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Mount Carmel's Quentin Burrell scores a touchdown during the IHSA Class 8A football semifinal game against Fremd on Nov. 22, 2025, in Chicago. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)

Chicagoland high school football rankings: Get Mike McGraw’s Top 25 for Week 1

Three of the four teams in the CCL Blue begin the season in the top 25, led by defending state champions Mount Carmel and Brother Rice.

Montini head football coach Chris Andriano leads a 2015 football practice in Lombard. The Broncos went on to win the Class 6A state title that season with a perfect 14-0 record. (Bev Horne/Daily Herald)

Retired Montini coach Andriano to receive ‘the greatest honor of my football life’

Retired hall of fame Montini football coach Chris Andriano will have the stadium football field dedicated to him in a ceremony on Friday before the Broncos’ home opener.

Longtime suburban boys basketball coach Ken Johnson passes away

Longtime area basketball coach Ken Johnson, who took Hinsdale Central and Stevenson downstate, has died at 81.

Batavia's Brennon Zeng (14) celebrates his first quarter touchdown against Glenbard West last season in Batavia.  (Mark Black/for the Beacon-News)

NIU-bound Brennon Zeng, the quiet one, lives up to underrated label for Batavia

Brennon Zeng could be described as the quiet one among Batavia’s talented trio of senior receivers but expect to be hearing plenty more about him this season. His coa...

Mundelein’s Kolton Sydanmaa will be a player to watch this fall after making 60 tackles last year as a sophomore. (Brian O’Mahoney for the News-Sun)

Mundelein’s Kolton Sydanmaa, who has ‘vivid memories’ of a leg injury, makes quite an impression on the field

There are many ways to make a positive first impression, but Mundelein linebacker Kolton Sydanmaa’s opportunity was pretty cut-and-dried. When the Mustangs’ coaches were ...

New England Patriots fan Jackson Bonebrake impresses ‘one of my favorite players,’ new Benet coach James White

Benet sophomore offensive lineman Jackson Bonebrake, an ardent New England Patriots fan, still has a hard time wrapping his mind around it. Bonebrake was incredulous when...

Conant High School returning starters, from left, offensive guard Josh Choe, fullback Jackson Spizzirri, and quarterback Tyler Marchese are among the Cougars who have continued to develop in a Wing-T offense introduced last season.

The Wing-T — and a ‘Wing-T guru’ — improve Conant’s prospects

Team Within the Team: Conant seeing results by shifting to the Wing-T offense.