Review: Cubs, Sox, to top quality high school football teams
Major League Baseball questions to ponder while considering the competitive high school football season: Would Joe Maddon be the manager of the Chicago Cubs if the relief pitching had excelled? Will the Chicago White Sox continue to be confident with many good, young, players? • Seven high school football teams
Selected high school football games: Schedule October 3-5; results September 26-28, 30
Thursday, Oct. 3 Metro Suburban Blue McNamara at Wheaton Academy, 7:15 Friday, Oct. 4 CCL/ESCC Green* Montini at Niles Notre Dame, 7:30 CCL/ESCC Orange* De La Salle at Nazareth Academy, 7:30 Benet Academy at St. Laurence, 7:30 CCL/ESCC White Marmion Academy vs. Fenwick at Triton College, 7:30 Joliet Catholic Acad.
Surprising York High School at super Glenbard West
By Bobby Narang Four weeks into the high school football season, the West Suburban Conference Silver Division race is heating up. The biggest surprise this season is the strong play of upstart York High School. After finishing with a 4-5 record last season, the Dukes, 3-1 and 2-0, are on
Selected high school football games: Schedule September 27-28; results September 20-21
Friday, Sept. 27 DuKane Batavia at Wheaton Warrenville S., 7:30 St. Charles East at Geneva, 7:30 St. Charles North at Lake Park, 7:30 Wheaton North at Glenbard North, 7:30 DuPage Valley DeKalb at Metea Valley, 7 Naperville North vs. Naperville Central at North Central College, 7 Neuqua Valley at Waubonsie
High School football: Benet, Nazareth, pull power plays
By Bobby Narang Benet Academy High School quarterback, Colin Gillespie, made a point to ensure his younger teammates would have fast adjustments to playing on the varsity football team. The Redwings, a long-time member of the East Suburban Catholic Conference, were preparing to face a tough schedule due to the
Selected high school football games: Schedule September 20-21; results September 13-14
Friday, Sept. 20 CCL/ESL Green St. Rita at Montini, 7:30 CCL/ESL Orange Benet Academy a De La Salle, 7 Nazareth Acad. at St. Laurence, 7:30 CCL/ESL White St. Ignatius at Marmion Academy, 7:30 Fenwick at Joliet Cath. Acad., 7:30 DuKane Geneva at St. Charles North, 7:30 Glenbard North at Batavia,
Four DuPage County football teams make fast starts
By Bobby Narang After two week we know: • Glenbard South High School is riding a young football team brimming with potential to a potential playoff berth. • Glenbard West is loaded with talented running backs, a stout defense, and a strong special-teams unit. • Glenbard East is showing the
Selected high school football games: Schedule September 13-14; results September 6-7
Friday, Sept. 13 DuKane Batavia at Lake Park, 7:30 St. Charles East at Glenbard North, 7:30 St. Charles North at Wheaton North, 7:30 Wheaton Warrenville S. at Geneva, 7:30 Fox Valley* Burlington Central at McHenry, 7 Cary-Grove at Hampshire, 7 Jacobs at Dundee-Crown, 7 Prairie Ridge at Huntley, 7 Illinois
Selected high school football games: Schedule September 6-7; results August 30-31
Friday, Sept. 6 Fox Valley* Dundee-Crown at McHenry, 7 Crystal Lake C. at Cary-Grove, 7 Crystal Lake S. at Burlington Central, 7 Huntley at Jacobs, 7 Upstate Eight Bartlett at Glenbard East, 7:30 Larkin at Streamwood, 7:30 Glenbard South at Elgin, 7:30 South Elgin at East Aurora, 7:30 West Chicago
Selected high school football games: Schedule August 30-31
Friday, Aug. 30 Fox Valley Burlington Central at Dundee-Crown, 7 Cary-Grove at Crystal Lake South, 7 Jacobs at Hampshire, 7 McHenry at Huntley, 7 Prairie Ridge at Crystal Lake Central, 7 Upstate Eight East Aurora at Bartlett, 7:30 Glenbard East at Elgin, 7:30 Larkin at Fenton, 7:30 South Elgin at