It's semifinal Saturday in the 2024 Illinois High School Association high school football playoffs with 32 teams battling for 16 spots in the eight state championship games set for Thanksgiving weekend.

Among Peoria-area schools, only one survives. No. 2-ranked Farmington will host Palos Heights Chicago Christian in a Class 2A semifinal today. We'll bring you updates here.

Your Journal Star preps experience is back for the semifinals of the IHSA playoffs -- your one-stop shop as we look around the high school football landscape during the 2024 high school playoffs.

Looking for scores? You can find our semifinal scoreboard here.

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Most of the Illinois high school semifinals are streaming on the NFHS network, including Farmington's game. Full details about the streams are here.

Just one Peoria-area team plays today in the IHSA football state semifinals: Farmington.

Looking for tickets? The online provider GoFan is selling digital tickets for the Farmington game and others across Illinois. You can click this link to see all the IHSA semifinal games available via GoFan, which charges $9 for semifinal tickets.

On Saturday afternoon in Farmington, it will be partly cloudy and the temperatures should stay in the mid-40s with no precipitation.

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