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26-0: St. Charles North Finishes Perfect, Beats Prospect 32-13 for the Illinois State Championship
Perfection, sealed. St. Charles North beat Prospect 32-13 on October 17 at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park to win the IHSA girls flag football state championship and finish the season 26-0.
The North Stars were the state’s most dominant team from August to October, entering the final ranked No. 2 in the USA TODAY Super 25 national poll and outscoring their seven postseason opponents by a staggering 251-76 margin. Senior quarterback Kaelie Tomalak threw for 154 yards in the title game, capping a season in which she was the engine of the North Stars’ offense.
Prospect arrived unbeaten and battle-tested after its own deep playoff run, but St. Charles North’s balance — an offense that scored in bunches all postseason and a defense that never let the Knights find a rhythm — was too much.
The championship is the first in program history for St. Charles North, and it lands in just the third season of IHSA-sponsored flag football — a sport growing so fast in Illinois that the final felt less like a finish line than a starting gun.
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Alabama Runs Deep: Undefeated Moody, Central and Montgomery Catholic All Sit in the National Top 15
If you want to find the center of the high school flag football universe, check Alabama. Three Alabama programs sit in the USA TODAY Super 25 national rankings — and the state’s No. 2 team hasn’t lost in 30 games.
Moody (17-0) is the streak story of the fall. The defending AHSAA Class 1A-5A champions picked up their 30th consecutive win this week, are ranked No. 7 in the Super 25 and No. 8 in the MaxPreps national rankings, and recently outscored three opponents 146-0 in a single week. Sophomore Sophie White put up 472 all-purpose yards and seven touchdowns in one doubleheader. The Blue Devils’ title DNA is real: last December at Protective Stadium, quarterback Serenity Rutledge threw three touchdown passes — to Zoey Terry, White and Kennedy Hockman — and Cheyenne Moore returned an interception 48 yards for a score in a 27-18 final win over Montgomery Catholic.
Central of Phenix City (11-2) is Alabama’s No. 1 and the nation’s No. 5, powered by Savannah Sevier, who recently stacked 301 yards, four touchdowns, six flag pulls and four pass breakups in a single week. Montgomery Catholic (12-1), ranked No. 15 nationally, is right back in the hunt behind senior Hayden Fitts, who ran for three touchdowns and threw for another against Spain Park.
With Spain Park, Vestavia Hills, Boaz and Brewbaker Tech also ranked in the state Super 10, Alabama’s playoffs this winter might be the toughest tournament in the country.
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