Live updates; Illinois IHSA Class 6A state championship game — SN NEXT No. 6 East St. Louis [IL] vs. Fenwick

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NORMAL, Illinois, Dec. 2 — The East St. Louis [IL] Flyers finally get down to business Tuesday night against the Fenwick [Oak Park, IL] Friars in the Illinois IHSA Class 6A state championship game at Hancock Stadium on the campus of Illinois State University.

The game was originally scheduled for Saturday but had to be moved due to a widespread winter storm that brought heavy snow to the Illinois State campus.

East St. Louis (9-3) was ranked in the national preseason Top 25, but lost games to three other nationally-ranked squads including the Bergen Catholic [Oradell, NJ] Crusaders, Bishop Gorman [Las Vegas, NV] Gaels, and IMG Academy [Bradenton, FL] Ascenders. Those losses knocked the Flyers out of the national title conversation early, and eventually, the Top 25 altogether.

But the Flyers are still considered one of the top two to three teams in the Land of Lincoln, and they've yet to lose to an Illinois opponent this season. In fact, East St. Louis has won 20 straight games against in-state opponents, a streak dating back to the 2022 playoffs when they lost to the Cary [IL]-Grove Trojans in the Class 6A title game that year.

Fenwick, meanwhile, enters this game with three losses of its own, albeit, against much lower-ranked opponents than the Flyers. That probably isn't a good sign for the Friars, but they do enter the game ranked among the state's Top 10 teams.

WATCH ON THE NFHS NETWORK:SN NEXT No. 6 East St. Louis [IL] Flyers vs. Fenwick [Oak Park, IL] Friars

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