Flyers Return To Class 6A Football Final, Roll Over Burbank St. Laurence Catholic 50-7, Will Play Oak Park Fenwick For State Championship  

BURBANK - The East St. Louis Flyers football team will return to the IHSA Class 6A final next Saturday afternoon after taking a 37-0 halftime lead and going on to win over Burbank St. Laurence Catholic 50-7 in a semifinal game played Saturday afternoon, Nov. 22, 2025, at Cavanaugh Stadium in Burbank.The reward for the Flyers is a date in the championship game against Oak Park Fenwick Catholic, who defeated LaGrange Park Nazareth Academy 28-27 in overtime, next Saturday in Bloomington-Normal.

The Flyers scored first on a three-yard run by Ahmad Coleman to go ahead 7-0, then on the next Viking possession, a blocked punt out of then end zone by Jabari Lofton resulted in a safety to increase the East Side lead to 9-0 after one quarter, On the first play of the second quarter, Myson Johnson-Cook ran in from 11 yards to increase the lead to 16-0. The Flyers got a seven-yard run from Johnson-Cook for another score to make it 23-0 with 6:51 left in the first half.

Coleman ran in from four yards out for his second touchdown of the day to make the score 30-0 for East Side, and Johnson-Cook rounded out the first half scoring with a 13-yard run to make the score 37-0 for the Flyers at halftime.

St. Laurence got on the board in the third quarter on a fourth-and-goal play to cut the lead to 37-7 with 4:16 left, but the Flyers got the touchdown back on the next possession on a four-yard run up the middle by Johnson-Cook, his fourth touchdown of the afternoon, to make it 43-7 after the conversion missed. In the fourth quarter, Coleman completed the scoring when he went off on a 69-yard touchdown run with 6:36 left to make the final score 50-7.

The Vikings conclude their season 8-5, while the Flyers are now 10-3, and meet Fenwick next Saturday in the Class 6A championship game at Hancock Stadium on the campus of Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal. The kickoff is set for 1 p.m.

More like this:

Johnson-Cook Runs For 183 Yards, Two Touchdowns, But Flyers Lose Class 6A Final To Fenwick 38-28

Dec 3, 2025

East St. Louis Flyers Dominate Chatham Glenwood in Playoff Victory

Nov 10, 2025

White Leads East St. Louis With 19 Points, Johnson Scores 14, Flyers Hold Off Deerfield 52-46 For 3A State Title

Mar 15, 2026

East St Louis Dominates Plainfield East In Playoff Opener

Nov 1, 2025

Tyson Wampler Leads Edwardsville with Three RBIs In Second East St. Louis Win

May 7, 2026