Coal City Coalers high school football

Class 4A is the classification for new blood in the title game. Mount Zion is making its first ever appearance while DePaul Prep's last title game was 44 years ago when the school was known by another name. Steve Soucie previews Friday's Class 4A title game.

Here are semifinal results and state championship matchups for IHSA playoff teams across the Will and Grundy county area.

DePaul Prep held strong defensively down the stretch, including an Aidan Castette sack of Coalers quarterback Zander Meents as time expired to secure a 21-14 victory that has the Rams in their first state championship game since they were known as Gordon Tech in 1980.