No. 3 seed Lemont High School (9-1) will travel to Oak Lawn to battle No. 2 seed Richards High School (9-1) at 6 p.m. Saturday in the second round of the 2012 Illinois High School Association state playoffs.

Gates will open at 5 p.m. with kick-off at 6 p.m. General admission costs $5 per person. Richards High School is located at 10601 S. Central Ave. in Oak Lawn.

All second-round games will be played Friday, Nov. 2, or Saturday, Nov. 3, according to the IHSA.   

Before the contest begins on Saturday, Lemont fans will already know the outcome of the Friday night game between No. 1 seed Oak Forest (9-1) and No. 5 seed Palos Heights Shepard (7-3).

Should Lemont defeat Richards on Saturday, the Indians will move on to the quarterfinals to face the winner of Friday night's Oak Forest/Shepard game.

IHSA Class 6A Playoff Schedule

Friday, Nov. 2 (Second Round)

• Game 18 — No. 5 Fox Lake (Grant) (8-2) at No. 4 Crystal Lake (Central) (8-2), 7 p.m.
• Game 19 — No. 2 Lake Villa (9-1) vs. No. 10 Lake Forest (7-3) at Lake Forest (East Campus), 7:30 p.m.
• Game 20 — No. 14 Niles (Notre Dame) (6-4) vs. No. 11 Chicago (Steinmetz) (7-2) at Chicago (Hanson Stadium), 6 p.m.
• Game 21 — No. 1 Oak Forest (9-1) at No. 5 Palos Heights (Shepard) (7-3), 7 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 3 (Second Round)

• Game 17 — No. 8 Chicago (St. Patrick) (7-3) at No. 1 Cary (C.-Grove) (10-0), 1 p.m.
• Game 22 — No. 3 Lemont (H.S.) (9-1) at No. 2 Oak Lawn (Richards) (9-1), 6 p.m.
• Game 23 — No. 4 Peoria (Richwoods) (8-2) at No. 1 Crete (C.-Monee) (10-0), 1 p.m.
• Game 24 — No. 3 Rock Island (H.S.) (8-2) at No. 2 Ottawa (Twp.) (10-0), 2 p.m.

Quarterfinals

• Game 25 — Winner Game 17 vs. Winner Game 18, TBA
• Game 26 — Winner Game 19 vs. Winner Game 20, TBA
• Game 27 — Winner Game 21 vs. Winner Game 22, TBA
• Game 28 — Winner Game 23 vs. Winner Game 24, TBA

Semifinals

• Game 29 — Winner Game 25 vs. Winner Game 26, TBA
• Game 30 — Winner Game 27 vs. Winner Game 28, TBA

State Championship

Game 31 — Winner Game 29 vs. Winner Game 30 at Champaign (Memorial Stadium), 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24.

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