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Get ready for more IHSA football
Hersey's Zel Walton tries to tackle St. Rita's Damon Sutton Jr during the Class 7A playoffs last month. Starting next year, 128 more teams will be in the playoff field, and the season will start a week earlier in August. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Get ready for more IHSA football

Kevin Schmit looks at the IHSA increasing the football playoff field by 128 teams.

Prep football

IHSA playoff football expansion is here, ready or not
Dec 18, 2025 5:33 pm - There are a million ways to write a column about IHSA playoff football expansion. The easiest ways are to either bash the expansion or praise it. But what’s coming in the 2026 season bleeds too many shades of gray to take the easy way out. The enormo
 
 
The MSL and CSL also announced they are doing away with their Weeks 3 and 4 nonconference matchups.

Prep football

Plenty of changes coming to IHSA football in 2026 including shakeup to MSL, CSL schedules
Dec 18, 2025 7:28 pm - It’s December and athletic directors and high school football coaches are still trying to sort out the new meaning of the increases in state playoff qualifiers. And even before that, there was a confluence of changes to the high school football lands
 
 

Girls basketball

Craig Brueske, John Leusch and Mike Miazga caught up with girls basketball teams and how their seasons are going so far, including a new holiday tournament hosted by Batavia and Geneva.

Girls basketball

Girls basketball notes: Batavia, Geneva team up for new Christmas tournament; IC’s Hilgart reaches 1,000 points
Dec 16, 2025 5:53 pm - Whether it is on the football field, basketball/volleyball court, baseball/softball diamond, or in any other sport, Batavia and Geneva are the fiercest of rivals. According to Google maps, approximately 4.8 miles separate the two schools. However, th
 
 

Cook County notes

Girls basketball

Girls basketball notes: Maine South surging with balanced attack; Donovan’s big game lifts Hersey
Dec 16, 2025 7:16 pm - Maine South enjoyed a superb week with wins over two quality opponents in Fremd and Glenbrook South. And impressively enough, in each game, the top three scorers for the Hawks were six different players. "What is especially encouraging is the fact th
 
 

Lake County notes

Girls basketball

Girls basketball notes: Defense keys Mundelein’s 10-0 start; Vernon Hills perfect in conference play
Dec 17, 2025 10:40 am - A lot of things are going right for the Mundelein girls basketball team these days. The Mustangs, who have burst out to a 10-0 start, including a 4-0 beginning in North Suburban Conference play, have been bolstered by the key defensive efforts of sen
 
 
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