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Gridiron, golf and more prep sports
Carmel’s Tatum Napier is pushed out-of-bounds by Montini’s Julian Figueroa defends in a football game in Lombard Friday, Sept. 18, 2026.
Gridiron, golf and more prep sports

As we get ready for some big games Friday night in Week 6 of the high school football season, it’s also been a busy week on the links with the prep golf season already steaming full speed ahead to the postseason.

Week 6 football previews

Prep football

Daily Herald Week 6 high school football previews
Sep 24, 2026 4:37 pm - Rolling Meadows (2-3, 1-0) at Prospect (5-0, 1-0) When: Friday, 7 p.m. Last week: Rolling Meadows 48, Wheeling 6; Prospect 54, Elk Grove 7 Last year: Prospect 35, Rolling Meadows 32 Outlook: This is also a fierce struggle for these t
 
 

Kevin Schmit’s column

Prep football

Schmit: Are football coaching ‘dinosaurs’ becoming extinct?
Sep 24, 2026 1:44 pm - It takes dedication to enjoy the rare air of a coaching dinosaur. My colleague Mike McGraw recently wrote about local assistant football coaches who have been roaming high school stadium sidelines for five decades. For various reasons — love of the g
 
 

Five games to watch

Prep football

Five Week 6 high school football games to watch
Sep 24, 2026 3:01 pm - Geneva (4-1) at Batavia (4-1) The first game in this series was played in 1913, a 12-7 Batavia win. There have been 106 more of them since, most memorably in 2006 when they met in the Class 6A semifinals, and suffice it to say the offenses have come
 
 

Talking football with ‘Edgy’ Tim

Prep football

Talking with ‘Edgy’ Tim: Best defenses, Barrington’s playoff chances, rivalry week in the DKC
Sep 23, 2026 5:13 pm - Rivals prep football expert “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran is back to talk with Daily Herald columnist Kevin Schmit about the area’s latest news heading into Week 6. What’s the topic? A little bit of everything, starting with the area’s top defenses. They als
 
 

Expanded football Top 20

Prep football

Daily Herald expanded football Top 20
Sep 23, 2026 5:23 pm - 1. Downers Grove North (5-0) Beat Proviso West 51-0 / Oak Park-River Forest The Trojans have a test this week. Oak Park beat York last week and played Fenwick and Glenbard West to the wire earlier this season. The Trojans’ Grant Georgas scored on an
 
 

Mike McGraw’s Chicagoland high school rankings

Prep football

Chicagoland high school football rankings: Get Mike McGraw’s Top 25 for Week 6
Sep 23, 2026 8:05 am - Lincoln-Way East, Loyola and Mount Carmel continue to lead the way as Huntley and Lincoln-Way Central crack the top 25. Last week’s rankings in parentheses. 1. Lincoln-Way East 5-0 (1): After falling behind 14-0 against Sandburg, quarterback
 
 

Boys golf

MSL championship

North Suburban Conference championship

Boys golf

Boys golf: Libertyville’s McConnell grinds out playoff win as Wildcats pull away for North Suburban Conference title
Sep 23, 2026 6:26 pm - Libertyville's Parker McConnell surely thought that he was hitting his final tee shot of the North Suburban Conference championship as he entered his 18th hole at Thunderhawk golf course with a two-stroke lead. Yet the Wildcats senior left the door e
 
 

West Suburban Conference championship

Boys golf

Boys golf: York, Downers Grove South claim West Suburban titles on windy day at Prairie Bluff
Sep 22, 2026 6:11 pm - When he walked up to the first tee for the second time Tuesday at Prairie Bluff Golf Club in Lockport, Hinsdale Central sophomore Eli Havens wasn’t nervous. After all, he made par on his trip through the hole. “I wanted to do what I did the first ti
 
 

DuKane Conference championship

Boys golf

Boys golf: With all eyes on him, Geneva’s Makowski delivers memorable ending to his DuKane championship
Sep 22, 2026 5:19 pm - Bartlett Hills Golf Club has one of the prettiest closing holes around, a 151-yard par 3 over water with trees surrounding the green. On Tuesday it was the site for a little drama to conclude the DuKane Conference boys golf tournament. With every ot
 
 

Girls golf

MSL championship

Girls golf

Girls golf: Wallace edges Fremd’s Brazeau for MSL crown, leads Barrington to team title
Sep 24, 2026 6:05 pm - Barrington’s Reese Wallace loves the thinking part of golf. So much so that she plans to major in sports psychology when she enrolls at TCU next year on a golf scholarship. Wallace’s play on the course is high level as well. She shot a four-under 66
 
 

North Suburban Conference championship

Girls golf

Girls golf: Stevenson stays the course, wins 10th straight NSC girls golf title
Sep 23, 2026 6:05 pm - Glen Flora Country Club looked like a postcard Wednesday. Old trees. Pristine grounds. Mild temperatures beneath a partly sunny sky. And greens with a mean streak. “This is an old-timey course,” Lake Zurich JV girls golf coach Chris Bennett said. “I
 
 

West Suburban Conference championship

Girls golf

Girls golf: Han’s 72 helps Hinsdale Central defend West Suburban Conference crown
Sep 23, 2026 6:45 pm - Hinsdale Central’s Sara Han goes from one birdie to another. Han, who plays both golf and badminton for the Red Devils, put together a trio of birdies Wednesday. That helped the senior fly to the individual title with an even par 72 at the West Subur
 
 

Girls volleyball

Barrington rallies for three-set win over Hersey

Girls volleyball

Girls volleyball: Brookbank, Adler team up to lead Barrington to comeback win over Hersey
Sep 23, 2026 3:08 pm - Barrington's Division I combo was an A-plus Tuesday night in Arlington Heights. Minnesota pledge Kalyn Brookbank (26 kills) and Rider University recruit Eve Adler (30 assists) made the grade to help power the Fillies to a come-from-behind 13-25, 25-1
 
 

Girls volleyball

Girls volleyball: St. Charles North’s Mikos, who steps into shoes left by Penn State’s Haley Burgdorf, overpowers Batavia
Sep 24, 2026 3:28 pm - Over the years, junior outside hitter Mya Mikos prepared herself to be ready for the moment that she would be starting for St Charles North. Being a player in a high-powered program that had two college recruits playing her position forced Mikos into
 
 

Girls volleyball

Girls volleyball: Twin sisters Grace and Kristen Anderson are in sync for Naperville North
Sep 24, 2026 3:40 pm - As twin sisters, Naperville North seniors Grace and Kristen Anderson have always had a great connection. Their bond is obvious on the volleyball court. “We started the sport together when we were both 13, and we’ve been on the same team almost every
 
 
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