Bishop McNamara 49, Hope Academy 20: A guaranteed share of the Chicagoland Christian Conference title was on the line for Bishop McNamara against fellow unbeaten Hope Academy on Friday, and the Fightin’ Irish (8-0, 6-0 CCC) entered the driver’s seat for said title with a commanding road win. They also kept their longest unbeaten start in decades alive with one regular season game still ahead. Julius May ran for four touchdowns for the Irish with Jordan Callaway adding two rushing touchdowns and Malachi Lee adding another.
Kankakee 52, Thornton 6: Cedric Terrell III had a typically electric night for Kankakee (6-2, 5-0 Southland), throwing a 3-yard touchdown to David Andrade to open the Kays’ scoring and then had two receiving touchdowns, a rushing touchdown and a 77-yard kick return