All three of them have made the playoffs more than 20 times. They’ve all won double-digit playoff games. But until this year, Bishop McNamara, Bradley-Bourbonnais and Kankakee had never won playoff games in the same season.

Making a statement about the depth of gridiron talent in the All-City area, the Boilermakers doubled up Shepard 42-21 in Class 6A, the Kays rode a stingy defense and timely offense to a 19-3 win over Lemont in Class 5A and the Fightin’ Irish made it a regular season and playoff season sweep over rival Herscher by a 38-14 tally in Class 3A.

The last time the Irish swept the Tigers? When they last went undefeated and won a Class 3A state championship back in 1985.

They’ve compiled a combined 26 wins, as the Irish are 10-0, the Boilers are 9-1 and the Kays are 7-3.

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