Previewing the top IHSA football playoff quarterfinals

Fenwick quarterback Myles Hill (15) scrambles for a gain before Brayden Parks (98) and Manny Uriarte (0) bring him down.Allen Cunningham/For the Sun Times SHARE COPY LINK Share CLOSE Twitter Facebook Bluesky Email Reddit Flipboard Class 8A: No. 4 Mount Carmel at No. 1 Lincoln-Way East1 p.m. Saturday: Based on the teams’ talent and résumés, this matchup feels more like a state semifinal or even a state final. But losses to East St. Louis and Brother Rice dropped Mount Carmel (9-2) to a No. 8 seed, and here we are. Brady Cloherty, who started the season as the Caravan’s No. 2 quarterback, already has set the program’s single-season record for touchdown passes, aided by the deepest receiving corps in the state. That group includes Michigan commit Quentin Burrell, Marshaun Thornton and Ty Kennedy. Mount Carmel’s defense has stars at all three levels with lineman Caleb Tucker, linebacker Roman Igwebuike (Notre Dame) and defensive back Tavares Harrington (Michigan).

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