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Palatine’s Dominik Ball leaves Hoffman Estates’ Alex Fernandez behind as he runs in a football game in Palatine on Friday. The Pirates will travel to Taft, while Hoffman plays host to Thornton Fractional South in the first round of the state playoffs next weekend.
John Starks | Staff
Playoff matchups set for eight football teams from Northwest suburbs
Updated Oct 23, 2021 9:47 PM
After a year off in 2020 due to COVID and a shortened spring 2021 football season, it is finally high school football playoff time in Illinois. On Saturday, the Illinois High School Association announced the pairings for the 256-team field that will make up the 8 classes. It will culminate on Thanksgiving weekend with the title games this year being played at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Opening round days and times will be announced on Monday afternoon.
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Maine South quarterback Rowan Keefe throws a pass while being pressured by Glenbrook North’s Laith Salim earlier this season.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Friday night Northwest suburbs roundup: Maine South holds off New Trier to clinch CSL South outright.
Updated Oct 23, 2021 4:38 PM
Maine South bolted to its fifth consecutive undefeated Central Suburban South title in Winnetka on Friday. The Hawks built a 49-21 lead after three quarters and held off a late New Trier rally to win 49-42 in a game that was not as the final score would indicate.
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Rolling Meadows upsets Prospect, becomes playoff eligible
Updated Oct 22, 2021 11:57 PM
Rolling Meadows upset Prospect 26-24 Friday night and became playoff eligible in the process.
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Hersey’s Josh Cataldo runs for yardage against Prospect last week. The Huskies play at Buffalo Grove Friday night.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Scouting Week 9 football games in the Northwest suburbs
Updated Oct 21, 2021 1:18 PM
Here’s a look at Week 9 football games in the Northwest suburbs, including key matchups between Hersey and Buffalo Grove as well as Hoffman Estates and Palatine.
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Buffalo Grove’s Scott Murray was a key performer in the Bison’s win over Wheeling on Friday.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Buffalo Grove runs to win; Meadows still alive in playoff hunt
Updated Oct 16, 2021 7:04 PM
The running men paced their way to another win Friday in Buffalo Grove. The Bison (7-1, 3-1 Mid-Suburban East) piled up 282 rushing yards on their way to a 35-7 win over Wheeling in a game that Buffalo Grove did not break open until the fourth quarter.
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Conant’s Giuseppe Dugo runs for yardage against Hoffman Estates last week. Conant plays at Barrington Friday night.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Scouting Week 8 football games in the Northwest suburbs
Updated Oct 14, 2021 6:14 PM
Here’s a look at Week 8 football games in the Northwest suburbs, including a key Mid-Suburban East clash between Prospect and Hersey, as well as an MSL West showdown between Barrington and Conant.
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Maine South and quarterback Rowan Keefe (14) rolled over Niles West Friday night.
John Starks | Staff
Maine South on brink of another CSL South title
Updated Oct 9, 2021 5:55 PM
Maine South got through its tune-up just fine. The Hawks flew into Skokie Friday and exploded past Niles West 51-21 in their highest scoring output of the season.
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Oberman’s tackle helps Buffalo Grove top Rolling Meadows
Updated Oct 8, 2021 11:48 PM
Buffalo Grove hung on to down Rolling Meadows 15-14 Friday night.
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Buffalo Grove’s Cole Nixon gets the ball down to the 4-yard line before being stopped by Prospect’s Jacob Grzesiak earlier this season.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Scouting Week 7 football games in the Northwest suburbs
Updated Oct 7, 2021 5:32 PM
Here’s a look at Week 7 football games in the Northwest suburbs, highlighted by Conant playing at Hoffman Estates with first place in the Mid-Suburban West on the line.
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Hersey cooks up its sixth win in a row
Updated Oct 13, 2021 9:32 AM
Hersey remained undefeated with its sixth straight win, defeating Rolling Meadows 50-14 in the Mid-Suburban East contest before an overflow crowd Friday night.
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Prospect’s Matthew Raitano runs against Buffalo Grove last week. Prospect is at Wheeling Friday while BG hosts Elk Grove.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Football: Scouting Week 6 in the Northwest suburbs
Updated Sep 30, 2021 5:01 PM
Here’s a look at Week 6 football games in the Northwest suburbs, highlighted by Glenbrook South (5-0) visiting Maine South (4-1) in a Central Suburban League showdown.
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Palatine’s Grant Dersnah looks downfield for a receiver against Maine South during a Week 4 football game in Palatine.
John Starks | Staff
Scouting Week 5 football games in the Northwest suburbs
Updated Sep 23, 2021 2:38 PM
Here’s a look at Week 5 football games in the Northwest suburbs, highlighted by Buffalo Grove (4-0) at Prospect (3-1).
