Starting next fall, football teams in Illinois will have more chances to make their way to a state championship. The Illinois High School Association member schools approved all 12 amendment proposals ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WAND) - Tuesday morning, member schools of the IHSA approved all 12 amendment proposals that appeared during the annual referendum process. Several significant changes were approved ...

High school football playoffs in Illinois will include significantly more teams beginning in the 2026 season. The Illinois High School Association approved to enlarge the playoff bracket for each ...

Following the conclusion of voting at midnight on Thursday, the Illinois High School Association has announced that member schools voted to approve a special by-law proposal impacting the start date ...

There are a million ways to write a column about IHSA playoff football expansion. The easiest ways are to either bash the expansion or praise it. But what’s coming in the 2026 season bleeds too many ...

Evergreen Park coach Jim Ramazinski saw his team finish on the wrong side of the bubble this fall, going 4-5 and missing the playoffs. That’s going to change now. The Illinois High School Association ...

ILLINOIS, USA — Illinois High School Association member schools approved an expansion of the football playoffs to 48 teams per class, one of 12 bylaw amendments passed during the IHSA’s annual ...