Last updated at 10:39 p.m. on Saturday, November 29, 2008.
| The Road to Champaign | |||||
| First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Champion |
| (1) Geneva (9-0) | (1) Geneva (10-0) 27-7 |
(1) Geneva (11-0) 46-28 |
(1) Geneva (12-0) 35-21 |
Geneva 25-21 |
East St. Louis (Sr.) 33-14 |
| (16) Rolling Meadows (5-4) | |||||
| (8) @ Mt. Prospect (Prospect) (7-2) | (9) Rockton (Hononegah) (8-2) 42-31 |
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| (9) Rockton (Hononegah) (7-2) | |||||
| (4) Mundelein (Carmel) (8-1) | (4) Mundelein (Carmel) (9-1) 45-33 |
(4) Mundelein (Carmel) (10-1) 10-7 |
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| (13) Wheeling (6-3) | |||||
| (5) @ Machesney Park (Harlem) (8-1) | (12) Woodstock (H.S.) (7-3) 29-22 |
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| (12) Woodstock (H.S.) (6-3) | |||||
| (2) Cary (C.-Grove) (9-0) | (2) Cary (C.-Grove) (10-0) 47-0 |
(2) Cary (C.-Grove) (11-0) 10-7 |
(6) Crystal Lake (South) (10-2) 14-7 |
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| (15) Rockford (Guilford) (5-4) | |||||
| (7) St. Charles (East) (7-2) | (7) St. Charles (East) (8-2) 17-13 |
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| (10) Lake Zurich (6-3) | |||||
| (3) Rockford (Boylan) (9-0) | (3) Rockford (Boylan) (10-0) 24-14 |
(6) Crystal Lake (South) (9-2) 28-0 |
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| (14) Libertyville (5-4) | |||||
| (6) Crystal Lake (South) (7-2) | (6) Crystal Lake (South) (8-2) 24-21 |
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| (11) St. Charles (North) (6-3) | |||||
| (1) Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) (9-0) | (1) Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) (10-0) 14-0 |
(1) Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) (11-0) 56-14 |
(1) Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) (12-0) 35-7 |
East St. Louis (Sr.) 27-20 |
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| (8) Wheaton (North) (5-4) | |||||
| (4) Oak Park (Fenwick) (6-3) | (4) Oak Park (Fenwick) (7-3) 49-15 |
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| (5) Chicago (Lincoln Park) (6-3) | |||||
| (2) @ Wheaton (W. Warrenville South) (8-1) | (7) Downers Grove (North) (6-4) 8-7 |
(7) Downers Grove (North) (7-4) 16-0 |
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| (7) Downers Grove (North) (5-4) | |||||
| (3) Maywood (Proviso East) (7-2) | (3) Maywood (Proviso East) (8-2) 20-14 |
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| (6) Chicago (Steinmetz) (6-3) | |||||
| (1) Chicago (St. Rita) (8-1) | (1) Chicago (St. Rita) (9-1) 44-0 |
(1) Chicago (St. Rita) (10-1) 21-13 |
(2) East St. Louis (Sr.) (11-1) 35-28 |
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| (8) Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) (5-4) | |||||
| (4) Harvey (Thornton) (7-2) | (4) Harvey (Thornton) (8-2) 32-24 |
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| (5) Lansing (Thornton Fractional South) (7-2) | |||||
| (2) East St. Louis (Sr.) (8-1) | (2) East St. Louis (Sr.) (9-1) 50-15 |
(2) East St. Louis (Sr.) (10-1) 46-3 |
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| (7) Burbank (St. Laurence) (6-3) | |||||
| (3) @ Belleville (West) (8-1) | (6) Chicago (De La Salle) (7-3) 7-0 |
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| (6) Chicago (De La Salle) (6-3) |