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Wheeling quarterback AJ Marchetti gets tackled by Glenbrook North’s Patrick Mahoney during a game earlier this season. Marchetti scored the Wildcats’ only touchdown Friday night in their loss to Highland Park.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Elk Grove happy to be home, and is now 2-2
Updated Sep 18, 2021 9:04 PM
Elk Grove returned home to a huge crowd and scored a huge win Friday night. After playing on the road for the first three weeks this season, the Grenadiers made things look easy, rolling over Maine East 42-0.
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Wheeling quarterback AJ Marchetti gets tackled by Glenbrook North’s Patrick Mahoney last week. Wheeling hosts Highland Park Friday night.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Football: Scouting Week 4 in the Northwest suburbs
Updated Sep 16, 2021 8:15 PM
Here’s a look at the Week 4 football matchups in the Northwest suburbs, highlighted by Glenbrook South (3-0) at Barrington (2-1) and Glenbrook North (2-1) at Hersey (3-0).
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Barrington’s Evan Panesis, shown gaining yards against Warren during Week 1, scored the go-ahead touchdown for the Broncos Friday night in their 23-17 win at New Trier.
Mark Welsh | Staff
MSL has successful Friday night vs. CSL opponents
Updated Sep 11, 2021 7:06 PM
The Mid-Suburban League wrapped up a successful football Friday night with its counterparts from the Central Suburban League. The MSL went 8-4 in their crossover games with the two conferences set to play again next Friday.
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Fremd’s quarterback Caiden Suchy throws downfield against Prospect last week. Fremd plays at Maine South Friday night.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Scouting Week 3 football games in the Northwest suburbs
Updated Sep 9, 2021 7:01 PM
Here’s a look at Week 3 football games in the Northwest suburbs, as the Mid-Suburban League and the Central Suburban League clash again in nonconference action.
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Hoffman Estates slips by Rolling Meadows
Updated Sep 3, 2021 11:46 PM
Hoffman Estates used a high-scoring first half and then a stubborn second-half defense to hold off host Rolling Meadows Friday night. The Hawks turned away the Mustangs twice in the fourth quarter to hold on for a narrow 34-32 win in the Mid-Suburban League crossover football game.
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Prospect and quarterback Frank Covey will host Fremd Friday night.
John Starks | Staff
Football: Scouting Week 2 in the Northwest suburbs
Updated Sep 2, 2021 8:01 PM
Here’s a look at the Week 2 football games in the Northwest suburbs, highlighted by Warren, the No. 1 team in the Daily Herald Top 20, hosting No. 2 Maine South. Also, Prospect plays host to Fremd in one of six Mid-Suburban League crossovers.
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Collins’ big night carries Glenbrook South past Rolling Meadows
Updated Aug 27, 2021 11:52 PM
Glenbrook South defeated Rolling Meadows in a football game Friday night.
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Fremd’s Archie Cox returns for the Vikings, who host Lake Zurich Friday night.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Scouting Week 1 football games in the Northwest suburbs
Updated Aug 26, 2021 7:22 PM
Scouting Week 1 football games in the Northwest suburbs
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Hersey’s Ben Clawson is one of the top returning players in the Mid-Suburban League this season.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Football: Scouting the 2021 fall season in the Mid-Suburban League
Updated Aug 18, 2021 8:02 PM
Football: Scouting the 2021 fall season in the Mid-Suburban League
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Meet the All-Area Football Team for the Northwest suburbs
Updated May 8, 2021 7:50 PM
Meet the All-Area Football Team for the Northwest suburbs
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Prospect’s Luke Zardzin (24) was selected as one of the Offensive Players of the Year in the Mid-Suburban League.
Paul Valade | Staff
Mid-Suburban League all-conference team
Updated May 4, 2021 3:09 PM
The Mid-Suburban League all-conference football team has been announced.
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Mike DiGioia
Big night for DiGioia as Schaumburg tops Wheeling
Updated Apr 24, 2021 6:28 PM
Schaumburg’s foootball team and Mike DiGioia had a big night Friday in Wheeling.
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The Buffalo Grove defense converges on Prospect’s Luke Zardzin last week.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Scouting Week 6 football games in the Northwest suburbs
Updated Apr 22, 2021 6:14 PM
Scouting Week 6 football games in the Northwest suburbs
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Palatine’s Mitch Larkin, right, tackles Fremd’s Cade Cheripka earlier this season.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Palatine, Rolling Meadows post big Week 5 wins
Updated Apr 17, 2021 6:59 PM
Palatine is giving its opponents a blank stare. For the second week in a row, the Pirates posted a shut out as they cruised past Schaumburg 44-0 Friday in Palatine.
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Rolling Meadows and quarterback Michael Radon, left, will take on Wheeling Friday night.
