Previewing the top IHSA football playoff quarterfinals

Summary

<h3>Class 8A: No. 4 Mount Carmel at No. 1 Lincoln-Way East, 1 p.m. Saturday</h3><p>Based on the teams' talent and resumes, this matchup feels more like a semifinal or even state final. But losses to East St. Louis and Brother Rice dropped Mount Carmel (9-2) to a No. 8 seed and here we are. Brady Cloherty, who started the season as the Caravan's No. 2 quarterback, already has set the program's single-season record for touchdown passes, aided by the state's deepest receiving corps. That group includes Michigan commit Quentin Burrell, Marshaun Thornton and Ty Kennedy. Mount Carmel's defense has…

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