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Rolling Meadows’ Charlie Svoboda celebrates his fourth-quarter touchdown against Hersey last week. Meadows will host Alton in a first round Class 7A playoff game while Hersey entertains Lincoln-Way Central.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Northwest suburbs’ teams set for 1st round
Updated Oct 20, 2018 10:41 PM
Nine teams from the Northwest suburbs have qualified for the IHSA state football playoffs. Here’s a look at their first-round matchups.
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Barrington routs Palatine to secure playoff bid
Updated Oct 20, 2018 12:04 AM
Barrington secured its playoff bid with a 42-21 win over Palatine Friday night.
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Football: Scouting Week 9, Northwest
Updated Oct 18, 2018 10:50 PM
Here’s a look at Week 9 high school football games in the Northwest suburbs.
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Conant clinches MSL West title
Updated Oct 13, 2018 12:07 AM
Conant clinched the Mid-Suburban West championship Friday night with a 41-7 win over Palatine.
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Schaumburg quarterback Marcus Ross is sacked by Conant’s Frank Daidone earlier this season. Schaumburg takes on Barrington Friday night while Conant hosts Palatine.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Football: Scouting Week 8, Northwest
Updated Oct 11, 2018 9:02 PM
Here’s a look at high school football games for Week 8 in the Northwest suburbs
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Rolling Meadows coach Matt Mishler is one of six Mid-Suburban League football coaches who also played in the MSL.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Coming 'home' to coach one reason MSL is so unique
Updated Oct 11, 2018 6:41 AM
The Mid-Suburban League has many unique things about it, including the fact six of the 12 head football coaches in the conference played their high school football at MSL schools.
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Schaumburg nips Palatine
Updated Oct 6, 2018 12:13 AM
Schuamburg kept is playoff hopes alive with a 30-29 win over Palatine Friday night.
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Fremd’s Nick Rattin runs for yardage against Barrington last Saturday at Barrington. Fremd hosts Conant Friday night while Barrington entertains Hoffman Estates.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Football: Scouting Week 7, Northwest
Updated Oct 4, 2018 6:01 PM
Here’s a look at Week 7 football games in the Northwest suburbs.
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Hoffman Estates roars back to beat Palatine
Updated Sep 29, 2018 12:12 AM
Hoffman Estates roared back to beat Palatine 47-44 Friday night.
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Hersey’s Vince Carso runs back a 92-yard punt return late in the second quarter against Prospect last week. Hersey looks to go 6-0 Friday night when the Huskies host Buffalo Grove.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Scouting Week 6 / Northwest
Updated Sep 27, 2018 7:33 PM
Here’s a look at Week 6 football games in Cook County.
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Fremd dumps Palatine
Updated Sep 22, 2018 6:26 PM
Fremd downed Palatine 35-14 Friday night.
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Barrington’s Lukas Van Ness, left, closes in on Evanston’s quarterback last week at Barrington. Barrington will try to bounce back from its first loss of the season Friday when the Broncos open the MSL West slate at Conant.
Patrick Kunzer | Staff
Scouting Week 5/Northwest
Updated Sep 20, 2018 6:16 PM
Here’s a look at Week 5 football games in the Northwest suburbs.
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Buffalo Grove, Hoffman, Leyden earn wins
Updated Sep 15, 2018 6:03 PM
Buffalo Grove, Hoffman Estates and Leyden each won their respective football games late Friday night.
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Scouting Week 4 in the Northwest Suburbs
Updated Sep 13, 2018 8:04 PM
Here’s a look at this weekend’s high school football games involving teams from the Northwest Suburbs.
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Palatine hangs on at Glenbrook South
Updated Sep 7, 2018 10:41 PM
Palatine’s football team picked up its first win of the season by topping host Glenbrook South 35-28 on Friday in nonconference play.
