Previewing and predicting the Class 7A state football playoffs

Mount Carmel’s Darrion Dupree (6) tries to move past Loyola’s Emmanuel Ofosu (49). (Kirsten Stickney/For the Sun-Times)

Mount Carmel has ended Batavia’s last two seasons. 

The Caravan dominated the Class 7A state championship game last year, beating the Bulldogs 44-20. It was much closer in 2021 when Mount Carmel needed an untimed down to defeat Batavia 16-14 in a second-round state playoff game in Chicago.