John Starks | Staff
Scouting Week 5 football games in the Northwest suburbs
Updated Apr 15, 2021 3:46 PM
Scouting Week 5 football games in the Northwest suburbs
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Prospect’s Frank Covey catches a long pass as Rolling Meadows’ Sean Grant defends last week. Prospect travels to Buffalo Grove Friday night with the Mid-Suburban East title on the line.
John Starks | Staff
Prospect, Buffalo Grove set to meet for all the MSL East marbles
Updated Apr 14, 2021 4:22 PM
It has been close to 10 years since either Prospect or Buffalo Grove have won the Mid-Suburban East football championship. On Friday, when the two unbeaten teams meet at Buffalo Grove at 7 p.m. the winner will go home with a trophy.
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Prospect’s Luke Zardzin escapes the grip of Rolling Meadows’ Austin Schmidt on his way to a touchdown in a football game in Rolling Meadows Friday.
John Starks | Staff
Zardzin’s 4 TDs help Prospect cruise past Rolling Meadows
Updated Apr 9, 2021 10:58 PM
Prospect defeated Rolling Meadows in a football game Friday night.
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Rolling Meadows’ Charlie Schmidt (12) is in the middle of the pile as he carries the ball against Hersey earlier this season.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Scouting Week 4 football games in the Northwest suburbs
Updated Apr 8, 2021 9:52 PM
Scouting Week 4 football games in the Northwest suburbs
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Prospect’s Gary Moeller pitches the ball to Luke Zardzin against DeKalb in the second quarter of a Class 7A playoff game in 2019.
John Starks | Staff
Moeller continues to flourish in Prospect’s system
Updated Apr 7, 2021 6:35 PM
Prospect quarterback Alex “Gary” Moeller answers to a pair of names. But so far this season his opponents have yet to find an answer to stop the senior.
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Schmidt’s big night leads Rolling Meadows past Elk Grove
Updated Apr 1, 2021 10:54 PM
Charlie Schmidt ran for 121 yards on 13 carries and scored 2 touchdowns to help Rolling Meadows to a 43-13 win over Elk Grove in Mid-Suburban East action Thursday night.
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Hersey’s Ben Clawson, left, gets tackled by Rolling Meadows’ Nick Tannhauser during Week 1.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Scouting Week 3 football games in the Northwest suburbs
Updated Mar 31, 2021 6:00 PM
Scouting Week 3 football games in the Northwest suburbs
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Late rally, defensive stand push Buffalo Grove over Rolling Meadows
Updated Mar 26, 2021 10:16 PM
Buffalo Grove defeated Rolling Meadows 35-14 in a football game Friday night.
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Rolling Meadows’ Daniel Sobkowicz (8) celebrates scoring a touchdown with teammate Ethan Groark during last Saturday’s game against Hersey.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Scouting this weekend’s football games in the Northwest suburbs
Updated Mar 25, 2021 7:53 PM
Here’s a look at this weekend’s football games in the Northwest suburbs.
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Hersey’s Dylan Carlquist is ahead of Rolling Meadows’ Daniel Sobkowicz as he catches a pass for a touchdown during the second quarter of last Saturday’s game at Rolling Meadows. Hersey won, recording the 250th win in program history.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Impressive debut for Buffalo Grove QB Luyando
Updated Mar 24, 2021 3:31 PM
Buffalo Grove’s Ian Luyando is a true diamond in the rough. Luyando, who is a senior quarterback, had only played just one half of organized football before his start last Saturday for the Bison. And he was more than impressive.
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Hersey’s Ben Clawson is ahead of Rolling Meadows’ Collin Fennelly as he carries the ball for a second-quarter touchdown during Saturday’s game at Rolling Meadows.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Big day for Clawson, Hersey in victory over Rolling Meadows
Updated Mar 28, 2021 2:55 PM
Hersey snapped Rolling Meadows’ regular-season football win streak Saturday, 40-23. Meadows last loss in a regular-season game was on Oct. 20, 2017.
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Rolling Meadows quarterback Michael Radon throws a pass during Saturday’s game at against Hersey.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Images: Football action from Saturday, March 20
Updated Mar 20, 2021 5:35 PM
A look at Saturday’s football action from around the suburbs.
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First-year coach Sam Baker will lead the Rolling Meadows football team into the 2021 spring season on Saturday when the Mustangs host Hersey.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Scouting Saturday’s football games in the Mid-Suburban League
Updated Mar 19, 2021 5:04 PM
Here’s a look at Saturday’s football games in the Mid-Suburban League
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Prospect’s Luke Zardzin, a Northern Illinois recruit, returns to the backfield for the Knights this season.
