Local & Regional · North America

Mount Carmel beats top-ranked Loyola, begins living up to all the preseason hype

The road to the Class 8A state championship goes through Loyola and Mount Carmel. The teams have won the last four titles. So Friday’s regular-season finale between the state powerhouses had been circled on many calendars for months. Over those months, the teams switched positions. The Caravan dropped from the top spot