The march to a championship in the 2026 IHSA playoffs continued with first-round action on Friday, Oct. 30.
Peoria-area contenders Pekin, Morton, Washington, LaSalle-Peru, Farmington, El Paso-Gridley, Annawan-Wethersfield and Peru-St. Bede are all on the field Friday night, with more area teams getting their chances on Saturday.
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We’ll collect live updates, pictures, video clips and more from first-round action around the area Friday night.
You can find the full slate of games from teams in the Peoria area by tapping here.
Here is the Journal Star preps experience for the playoffs, your one-stop shop as we look around the Peoria-area football landscape in the second week of the 2026 high school postseason:
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Imagine scoring 84 points in a football playoff game. At home.
And losing.
That’s exactly what just happened Friday in an afternoon Class 6A first-round playoff game that produced an IHSA state record for most points in a game where both teams score.
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No. 9 seed Quincy Sr rolled into town and beat No. 8 Chicago Goode, 88-84.
The record they broke was close to home for Peoria-area football. It was an 82-80 overtime game in which Peoria High beat Peoria Notre Dame on Sept. 15, 2017 at Peoria Stadium.
You can relive that one via our Journal Star story on the game right here.
The opening round of the IHSA playoffs for Peoria-area teams can be found by tapping here.
Check out the live-updated scores for Peoria-area teams in the first round of the playoffs here.
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Every game, all around the state, this is the place to look for scores from around Illinois in the first round of IHSA prep football playoff games.
Who’s gonna win? Check out Adam Duvall‘s picks for the playoffs, all in one place by tapping right here.
He knows how these games are going to go. Duvall merely went 104-36 (.743) in his predictions during the 2026 season.
The Journal Star’s Adam Duvall predicts a state champion, final four, sleeper team for each of the IHSA’s eight classes in the 2026 high school football playoffs. He correctly picked three state champions last season.
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Check out the final Illinois state rankings poll heading into playoff action by tapping here.
Tap right here to see how the Peoria-area teams stacked up.
The Journal Star’s Adam Duvall delivers his four takeaways from the opening round of the 2026 prep football season in the Peoria area. Just tap here to see them.
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We have gathered links to the live streaming Peoria-area high school football games right here. Just tap and find your game. (Some of these require a subscription)
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This article originally appeared on Journal Star: Illinois high school football: Recap, highlights from Peoria-area IHSA first round playoffs
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