BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois High School Association has announced the times and dates for this weekend's opening round of the 43rd IHSA Football Championships.

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Here are the times and dates for area teams playing in this weekend's games:

CLASS 1A: Carrollton at Camp Point Central, 1 p.m Saturday; Hardin-Calhoun at Arcola, 2 p.m. Saturday; Greenfield Northwestern at Brown County, 1:30 p.m. Saturday

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CLASS 3A: East Alton-Wood River at Carlinville, 7 p.m. Friday

CLASS 4A: Taylorville at Marquette Catholic, 7 p.m. Friday; Civic Memorial at Rochester, 7 p.m. Friday

CLASS 8A: Oak Park-River Forest at Edwardsville, 6 p.m. Friday

The Taylorville-Marquette Catholic contest will be broadcast live on RiverBender.com. 

Second-round pairings, dates and start times will be announced by the IHSA office following the conclusion of this weekend's games. The state championship games will be played at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thanksgiving weekend at the University of Illinois' Memorial Stadium in Champaign-Urbana; Classes 1A-4A will be played Nov. 25 and Classes 5A-8A will be played Nov. 26.

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