Since back-to-back Illinois 8-Man Football Association playoff appearances in 2019 and 2020, its first two seasons playing the eight-man game, the Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland football co-op has alternated seasons making it to Week 10 – one year out, one year in; one year out, one year in.

The Falcons bucked that every-other-year trend in 2024, however, making a second consecutive trip to the postseason thanks to a 6-3 regular season before falling in a 20-17 heartbreaker at West Carroll in the I8FA’s opening round .

The goal for the 2025 Falcons? Earn a third consecutive playoff berth for the first time since FCW made the IHSA’s 11-man playoffs nine consecutive falls the first nine years of the co-op between the old and often fierce rivals.

“Losing another great senior class from last

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