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Rolling Meadows’ Jordan Wiles picks up a first down by slipping past Palatine defenders in the first quarter of the Mustangs’ 56-28 victory last week. Rolling Meadows has a Week 3 matchup with Highland Park at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Scouting Week 3, Northwest
Updated Sep 6, 2018 10:03 PM
Here’s what to expect from the high school football teams of the Mid-Suburban League plus St. Viator, Maine West and Leyden in Week 3.
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Palatine quarterback Zac Garnmeister reaches across the goal line for the touchdown despite pressure from Rolling Meadows’ Jordan Wiles in first quarter Friday at Palatine.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Call this one a big win for Szylak, Meadows at Palatine
Updated Sep 1, 2018 1:10 AM
Rolling Meadows running back Tim Szylak has nicknames for some of the teammates of whom he’s most fond, the ones he wants to recognize publicly. There are “Gators” and “Monsters,” among other tags. And he’s emphatic about the role they played Friday night as Rolling Meadows moved to 2-0 in a freewheeling 56-28 win at Palatine.
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Rolling Meadows Jordan Wiles runs for a first down.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Images: Palatine vs. Rolling Meadows in week two football
Updated Aug 31, 2018 10:33 PM
The Palatine Pirates hosted the Rolling Meadows Mustangs for football action on Friday, Aug. 31 in Palatine.
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Schaumburg’s Marcus Ross picks up yardage on opening night at St. Charles North.
Patrick Kunzer | Staff
Scouting Northwest, Week 2
Updated Aug 30, 2018 6:24 PM
Here’s what to expect from the high school football matchups in Week 2 involving teams from the Mid-Suburban League plus Maine West, St. Viator and Leyden.
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Etienne, Stevenson pick up steam vs. Palatine
Updated Aug 26, 2018 7:17 PM
Stevenson downed Palatine 35-7 Friday night.
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Players practice kickoff returns during practice at Elk Grove, which hosts Hoffman Estates on Friday night to start the season.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Scouting Week 1, Northwest
Updated Aug 23, 2018 8:57 PM
Here are the matchups for Week 1 of the high school football season involving schools from the Mid-Suburban League plus St. Viator, Maine West and Leyden.
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Barrington’s Michael Curran runs for yardage against Palatine in September of last season. Curran’s return bodes well for a Broncos team which went 5-0 in the MSL West last year, but everyone expects a tight divisional race this fall.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Open season in the Mid-Suburban West
Updated Aug 20, 2018 8:10 PM
This year’s football race in the Mid-Suburban West figures to be well worth watching, as parity among the schools and unproven talent makes for an unpredictable season ahead.
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Jake Gronwick is among the few returning starters at Palatine, but an abundance of depth has the Pirates hoping for another powerful season.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Scouting Palatine: Pirates plot a powerful depth charge
Updated Aug 17, 2018 3:32 PM
The top-notch playmakers are gone from Palatine’s football team, which finished 7-4 last season. Coach Corey Olson and the Pirates coaching staff hope to make up for that with an abundance of quality depth.
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Johnny O’Shea, displaying that athleticism that made him such a pass-catching force for Palatine’s football team.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Northwest male high school athlete of the year: Johnny O’Shea, Palatine
Updated Jun 9, 2018 7:02 PM
Johnny O’Shea reached the highest levels of high school sports achievement at Palatine in three sports. Bound for a football future at Butler, he’s the Daily Herald’s choice as Northwest male high school athlete of the year.
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Courtland Cornelius leads the pack during a sprint at a Palatine High School track meet before his 2017 graduation. The 19-year-old football and track standout, who holds the school record for the 100-meter dash, drowned in a Wisconsin lake Friday while swimming with a friend.
Courtesy of Terry Leonard
Coaches mourn former Palatine High School football, track star
Updated May 29, 2018 11:01 PM
Coaches of former Palatine High School track and football standout Courtland Cornelius are mourning the loss of the inspiring 19-year-old who drowned Friday in a Wisconsin lake.
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SUBMITTED PHOTO Former Palatine football player and former Mundelein assistant football coach Tommy Kaider passed away on April 20. He spent the last 20 years of his life as a chest-down paraplegic.
