, Joliet West 0: Joliet West’s season ends with a record of 5-5.
Downers Grove South 31, Plainfield South 27: The Cougars season come to a close as they finish 7-3.
Class 7A
Lincoln-Way Central 49, Maine West 7: No. 24-seeded Lincoln-Way Central (7-3) will host No. 25 Hoffman Estates (7-3) in the second round at 7 p.m. Friday.
Lincoln-Way West 34, Pekin 14: No. 20-seeded Warriors (7-3) will host fourth-seeded Batavia (9-1) at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Class 6A
Bloomington 31, Lemont 20: Lemont’s season ends with a record of 6-4.
Class 5A
Morris 57, Troy Triad 28: The road win allows 13th-seeded Morris (6-4) to host fifth-seeded Highland (7-3) in the second round at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Joliet Catholic 58, Jacksonville 6: The sixth-seeded Hilltoppers (7-3) will visit Sacred Heart-Griffin (6-4) at 2 p.m. Saturday in Springfield for a second-round playoff contest.
Class 4A
Coal City 41, Johnsburg 13: The Coalers (8-2), the No. 7 seed, will travel to play Rockford Boylan (6-4) in a second-round playoff game at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Class 3A
Wilmington 42, Stillman Valley 7: The second-seeded Wildcats (10-0) will get a second consecutive home playoff game at 5 p.m. Saturday, hosting No. 7 Eureka (9-1).
Class 2A
Dwight/GSW 41, Momence 13: The 12th-seeded Trojans (7-3) will be home for a 1 p.m. Saturday kickoff against No. 4 Elmwood-Brimfield (9-1).
Seneca 39, El Paso-Gridley 23: No. 7 Seneca (9-1) travels to Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin (10-0) for a second-round playoff showdown at 2 p.m. Saturday.