IHSA Football Pairings: Lemont Hosts Morgan Park in Playoff Opener

The football team will kick off the 2011 state playoffs with a home game against Morgan Park, the Illinois High School Association announced.

First-round playoff matchups were revealed Saturday night during a live telecast on Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus. All first-round games will be played Friday, Oct. 28, or Saturday, Oct. 29. Exact times and dates of games will be announced by 3 p.m. Monday on IHSA.org.

No. 1 Lemont (9-0) will take on No. 8 Morgan Park (4-5) in the first round of the Class 6A playoffs. Should the Indians win, they will face either No. 4 T.F. North or No. 5 Oak Forest .

Visit IHSA.org for a complete list of pairings for the 2011 state playoffs, as well as the brackets for Class 6A.

The Indians completed their Friday night with a 41-13 win over Oak Forest. They have now outscored opponents 365-45 for an average of 40.6 points for and only 5 points against.

Lemont Oct. 14 with a victory over T.F. North. It is the team's fourth consecutive conference championship, and its fifth in sixth years

This year marks the Indians' eighth consecutive appearance in the IHSA playoffs. The team has advanced to at least the quarterfinal round four years in a row.

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