The final week of the football regular season has arrived … and there’s plenty on the line

Kevin Schmit writes about yet another proposal for district scheduling and why it might not be popular for many suburban schools.

John Lemon looks at five games to watch Friday night, all of which will help decide conference champions.

Our weekly game previews

Girls volleyball

The girls volleyball postseason begins next week, and Barrington got ready by beating Palatine for the MSL title.

Hampshire’s volleyball team knocked off Huntley for its first FVC championship.

John Leusch looks to what lies ahead for Cook County teams in the postseason.

Mike Miazga’s girls volleyball notebooks

Girls tennis

Stevenson is off to a great start at the first day of the girls state tennis tournament.

York’s Caroline Coan also had a perfect day at state tennis.