College football: Aurora University vs. Benedictine University
Aurora University’s Trey Madsen makes the game-winning catch in Lisle Saturday, Oct. 29 against Benedictine University.
High School Football: Kaneland vs. Riverside-Brookfield
Host Kaneland High School quarterback Troyer Carlson, 10, celebrates his 15-yard first-quarter touchdown run Friday, Oct. 28 with Dom DeBlasio, 11, and Johnny Spallasso, 2. Kaneland won, 35-14, in round one of Class 6A playoffs against Riverside-Brookfield.
High School football: Yorkville vs. Libertyville
Yorkville defense crucial: Yorkville High School punt-rushers, Kyle Gettemy, 4, and Luke Zook, 23, take aim at the Libertyville punter in the Class 7A first-round high school football playoff game Friday, Oct. 27.
High School Cross Country
Bria Bennis of York High school captures individual first place in the Waubonsie Valley High School Class 3A Sectional meet Saturday, Oct. 29 in the time of 16:59.2.
East Aurora High School Football Oldtimers Association dinner
With East High Football Oldtimers Association dinner committee members standing by, Janet Kenyon, right, announces her Tomcat challenge coin at the 77th annual Old Timers’ dinner meeting October 20 at the Gaslite Manor in Aurora.
High School football: Yorkville vs. Oswego
Andrew Laurich, 9, of Yorkville High School, seeks to pull away from Oswego defenders in the teams’ Friday, Oct. 21 Southwest Prairie Conference West Division game.
Wheaton Academy rides crest into IHSA playoffs
By Bobby Narang The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) football playoffs are finally here. For the second straight season, the playoffs are a welcome return to normality in the Fall. The IHSA released the eight-class football pairings Saturday evening, with Lincoln-Way East, 9-0, as the No. 1 seed in largest
Cream rising to the top usual college football teams
By Woodrow Carroll The top echelon of collegiate football, the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision), has 131 teams, yet, the likely national champion will come from a select, well-established, group of teams. It comes as no real surprise that the 131 FBS football programs are down to six, familiar, undefeated teams.
High school football playoff schedule week 1; regular season results Oct. 20-22
Class 8AGame 1: Conant at Lincoln-Way East, Fri., Oct. 28, 6 p.m.Game 2: Neuqua Valley vs. Chicago Lane at Lane Stadium, Fri., Oct. 28, 6 p.m.Game 3: Stevenson at Warren, Fri., Oct. 28, 7 p.m.Game 4: Andrew at #9 Huntley, Fri., Oct. 28, 7 p.m.Game 5: Belleville East at South
High school football: Start of playoff games, reflection
The October and November sports corridor may be among the most enjoyable: College and professional sports overlap with football baseball, and basketball, and high school Fall sports offer championships with Winter sports in view. Friday, Oct. 28 and Saturday, Oct. 29 will offer the first round of the high school
High School Football: East Aurora vs. Fenton
East Aurora High School’s Jeremiah Brown, 26, carries upfield Friday, Oct. 21.
High School Football: West Aurora vs. Minooka
West Aurora’s Dariyon Douglas, 14, runs the ball in the first quarter Friday, Oct. 21.
Oswego athletes’ reunion Sunday, Oct. 23
The Little White School Museum, 72 Polk Street (Jackson at Polk) in Oswego invites all former Oswego School District athletes, coaches, sponsors, and other sports staffers to their first “School Reunion – Athletics,” to gather to reminisce about the fun they had during their school careers. The “School Reunion –
High school football schedule Oct. 20-22; results Oct. 13-15
Thursday, Oct. 20DuPage ValleyNeuqua Valley at Metea Valley, 7Naperville North at Naperville Central, 7West Suburban GoldMorton at Willowbrook, noonHinsdale South at Addison, 6West Suburban SilverYork at Oak Park-River Forest, 7 Friday, Oct. 21CCL/ESCC GreenNazareth Academy vs. Benet Academy at Benedictine University, 7:30Niles Notre Dame at Chicago St. Rita, 7:30CCL/ESCC Orange*Montini
Nazareth Academy in a sense of playoff urgency
By Bobby Narang The sense of urgency hit the Nazareth Academy High School football team after the conclusion of week seven Saturday, Oct. 8. The Roadrunners have become a playoff staple under the direction of head coach Tim Racki over the past decade. Missing the playoffs is not an option,
Illini convincing journey continues successful ride
By Woodrow Carroll Those who wondered if University of Illinois football was for real, likely were convinced in the Fighting Illini’s 26-14 conquest of visiting Minnesota Saturday, Oct. 15. The Illini won, 26-14. Oddsmakers had been leaning slightly towards Minnesota. They were wrong! The Illini proved to be the superior
High School Football: Metea Valley vs. Naperville Central
Metea Valley High School’s Kooper Kranz, 12, slips between Naperville Central’s King Bruno, ground, and Caleb Brown, 19, Friday, Oct. 14.
High School Football: Geneva vs. Batavia
Geneva High School quarterback Nate Stempowski, 3, is sacked by Batavia’s Ben Fiegel Friday, Oct. 7.
High School football: Yorkville vs. Oswego East
A crowded field, at the end of a play from scrimmage in the football game Yorkville High School at Oswego East, Friday, Oct. 7, yields eight players from each team involved.