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Rudolph, McKenna power Wauconda to bruising second-round win over Belvidere North

Wauconda treated home fans to a vintage display of ground-and-pound football on Friday night, completing just one pass in a 40-14 beatdown of Belvidere North in the secon...

Downers Grove North defense delivers again, shuts down St. Rita

Downers Grove North held St. Rita to just 121 total yards and moved on with a 17-7 victory on Friday in Class 7A playoff action.

Prospect's Matthew Donnelly, right, carries the ball against Rockford Guilford's Addan Rockwell for a second-quarter touchdown during the Class 7A second round football playoff game in Mount Prospect on Friday. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)

Second-round playoff recap: How suburban high school football teams fared and other scores

Friday, Nov. 6 Football IHSA Playoffs 2nd Round Class 8A #8 Mt. Carmel 56, #24 Barrington 0 #4 Oswego 21, #13 Naperville North 19 #2 Huntley 42, ...

Change continues to work well for Huntley with second-round blowout victory

Prior to the season, Huntley football coach Mike Naymola did not mince words when discussing his team’s outlook. “The last two seasons haven’t sat well with us, and we’re...

Downers Grove North players celebrate their victory over Glenbard West during the Class 4A Glenbard West girls volleyball sectional championship match in Glen Ellyn on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)

Girls volleyball: Downers Grove North slips past Glenbard West in three games

Senior outside hitter Nicole Liu and her Downers Grove North teammates spent most of the first set getting stuffed. Glenbard West recorded eight blocks, six by 6-foot-1 s...

Girls volleyball: Charlie Fleegle, Libertyville dig sectional final win over Lake Zurich: ‘Truly insane’

Volleyball: Charlie Fleegel, Libertyville win sectional

A state title girls volleyball match like last year’s between Benet and Marist wouldn’t happen if a new IHSA bylaw amendment proposal is passed by the state’s member schools. (John Starks/Daily Herald)

Schmit: Public vs. private school debate coming to a head with IHSA bylaw proposals

For all the decades of talk about solutions to the debate over IHSA competition between public and private schools, the opportunity to blast it all into oblivion has finally arrived.