Illinois high school football: Brother Rice announces 2025 schedule

The Crusaders went 6-4 in 2024

Kevin L. Smith|

Brother Rice varsity football, a program based in Chicago, recently announced its 2025 schedule.

The Crusaders are coming off a 2024 campaign where they went 6-4.

The team’s season came to an end when they fell 12-7 to Fenwick in the opening round of the IHSA 7A playoffs.

Brother Rice’s full 2025 schedule

Aug. 29 — vs. Valparaiso

Sept. 5 — at Marist

Sept. 12 — St. Rita

Sept. 19 — Loyola Academy

Sept. 26 — St. Patrick

Oct. 3 — Mount Carmel

Oct. 10 — Notre Dame

Oct. 17 — St. Laurence

Oct. 24 — St. Ignatius

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Published Apr 9, 2025

KEVIN L. SMITH

Kevin L. Smith, a Rochester (NY) native and a graduate of St. Bonaventure University, has been covering high school sports for over a decade. He started out as a freelance sportswriter in 2013. Since then, he’s held sportswriter and editor positions for newspapers in Coudersport (PA), Sayre (PA) and Oswego (NY). Smith currently covers high school sports in the Greater Syracuse Area for syracuse.com | Post-Standard, a position he’s held since 2021. You can follow him on social media @KevLSmittie. Story ideas can be sent to KLSFreelancing@outlook.com.

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