Photos: Loyola Academy beats visiting Plainfield South to advance in Class 8A playoffs

Ramblers bounce back from first loss of season to win and advance

Nate Latsch, SBLive Sports | Oct 29, 2022

The Loyola Academy Ramblers defeated visiting Plainfield South 42-7 on Saturday afternoon in the Illinois Class 8A playoffs.

The No. 6 seed in the IHSA 8A playosffs, Loyola Academy (9-1) will next face the winner of Saturday night's O'Fallon-Edwardsville matchup. O'Fallon is the No. 11 seed. Edwardsville is No. 22.

Plainfield South, the No. 27 seed, finished its season at 6-4.

Here's a look at the game from photographer Gary Duncan:

Plainfield South at Loyola Academy football

Photos from Gary Duncan

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Published Oct 29, 2022

NATE LATSCH, SBLIVE SPORTS

Nate Latsch is a Regional Editor at SBLive Sports overseeing high school coverage for Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. A veteran sportswriter and multimedia content creator, Latsch has covered high school sports in the St. Louis area and Missouri for 20 years, with a focus on high school football, basketball, baseball and football and basketball recruiting. He has worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, STLhighschoolsports.com, the Associated Press, FOX Sports Midwest, MLB.com and Scout.com. In addition to covering high school sports, Latsch has covered youth, college and professional sports, including covering the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams, the University of Missouri and Saint Louis University.