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Glenbard North's Angelo Gatses, right, carries the ball during an August game against Benet Academy in Carol Stream. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)

Following his brother’s graduation, Glenbard North running back Angelo Gatses thrives ‘on my own’

In 2025 Angelo Gatses played a supporting role to his brother, a star running back for Glenbard North High School’s football team. This season he’s come into his own.

Naperville North’s Charlie Neumann (17) carries the ball during the DuPage Valley Conference football game against Neuqua Valley in Naperville on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. (James C. Svehla / for the Naperville Sun)

Neumann takes his turn in spotlight for DVC champion Naperville North’s committee backfield

Junior running back Charlie Neumann takes a lot of pride in wearing a Naperville North jersey. It had been his dream ever since he began attending Huskies games nearly a ...

Libertyville's Colten Siebert (62) prepares to block during a North Suburban Conference football game at Libertyville High School in Libertyville on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026.

Libertyville’s Siebert ‘great leader’ for NSC champions

Eight months before the season opener, Libertyville lineman Colten Siebert already felt a sense of urgency. The 6-foot-2, 255-pound Siebert had a solid junior season in h...

Stevenson’s Cate Taborek, right, pictured at last year’s sectional semifinal against Fremd, moved to right side from the middle and has helped the Patriots go 16-1 in a recent 17-game stretch. (John Starks/Daily Herald)

Girls volleyball notes: Stevenson surges after Taborek’s move to right side; Grayslake Central’s Dig Pink a hit

The Stevenson girls volleyball team is catching fire at the right time of the season. Coach Tim Crow’s squad won 16 of 17 matches during a recent stretch, including takin...

Burlington Central freshman Lani Akenten gets a shot past Jacobs’ Savanna Doubek and Violet Rebacz during a match earlier this season. Akenten leads the Rockets in kills while Rebacz had seven kills in a recent win over McHenry. (John Starks/Daily Herald)

Fox Valley girls volleyball notes: Freshman Fuentes making dazzling debut at Bartlett; Seniors step up for Jacobs

Bartlett girls volleyball freshman outside hitter Loriley Fuentes is turning heads with her outstanding play. Through late last week, Fuentes was leading the Hawks in kil...

Senior running back Colton Ludwig wraps up practice for Kaneland in Maple Park on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (Paul Johnson / The Beacon-News)

Kaneland’s Ludwig, who calls running hard ‘my favorite thing to do,’ posts back-to-back 200-yard games

Kaneland’s Colton Ludwig isn’t the biggest dude on the field, but that doesn’t slow him down. The senior running back checks in at only 5-foot-7 and 140 pounds, but the r...

West Aurora’s Salach, playing ‘pretty much every snap, every game,’ emerges on both sides of the ball

Last season, West Aurora’s Brendon Salach was a factor as a two-way player at tight end and defensive end, especially on offense. But this fall as a senior? Salach has ta...