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Former Libertyville star Riley Lees wants to get Northwestern back to the Big Ten championship game.
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Mustache mojo: Former Libertyville star Riley Lees looks lead Northwestern to Big 10 title game
Updated Dec 5, 2020 6:21 PM
Northwestern wide receiver Riley Lees, a quarterback at Libertyville High, wants nothing more than to be in another Big Ten championship game.
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Then-Indiana quarterback Peyton Ramsey drops back to pass against EIU last season. Ramsey is now competing for the starting QB job at Northwestern.
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In crowded NU QB room, Ramsey trying to pull away from the pack
Updated Sep 28, 2020 2:31 PM
The quarterback room at Northwestern keeps getting more crowded. After using four different quarterbacks in 2019, the Wildcats now have seven quarterbacks on the roster. The most intriguing new addition is former Indiana standout quarterback Peyton Ramsey, now a graduate student at Northwestern. He could be the frontrunner for the starting spot.
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Libertyville quarterback Riley Lees throws a pass during the Class 7A football championship game in 2015.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Top Ten QBs: Scott Tolzien (Fremd, No. 4) and Riley Lees (Libertyville, No. 3)
Updated May 4, 2020 10:27 AM
The Daily Herald is counting down the Top 10 high school quarterbacks over the past 20 years, two at a time. We continue today with Fremd’s Scott Tolzein (No. 4) and Libertyville’s Riley Lees (No. 3.
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Warren’s Malachi McNeal will play college football at North Dakota.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
College commitments are rolling in for Lake County football players
Updated Sep 11, 2020 1:36 PM
The college football commitments are starting to roll in, and four Lake County football players have recently made their decisions, including Warren lineman Tommy Matheson, who committed to Princeton where he will major in engineering with the hope of one day being able to become an imagineer at Disney World.
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Glenbard West’s Braden Spiech passes the ball against Hinsdale Central last season.
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A fall without football: Local seniors tell us their thoughts
Updated Aug 28, 2020 4:17 PM
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.
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Play Video Warren team discusses delay
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No Friday Night Lights: Warren players feel the void
Updated Aug 28, 2020 3:37 PM
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.
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Wheaton Warrenville South football coach Ron Muhitch says his program will not host the Red Grange Classic 7-on-7 tournament this summer.
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Wheaton Warrenville South cancels annual 7 on 7
Updated Jul 15, 2020 9:34 AM
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.
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Warren linebacker Juan De La Cruz celebrates after scoring a touchdown on a blocked punt against Plainfield East in the Class 8A football playoffs last season.
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Lake County Male Athlete of the Year: Warren’s Juan De La Cruz
Updated Jun 16, 2020 1:45 PM
Warren senior Juan De Le Cruz chose football over soccer growing up and developed into a star linebacker for the Blue Devils. The two-sport standout is the Daily Herald’s Lake County Male Athlete of the Year.
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Lake Zurich’s Jack Dwyer heads into the end zone for a touchdown during action at Lake Forest last season.
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Lake Zurich football star jumps at ISU offer
Updated Jun 2, 2020 5:19 PM
Lake Zurich football player Jack Dwyer missed his team’s final five games last fall due to a knee injury, but his future is bright. The incoming senior gave a verbal commitment to Illinois State University last week.
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COURTESY OF PATRICK SHARPE Former Warren football player Tate Hankla, 19, died in his sleep earlier this month and his tight-knit group of friends as well as a large segment of the Warren community has been reeling with grief.
Former Warren football player Tate Hankla, 19, died in his sleep earlier this month and the Warren community has been reeling with grief.
Updated May 23, 2020 11:32 AM
Former Warren football player Tate Hankla, 19, died in his sleep earlier this month and his tight-knit group of friends as well as a large segment of the Warren community has been reeling with grief They did a 300-car ride-by past Hankla’s house in tribute to their friend.
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Lake Zurich graduate Evan Lewandowski put himself in the NCAA record book last fall by throwing 9 touchdown passes in the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s 63-49 win over UW-River Falls.
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Lewandowski can’t pass on Maryland offer
Updated May 6, 2020 2:44 PM
Evan Lewandowski had no NCAA Division-I football scholarship offers when he graduated from Lake Zurich two years ago. But after a breakout season for D-III University of Wisconsin-La Crosse last fall, the quarterback is transferring to the University of Maryland.
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