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Glenbard West’s Braden Spiech passes the ball against Hinsdale Central last season.

A fall without football: Local seniors tell us their thoughts

Friday was supposed to be opening night for the 2020 high school football season. But due to COVID-19 restrictions, the IHSA has postponed the season to the spring of 2021. We asked five local seniors to write their thoughts about not playing football this fall.
Craig Anderson

IHSA postpones board meeting, will meet with state agencies Friday

Illinois High School Association executive director Craig Anderson said on Tuesday that the association's board meeting scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed to July 29.
With growing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 high school football season might not happen this fall.

It's time for fall season in some sports to be put on hold

The time has come for the state and Illinois High School Association to put some fall sports on an indefinite hold.
Batavia’s Jack Meyers gets hit by Wheaton North’s Xander Mueller during a game in 2018.

Video chat: Patricia Babcock McGraw catches up with Wheaton North linebacker Xander Mueller

Talkin' With Trish: Patricia Babcock McGraw catches up with Wheaton North senior Xander Mueller in a video chat. Mueller was a star linebacker for Wheaton North and will be playing his college ball at Northwestern.
Video attached to article Warren High School football coach Bryan McNulty talks with Daily Herald sports writer Patricia Babcock McGraw about the delayed season due to COVID-19 restrictions.

No Friday Night Lights: Warren players feel the void

Members of the Warren football team, which advanced to the Class 8A state championship game in 2019, talk about what they are missing most about Friday Night Lights and what they are doing to keep themselves prepared for a possible season in the spring of 2021.
Wheaton Warrenville South football coach Ron Muhitch says his program will not host the Red Grange Classic 7-on-7 tournament this summer.

No ignoring reality that Red Grange Classic won't happen

Wheaton Warrenville South's annual Red Grange Classic is regarded as one of the state's top 7-on-7 tournaments. It won't take place this summer, however, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to delay the return of football.
Corey Atwell
All's well for new Grayslake North coach Atwell
A longtime teacher and coach at Vernon Hills, Corey Atwell has accepted the head football job at Grayslake North. His son, Nathan, is a wide receiver in the program.
Elk Grove’s Ken Grams would have celebrated 55 years announcing football games at the school on Friday night until the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the season.
Elk Grove's Grams will miss not being in booth for 1st time in 55 years
Elk Grove's Ken Grams would have been in the press box Friday night for the 55th straight year, announcing the school's first football game of the season, a season postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Naperville Central’s Payton Thorne threw for more than 7,000 yards and 80 touchdowns in his high school football career.
Top Ten QBs: Boone Thorgesen (Kaneland, No. 8), Payton Thorne (Naperville Central, No. 7)
Our countdown of the best area quarterbacks over the last 20 years includes Boone Thorgesen, who threw for 43 touchdowns and nearly 4,000 yards in his senior season at Kaneland.
Brady Seaburg and his father Brad pose at the Missouri Western football stadium. Brady, 14, created a website featuring more than 250 football stadiums he and his family have visited. Brad Seaburg is the head football coach at Cary-Grove High School.
Family vacation: Cary-Grove's Seaburg family knows how to do it right
Brady Seaburg, the 14-year old son of Cary-Grove football coach Brad Seaburg, has created a website featuring photos of more than 250 football stadiums across the country the family has visited.
Batavia’s Micah Coffey was voted the ninth best high school quarterback since 2000 in the Daily Herald’s circulation area.
Top Ten QBs: Eric Mooney (Huntley, No. 10), Micah Coffey (Batavia, No. 9)
Today, the Daily Herald begins to count down the Top 10 high school quarterbacks in our circulation area since 2000, as voted on by the Daily Herald's prep sports staff.
Wheaton North quarterback Clayton Thorson joins a long line of great program quarterbacks that includes Chuck Long and Kent Graham.
Top Ten QBs: Clayton Thorson (Wheaton North, No. 6), Tommy Zbikowski (Buffalo Grove, No. 5)
Wheaton North graduate Clayton Thorson is among the top quarterbacks in program history.
Texas to delay high school football for big schools amid coronavirus pandemic
The University Interscholastic League, which administers high school sports in the state of Texas, announced Tuesday that the high school football seasons for schools with large enrollments will be delayed by one month while smaller schools will be allowed to start their football seasons at their usual time.
Western Michigan’s Luke Juriga, a Marmion graduate, has signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Eagles. His father, Jim, played three seasons in the NFL with the Denver Broncos.
Marmion grad Juriga signs with NFL's Eagles
"Farm strong" is an apt description for Marmion grad Luke Juriga. He signed by Philadelphia as an NFL free agent. His dad, Jim, an offensive lineman who prepped at Wheaton North, played in the 1990 Super Bowl for Denver.
Bartlett quarterback Michael Priami has confirmed his transfer to St. Charles North.
Bartlett's Priami confirms transfer to St. Charles North
Bartlett quarterback Michael Priami has confirmed his transfer to St. Charles North.
St. Viator’s Jeremiah Pittman (55) is just one of the many Illinois high school football players coping with the IHSA’s suspension of summer contact days.
High school football coaches, players coping with contact days suspension
Football coaches and players around the area are dealing with the IHSA's suspension of summer contact days due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Current Geneva boys coach Scott Hennig said former athletic director Bob Schick still enjoyed coming to games through last season and telling stories of past great Vikings teams.
Former Geneva AD Schick passes away at 90
Longtime Geneva athletic director Bob Schick passed away Monday at the age of 90.
College of DuPage football coach Matt Foster has announced his retirement, effective next spring.
College of DuPage football coach Foster announces retirement
After seven seasons as head coach of the College of DuPage football program, Matt Foster has announced his retirement, effective this upcoming spring.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Warren quarterback Trinate Jacobs gets sacked by Lincoln-Way East’s Sean McLaughlin during the second quarter of IHSA Class 8A state football championship game at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb Saturday.
Warren vs. Lincoln-Way East, Class 8A state football title game
Prairie Ridge captains, from left, Andrew Fryer, Blake Brown, Kyle Koelblinger and Connor Lydon hold their team’s trophy following the Wolves’ 43-21 loss to East St. Louis during the IHSA Class 6A state football title game at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb Saturday.
Prairie Ridge vs. East St. Louis, Class 6A state football title game
Warren’s Josh Turner (7) and Seamus Mellican (49) celebrate a blocked field goal attempt Saturday during the IHSA Class 8A state semifinals in Gurnee.
Warren vs. Brother Rice football
Rolling Meadows’ Nate Pedraza leads his team through the handshake line following the Mustangs’ loss to Nazareth during the Class 7A state football semifinal in Rolling Meadows Saturday.
Rolling Meadows vs. Nazareth Academy football
Prairie Ridge’s Brett Nygren (80) and nose guard Tristen Romine (51) celebrate their victory Saturday after the IHSA Class 6A playoff football quarterfinals in Crystal Lake.
Prairie Ridge vs. Cary-Grove, state football quarterfinals
Rolling Meadows’ Jimmy Golaris gets tackled by Wheaton Warrenville South’s Danny Healy during Saturday’s quarterfinal game in Wheaton.
Wheaton Warrenville South vs. Rolling Meadows, state football quarterfinals
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