Kevin Schmit
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Naperville North gets its mojo backAug 31, 2016 1:00 am - For two years Naperville North's football team felt its confidence being siphoned away. The Huskies started getting it back on Friday with a 42-14 win over Sandburg, but...
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Learning from our Week 1 football lessonsAug 30, 2016 11:00 pm - Where do we go from here? Coaches talk about the training of “nine months for nine weeks,” but I'm wondering how many football players actually maintain that kind of per...
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North Side wins Wheaton gameAug 26, 2016 1:00 am - Jackson Gray never returned a kick before Friday night. Now the Wheaton North junior might not see another football kicked his way the rest of the season. Gray's game-br...
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Everybody's working for the weekendAug 25, 2016 1:00 am - The countdown is over. Prep football is back. It's been nine months since eight teams won state titles in DeKalb, and now the focus shifts to a trip to Champaign this Th...
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DVC's best team is anybody's guessAug 24, 2016 1:00 am - If anyone tells you they know how the DuPage Valley Conference football season will turn out, don't believe them. The DVC's coaches sure won't. "To me it's totally up in...
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Benet ready for the ESCC challengeAug 24, 2016 1:00 am - Will it be the two-time defending state champion or the underdog football team that advanced to the Class 8A final? How about last season's conference co-champions? How ...
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Could WSC be even better than last year?Aug 23, 2016 1:00 am - One champion won the Class 7A title while the other came three points shy of reaching the Class 6A final. Just another season of football in the West Suburban Conference...
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Scouting the Willowbrook WarriorsAug 19, 2016 1:01 am - Win the West Suburban Gold and the rest will take care of itself. That's the attitude of Willowbrook's football team, which finished second in the Gold in three of the l...
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Scouting the Downers Grove North TrojansAug 19, 2016 1:01 am - Whether it's with five wins or nine, qualifying for the football playoffs out of the West Suburban Silver is an impressive feat. In five straight appearances - including...
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Scouting the Benet RedwingsAug 19, 2016 1:01 am - It didn't take long last season for Benet to realize it had a special defensive football player in Alec McEachern. The Redwings realized how special when they also put h...