Mount Carmel vs. Oswego live score, updates, highlights from IHSA Class 8A state championship originally appeared on The Sporting News.
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The Illinois high school football season got extended by a few days.Finally on Wednesday night, it will conclude with the Class 8A IHSA championship game, which will pit Mount Carmel against Oswego.The game is slated to kick off at 6 p.m. local time, although that could be delayed depending on the length of the Class 7A game beforehand. The contest will be staged at Northern Illinois’ Huskie Stadium in DeKalb.Mount Carmel enters the game ranked as the No. 1 team in the state of Illinois and carrying a 13-0 record.In the state semifinals, Mount Carmel won 42-21 over Palatine Fremd.Mount Carmel has won 16 state championships, and this time around, they’re going for a 4-peat.Oswego comes in at 11-2 looking to pull the massive upset.The Panthers beat Lockport Township in a narrow semifinal, 10-7, to get to this final game.Oswego has won two state championships, first in 1992 and again in 2003.We’ll have updates throughout the game to be followed along with below.MORE: Read about how Brother Rice won its first crown since 1981MOUNT CARMEL 14, OSWEGO 3: 4TH QUARTERRefresh for latest.FOURTH QUARTER – – Mount Carmel punts for the ninth time tonight to give it right back. An odd game of short possessions continues, and the door still isn’t slammed shut. Oswego has 10:04 to play down 11 starting at midfield.- Mount Carmel interception. Roman Igwebuike picks off a pass to start the fourth quarter, get the Caravan the ball back and prevent Oswego from taking advantage of its strong field position. That could be tough to rebound from.- Oswego got a key stop to end the third quarter and will take over at the plus-28 to start the fourth.THIRD QUARTER- Three quarters are in the books. Mount Carmel leads 14-3 and is a quarter away from its 17th state championship, and its fourth in a row.- Oswego ended up going for it on fourth-and-goal from the 6, and the pass fell incomplete. Mount Carmel takes over with a 14-3 lead and 26 seconds left in the third quarter.- Drew Kleinhans connects with Teddy Manikas for a big Oswego gain to the Mount Carmel 7-yard line. – Oswego has the ball at its own 41 trailing 14-3 with 3:08 left in the third quarter.- With 5:10 left in the third quarter, the score remains 14-3 in favor of Mount Carmel.- Mount Carmel touchdown. Oswego had to punt on its first drive of the second half. Cullen Winters broke through to block it, and Gavin Conjar picked it up and found the end zone. Emmett Dowling ran in a 2-point conversion, and Mount Carmel seems to have awoken. (Mount Carmel 14-3, 8:19 3Q)- The second half is on the verge of getting underway. Mount Carmel will be kicking away to begin the third quarter.HALFTIME- Oswego is slated to receive the second half kickoff.SECOND QUARTER- The game gets to halftime with no more points. It’s 6-3 Mount Carmel halfway home. Second half should kick off about 7:55 p.m. local time.- Mount Carmel gets a stop and gets the ball back at its own 42 with 56 seconds until halftime.- Touchdown Mount Carmel. Emmett Dowling runs it on a keeper right up the middle form close range to give the Caravan the lead. The kick is blocked. The run was set up by a catch from four-star recruit Quentin Burrell down to the 1-yard line. (Mount Carmel 6-3, 1:30 2Q)Mount Carmel breaks through. Emmett Dowling punches in the TD.Kick blocked.Caravan leads Oswego 6-3 with 1:30 left in the first half of the 8A title game. pic.twitter.com/LpcI5AMuQW— Michael O’Brien (@michaelsobrien) December 4, 2025- A three-and-out for Oswego backed way up gives Mount Carmel the ball back at the plus-43 to start its next drive. There’s 4:23 until halftime for what could be a pivotal series.- Yet another punt coming from Mount Carmel. Drive stalled with a personal foul penalty doing the big damage. Oswego getting it back with 6:08 left in the first half and a 3-0 lead. Punt pinned Oswego at the 1-yard line.- Mount Carmel forces a punt and will get the ball back with 9:58 until halftime.- Drew Kleinhans finds Mariano Velasco over the top for about 40 yards out near midfield to get Oswego out of the shadow of its own goalposts.⁦@Oswego_Football⁩ gets a 47 yard pass from kleinhans to velasco leading ⁦@CaravanFootball⁩ 3-0 1100 2q pic.twitter.com/yUC8JzUYvV— Timothy “EDGYTIM” OHalloran (@EDGYTIM) December 4, 2025- Oswego forces a third consecutive three-and-out to begin the game for Mount Carmel’s offense.FIRST QUARTER- Oswego shuts out Mount Carmel in the first quarter, and MC will have a third-and-19 at its own 31 to start the second.- Field goal Oswego. A 45-yard kick by Oswego’s Kaleb Stumpenhorst is good to put the game’s first points on the board. (Oswego 3-0, 2:14 1Q)Kaleb Stumpenhorst 45-yard field goal.Oswego leads Mount Carmel 3-0, 2:14 first quarter. pic.twitter.com/N9OZIz3Mjb— Joshua Welge (@jwelge96) December 4, 2025- Mount Carmel goes three-and-out for the second time to start the game. Picked up five yards in three plays, lined up to go on fourth-and-5 at own 25, then false started. A punt back to Oswego.- Oswego drive halts at midfield. Punt goes into the end zone for a touchback. Scoreless with 7:18 left in the first quarter.- Oswego comes out strong and forces a three-and-out. Mount Carmel punts it away to give Oswego the football.- The final high school football game of the season in Illinois is underway. Mount Carmel received the opening kickoff.PREGAME- The game will kick off about 6:15 p.m.- This game looks like it’ll begin after the scheduled 6 p.m. start time because of the length of the Brother Rice vs. St. Rita Class 7A game going on beforehand.- Mount Carmel is trying to become the first football program in IHSA history to four-peat on two separate occasions, according to WGN.More HS football news:Marion Local’s national record winning streak ended at the hands of St. HenryAn Indiana HS RB nearly caught Derrick Henry’s national rushing record