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Leo High School is also recognized as the 1941 high school football national champion. In particular, the 1937 and 1941 Prep Bowls are recognized as holding the state of Illinois' all-time records for attendance at a football game. The 1937 attendance was estimated at 110,000 spectators, which saw Leo lose to Austin High School, 26–0.
The game was first played in 1927. After a forfeit in 1928, it was not played again until 1933. It was the premier high school football event in Illinois until the IHSA formed the state championship football playoffs in 1974. The 1927 game between Mt. Carmel and Carl Schurz High School drew an estimated 50,000 fans; the largest crowd to see a ...
The Chicago Catholic League (CCL) is a high school athletic conference based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. All of the schools are part of the Illinois High School Association, the governing body for Illinois scholastic sports. While some of the schools are coeducational institutions, the conference only supports athletics for male teams.
The NorthWood football team raises the trophy after winning the Class 4A North semistate championship game against Leo Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, at Leo High School.
This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 September 2024. USA Today named its first All-USA High School Football Team in 1982. The newspaper has named a team every year since 1982. [ 1 ][ 2 ] In addition, two members of the team are named the USA Today High School Offensive Player and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively.
With Division-I recruits on both teams, there will be plenty of star power when NorthWood and Leo face off in an IHSAA Class 4A football semistate contest Friday.
The honorees include high-school athletes, such as Babe Baranowski who quarterbacked the 1937 Leo Catholic High School team in the Prep Bowl football game in Soldier Field, viewed by a record 120,000 spectators, [4] high-school coaches, college athletes from as far away as the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and the University of ...
Oak Park and River Forest High School. Oak Park and River Forest High School (OPRF) is a public four-year high school located in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. It is the only school in Oak Park and River Forest District 200. Founded in 1871, the current school building opened in 1907.