Story byChristian PiekosThu, December 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM UTC·2 min readThey were considered significant underdogs at the state football championships, and the Fenwick Friars proved all the predictions wrong. The Oak Park Catholic high school football team was honored Thursday morning in an all-school pep rally, after they took home the state championship earlier this week. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThis state title, players say, is one for the books. Packing the Fenwick Fieldhouse, Friar Nation was all jacked up, after the immense Illinois High School Association, or IHSA, football Class 6A state championship victory over the East St. Louis Flyers days ago. This is head coach Matt Battaglia's second state win at the helm of the program."These kids, I've known them since they've been in sixth, seventh, eighth grade," Battaglia said.