Prep Football
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Prep football recruiting updates and much moreSep 21, 2026 8:36 pm - Check out the latest in area high school sports in this latest edition of the Daily Herald prep sports newsletter. ‘Edgy’ Tim O’Halloran recruiting update Schmit: Top per...
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Schmit: Who had the area’s top prep football performances of Week 5?Sep 21, 2026 4:24 pm - This edition of the High Five looks at the area’s top prep football performances of Week 5.
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Daily Herald football Top 20Sep 21, 2026 7:49 am - Downers Grove North, Hersey and Prospect remain the top three teams in this week’s Daily Herald football Top 20.
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College game day visits worth the 3 a.m. wake-up calls for suburban high school football playersSep 20, 2026 1:05 pm - Huntley junior quarterback Malik Carter and the Red Raiders are off to an impressive 5-0 start so far this season. Carter has already made a handful of college game day v...
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Football roundup: Grayslake C., Antioch, Fremd, Maine S., Rolling Meadows among winnersSep 19, 2026 7:55 pm - After being bounced by Antioch last week, Grayslake Central rebounded quite nicely.
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Football roundup: Lisle, Naperville C., IC Catholic, Wheaton Academy notch victoriesSep 19, 2026 7:15 pm - Lisle is headed to the playoffs after Friday’s overtime win over Herscher.
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No quit in them: Saluting the ultra-veteran coaches, with 50-plus years in high school footballSep 19, 2026 1:43 pm - Here’s a look at several area high school football coaches with at least 50 years on the sidelines, sometimes at a single school.
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Lots of prep stars shine on Friday nightSep 19, 2026 8:37 am - Batavia’s quick-strike offense was too much for St. Charles North on Friday. Montini edged Carmel in another high-scoring affair. AJ Rogers is joining the long list of gr...
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Wauconda’s Colton Zak disrupts Grayslake North’s offense, as usual. But his first touchdown? ‘Exhilarating.’
Sep 19, 2026 7:44 am - Wauconda sophomore Colton Zak’s varsity football career is all of five games old. Watching the 5-foot-10, 185-pound Zak play, however, one wouldn’t know it. “It’s a lot m...
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West Aurora’s Tyler Fecht, last year’s backup to Ball State-bound Mason Atkins, takes control as starting QB