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Fulton football looks to get revenge against Stockton
During the regular season, Fulton football lost to its conference foe, Stockton, 44-14. Now the two teams square off in the 1A quarterfinals on Saturday. Hear from Fulton football players about why they are confident the rematch will end with a different result.
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Byron and IC Catholic could be headed for another epic playoff battle
It has felt like the football teams at Byron and IC Catholic have been on a collision course all season. Well, that collision will happen this Saturday afternoon in Byron in the IHSA Class 3A playoff quarterfinals. These are the top two ranked teams in the state in 3A.
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Stockton 'finds a way' to win IHSA 1A football state quarterfinal game
Although it was much more of a battle this time around, Stockton pulled off a 28-21 come-from-behind win to beat Fulton for the second time this season Saturday, Nov. 14, this time to vault it into the Class 1A state semifinals. Stockton (11-1) will now head to Heyworth (12-0), which hammered Clifton Central 47-0 in its quarterfinal, next Saturday, Nov. 21, for the right to play in the 1A state championship game on the day after Thanksgiving, Nov. 27. More Rockford-area football: Harlem's dramatic 4th-quarter comeback sends Huskies into state semis "This was a lot tougher, but they've had a season to mature, and they were ready for us," Stockton head coach Sean Downey said of Fulton. "But like I told our kids, this maybe wasn't our best performance, but we pulled it together, and we found a way to win. "We survived." Stockton hammered Fulton 44-14 back on Sept. 18 in Week 5 in a dominant win. But this was different. Fulton QB Easton Spooner sparked his team to a 21-14 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter, but it didn't last long. Stockton's Wyatt Record scurried 69 yards for a touchdown to cut the lead to
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Byron, Rochelle bow out to strong foes in football state quarterfinals
Byron bowed out at the hands of Elmhurst IC Catholic in the Class 3A state football quarterfinals on Saturday, Nov. 14, while Rochelle was knocked out by a strong Coal City squad in a 4A quarterfinal at around the same time. It was a rough ending for two of the hottest teams in the Rockford area headed into the quarters. More Rockford-area football: Here's how 4 Rockford-area football teams look to get to the semis "It's tough, really tough," Byron head coach Jeff Boyer said. "It's just tough to see all these guys go, especially the seniors. They've worked hard, most of them for eight years in this program. It's just tough." Here is more on the setbacks that sent these two Rockford-area teams into the offseason. IC Catholic 33, Byron 14 Byron will not make it to its fifth state championship game in the past seven years, nor will it win its fourth 3A state title in the last six years. IC Catholic made sure of that. Both teams were playing with backup quarterbacks due to undisclosed reasons, and Byron trailed for the first time this year when IC Catholic's new QB Will Schmidt capped off the game's first