Images: Glorious Friday Night Lights in our best high school sports photos of the week
See some of the best high school sports images from the Daily Herald this week. Photographers covered football, cross country, girls tennis and more.
The boys varsity field at the start of St. Charles East Invitational cross country meet Saturday morning at Leroy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles.
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
Larkin's Mackenzie Malone celebrates a Royal victory during varsity girls volleyball at Bartlett High School Monday evening.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Grant golfer KiLynn Gold hits out of a sand trap on the second hole during the girls golf match between Libertyville and Grant High Schools at Antioch Golf Club on Monday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
West Aurora's Alora Gomez fires one past St. Charles East's Morgan Kull during varsity girls volleyball at home Tuesday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Lake Zurich's Katie Guy (5) watches the ball sail past Carmel's Erin Taylor (15) and Lauren Nelson during Tuesday's volleyball match in Mundelein.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
From left, Hersey's Sammi Steger, Mary Clare O'Shea and Maggie Reisel celebrate a point in game three of Wednesday's match against Libertyville in Arlington Heights.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Hersey's Amy Morgan dives to the floor to keep the ball alive during Wednesday's match against Libertyville in Arlington Heights.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Callum Burtleson of Wheaton Academy and Unla Husseini of Wheaton Warrenville South vie for the ball during boys soccer action Wednesday.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
West Aurora's Zuriel Badillo and Waubonsie Valley's Rogelio Grimaldo compete for a header Thursday in Aurora.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Grace Giffin of Glenbard West returns a ball during No. 1 doubles action at Naperville North Thursday.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Vernon Hills linebacker Andrew "Chick" Smith kneels by a tree dedicated to his mother that is located near the softball fields. Before every home football game at Vernon Hills, Smith and his teammates, touch, tug or pat at this one special tree that is located beyond the south end zone. It's a tribute to Julie Smith, Chick's Mom. Julie Smith died of cancer in 2010, when Chick was a sixth grader. The youth baseball and softball fields where Chick and his older sister Sydney used to play are located next to the football field, and a tree was planted there to commemorate all the hours she spent there watching her kids. There is a plaque on the tree with her name on it.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Batavia's Colin Cheaney (18) is tackled by Libertyville's Jack Sanders during their game Friday night at Libertyville High School.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Mundelein's Tess Pribyl digs the ball in a match with Harlem during Saturday's girls volleyball invitational at Conant High School in Hoffman Estates.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Audrey Ernst of St. Charles North, and Jocelyn Long of Barrington share the early lead in the girls varsity race at the St. Charles East Invitational cross country meet Saturday morning at Leroy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles.
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
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