Tommy Kaider always managed to loom large
Updated May 3, 2018 9:45 AM
Tommy Kaider, a paraplegic the last 20 years, remained a hero through his last days to those who loved him, and to those he coached.
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Palatine’s Jake Moertl, here going over South Elgin defenders for a TD in the Class 8A playoffs, is headed for a collegiate football future at Western Michigan.
Brian Hill | Staff
Palatine’s Moertl, O’Shea finalize their football futures
Updated Feb 12, 2018 9:03 PM
Two players from Palatine’s Class 8A state playoff-qualifying football team recently committed to Division I collegiate programs. Jake Moertl is headed for Western Michigan while Johnny O’Shea will continue his career at Butler. Moertl picked off eight passes last season and finish with 62 tackles this year. He also rushed for 386 yards and 7 touchdowns.
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Former Schaumburg High School football coach Tom Cerasani passed away Sunday. He was 71.
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Schaumburg mourns passing of former football coach Cerasani
Updated Nov 19, 2018 8:43 PM
Tom Cerasani, the longest tenured and winningest football coach in Schaumburg High School history, passed away Sunday. He was 71.
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Homewood-Flossmoor ends Barrington’s season
Updated Nov 3, 2018 5:36 PM
Barrington fell to Homewood-Flossmoor 30-7 Saturday in a Class 8A state football playoff game.
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Maine West’s Ely Grimmer looks for an opening against Benet last week during the Warriors’ 20-18 win in the first round of the Class 7A playoffs. Maine West plays at Willowbrook in the second round on Saturday.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Scouting second round playoff games, Northwest
Updated Nov 2, 2018 12:52 PM
Here’s a look at second round football playoff games involving Barrington, Maine West, Rolling Meadows and Hersey.
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Barrington junior quarterback Tommy Fitzpatrick will lead the Broncos into action Saturday at 1 p.m. against Homewood-Flossmoor in a Class 8A second round playoff game at Barrington Community Stadium.
Patrick Kunzer | Staff
Mentally and physically, Barrington excited for its next challenge
Updated Nov 2, 2018 12:10 PM
When the Barrington football team lost three straight games in the middle of the season, the Broncos could have panicked and started doubting themselves. After all, this is a program that hadn’t lost three games in a season since 2012, going 55-10 since then.
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Conant quarterback Kevin Polaski reacts to his team’s loss to Hinsdale Central during Saturday’s Class 8A playoff game in Hinsdale.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Hinsdale Central’s big plays take out Conant
Updated Oct 29, 2018 1:09 PM
Hinsdale Central defeated Conant 28-14 Saturday in a Class 8A football playoff game.
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Barrington dumps Oswego East to move on
Updated Oct 27, 2018 10:25 PM
Barrington defeated Oswego East 23-14 in a Class 8A football playoff game Saturday night.
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East St. Louis too powerful for Hoffman Estates
Updated Oct 27, 2018 9:03 PM
Hoffman Estates fell to East St. Louis 62-14 Saturday in a Class 7A football playoff game.
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Homewood-Flossmoor blanks Fremd
Updated Oct 26, 2018 11:51 PM
Fremd fell to Homewood-Flossmoor 21-0 Friday night in a Class 8A football playoff game.
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Rolling Meadows’ Justin Kretz makes a second-quarter touchdown catch against Hersey. Meadows hosts Alton in the first round of the Class 7A playoffs Friday night.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Scouting Playoff Week 1, Northwest
Updated Oct 25, 2018 9:07 PM
Here’s a look at the first round football playoff games involving teams from the Northwest suburbs.
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Hoffman Estates’ Jashawn Johnson, front, slips past Conant’s Ronald Williams during varsity football at Conant on Friday night.
Patrick Kunzer | Staff
Hoffman Estates holds off Conant
Updated Oct 20, 2018 12:15 AM
Hoffman Estates nipped Conant 29-27 Friday night.
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