Images: Thursday's Heat
Nathan Fisher ,14, of Bartlett practices a song with band members at Streamwood High School.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Wheaton Warrenville South football player Dan Adman right, tries to cool down Thursday during the football prectice at the school in Wheaton. "We're out here practicing at 7.45 A.M. each morning.
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Blake Mickey, right, of the Marmion Academy football team takes a long cold drink during practice.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Libertyville High School freshman defensive back football coach Andrew Forshee keeps cool with a wet towel during Thursday morning's practice. Forshee says his players get a water break every 10 to 15 minutes depending on the intensity of the drills.
Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
Joshua Strong ,17, of Streamwood practices with band members at Streamwood High School.
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Senior Grant Wilson lets cool water trickle over his head during a water break at Marmion Academy.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Hofffman Estates junior Alexander Garcia, left, and sophomore Matthew Mednus, right, take a water break during Hoffman Estates High School football practice.
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Sophomore Eric Brooks takes a water break at Hoffman Estates.
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Rob Voirin of the Marmion Academy varsity football team wipes sweat off his face during practice on Thursday. "I start to sweat as soon as I put my helmet on," he said to teammates. By 10 am, temperatures were already in the upper eighties with high humidity.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Libertyville High School freshman football player Kayne MacCallum takes a water break.
Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
Marmion Academy varsity football players cool off during one of many water breaks.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Hoffman Estates sophomores Jerrod Miller, left, and Ian Kasyoka take a drink during a break from Hoffman Estates' football practice.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
The mid-afternoon temperature reading at Fremd High School was near 100 degrees Thursday.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Varsity football players at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire keep hydrated from the heat Thursday morning.
Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
Jess Kirshenbaum ,16, of Streamwood takes a much-needed water break during band practice at Streamwood High School.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Water jugs line the football field at Libertyville High School during freshman football practice Thursday morning. The players are required to bring a minimum of 64-ounces of water to their practice. The school provides water as well.
Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
Sophomore Zach Hommowan takes a water break during Hoffman Estates' football practice.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
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