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Scouting the football season in the Mid-Suburban League
Updated Mar 15, 2021 3:52 PM
Scouting the football season in the Mid-Suburban League
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Coach Sam Baker and his Rolling Meadows football team hit the football field for their first practice surrounded by snow that was cleared off the field.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Back on the gridiron: High school football practices begin
Updated Mar 3, 2021 7:30 PM
High school football was last played on Thanksgiving weekend of 2019. That made Wednesday’s official return to the gridiron even more special for the student-athletes and coaches whose 2020 fall season was postposed to spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rolling Meadows senior Max Christie, one of the best basketball players in the country who is signed to play at Michigan State, says he’s happy to be able to play a season, even if it’s shorter than normal and without a state tournament.
John Starks | Staff
No March Madness or football playoffs, but at least high school athletes can play
Updated Jan 27, 2021 6:55 PM
There won’t be madness in March. And masks will be required, even in competition. But at least high school basketball players in Illinois will have basketball again.
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Buffalo Grove nips Hersey to tie for MSL East title
Updated Oct 22, 2021 11:08 PM
The similarities were striking heading in to the final game of the regular season.Both Hersey and Buffalo Grove came into Friday night’s contest at Grant Blaney Stadium with 7-1 overall records, 3-1 in the Mid-Suburban East; each team had suffered their only loss of the season in heartbreaking fashion to Prospect; and both squads knew that there was a possibility to share the division championship if the Knights lost.
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Prospect quarterback Frank Covey signals the Knights are No. 1, which they are in the Mid-Suburban East after beating Hersey on Friday.
Mark Welsh | Staff
MSL East belongs to Prospect as Knights hand Hersey 1st loss
Updated Oct 15, 2021 11:37 PM
Prospect’s Frank Covey wasn’t sure that he wanted to play quarterback anymore. A converted wide receiver, Covey, who is a junior, was having difficulty with the speed of the game and the college recruiters all were looking at him as a wide receiver. Covey has changed his mind about staying at quarterback and the recruiters may want to take another look as well. Covey threw for 167 yards and touchdown while rushing for 78 yards and another score as Prospect held off Hersey 24-23 Friday before an overflow crowd of 4,000 in Arlington Heights.
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Hersey moves to 7-0 with dominating offensive performance
Updated Oct 13, 2021 9:36 AM
Jimmy Makuh threw for 236 yards and 4 touchdowns to help Hersey to a 42-18 Mid-Suburban East win over host Wheeling Friday.
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Prospect rolls in 57-7 win over Elk Grove
Updated Oct 8, 2021 11:42 PM
Prospect moved to 6-1 overall and 3-0 in Mid-Suburban East play with a 57-7 win over Elk Grove Friday in Elk Grove Village.
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Prospect offense explodes against Wheeling
Updated Oct 1, 2021 11:23 PM
Wheeling’s Homecoming game against Prospect Friday night featured a halftime fireworks display. But, it was the Knights who provided the fireworks on the field in their 50-6 romp over the Wildcats in the Mid-Suburban East contest.
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Buffalo Grove back on track after beating Elk Grove
Updated Oct 1, 2021 10:29 PM
After dropping a close game to Prospect last weekend, host Buffalo Grove wanted to get back on the winning track when the Bison hosted Elk Grove for their Homecoming contest Friday night. And after storming ahead of the Grenadiers 28-0 early in the second quarter, Buffalo Grove never looked back as almost three players rushed for 100 yards each to help pave the way to a 49-6 Mid-Suburban League East Division victory.
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Hersey offense racks up 464 total yards in win over Elk Grove
Updated Oct 13, 2021 9:34 AM
Hersey recorded 464 yards of total offense in its 42-7 Mid-Suburban Conference win at Elk Grove Friday.
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Prospect’s Sean Koniezcka gets shoved out of bounds by Buffalo Grove’s Dominick Marrazzo as he started to gain yardage in the first quarter of football action at Prospect on Friday.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Prospect records come-from-behind win against Buffalo Grove
Updated Sep 25, 2021 12:27 AM
Prospect opened Mid-Suburban League East Division play with a 17-14 victory over Buffalo Grove Friday in Mt. Prospect.
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Prospect lights up scoreboard vs. Maine West
Updated Sep 18, 2021 12:07 AM
Prospect’s Homecoming fans waited out a rain and lightning delay in Mount Prospect and then were treated to a thunderous offensive explosion by their football team on Friday night. With its entire side of bleachers packed to capacity, Prospect put on one of its all-time greatest performances in a half scoring all of the game’s points in the first 24 minutes in a 50-0 triumph over Maine West before a hyped-up crowd at George Gattas Stadium.
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Hersey dominant in win over Glenbrook North
Updated Sep 17, 2021 11:59 PM
Hersey showed domination on both sides of the football Friday night in its 42-0 nonconference win over Glenbrook North on Senior Night. Running back Josh Bontje and linebacker Jack Armstrong were dominant players in the win.
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