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While football passes the halfway point, golf begins the stretch run

It’s been another busy week in the world of prep sports. We get you ready for Week 5 of the football regular season while keeping tabs on the area golfers who battled all week for conference bragging rights, and there were many memorable performances on the links.

Kevin Schmit asks if it’s OK to criticize high school athletes.

John Lemon brings you five games to watch this weekend.

Here’s our weekly football previews.

Cook County

DuPage County

Fox Valley

Lake County

Moving to the links, Hersey won its first MSL boys title since 2007.

While Barrington’s girls pulled out a thriller to take the MSL crown … again.

Did anyone play better this week than Hinsdale Central’s Michael Jorski’s 65 at the West Suburban Silver tourney?

Stevenson’s girls golf team won their ninth straight NSC championship.

And the Stevenson boys golf team sent retiring coach John Rueth out with a title.

Lake Park’s boys and girls golf teams both enjoyed memorable days at the DuKane Conference tournaments.

Boys

Girls

On the volleyball court, Palatine continued its perfect start in MSL West play.

We take a closer look at the girls volleyball season with notebooks in Cook and Lake County.

Cook

Lake

It also was an exciting night Thursday in Batavia where the Bulldogs, Geneva, St. Charles East and St. Charles North got together for their annual Tri-Cities boys soccer night.