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Welcome to Thursday night football
Prospect’s Matthew Donnelly celebrates after scoring on a two-point conversion against Fremd to tie the game in the second quarter in Mount Prospect on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (Joe Lewnard/Daily Herald)
Welcome to Thursday night football

We got an early start to Week 4 of the high school football season with Prospect beating Fremd in a Mid-Suburban League showdown just one of the big games.

Prep football

Stone ‘a workhorse’ in Antioch victory against Grayslake Central
Sep 10, 2026 10:34 pm - Antioch has a lot of weapons, but you do not want to let your guard down when it comes to senior running back Gavin Stone. Host Grayslake Central contained Stone for a little while, but Stone scored four touchdowns as the Sequoits rolled to a lopside
 
 

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Purcell, Maine South continue dominance in New Trier series
Sep 10, 2026 10:21 pm - The Old Oaken Bucket is one of the oldest college football rivalry trophies. It pits teams from Indiana and Purdue battling for the trophy that was established in 1925. On Thursday in Northfield, high school football fans got a possible preview of th
 
 

Kevin Schmit’s column

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Who benefits from the expanded IHSA football playoffs?
Sep 10, 2026 2:31 pm - Perhaps expansion was inevitable for the IHSA football playoffs. It began in 1980 by increasing the number of classes from five to six and continued in 1985 when each of those fields doubled from 16 to 32 teams. Then came the arrival of Class 7A and
 
 

Five games to watch

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Five Week 4 high school football games to watch
Sep 09, 2026 4:40 pm - Fremd (3-0) at Prospect (3-0) Outlook: This is one of numerous Thursday games this week because of Rosh Hashanah, which begins at sunset Friday. A Mid-Suburban League cross-division matchup between unbeatens, these teams have been equally impres
 
 

Talking football wtih Edgy Tim

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Talking with ‘Edgy’ Tim: MSL crossovers, Mundelein’s roll, Downers North or Glenbard West
Sep 09, 2026 3:38 pm - This edition of Talking with Edgy takes us deeper into the local high school football scene. Daily Herald columnist Kevin Schmit sits down again with “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran, the Rivals prep football expert, to discuss the upcoming Mid-Suburban League
 
 

Week 4 football previews

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Daily Herald Week 4 football previews
Sep 09, 2026 8:57 pm - Fremd (3-0) at Prospect (3-0) When: Thursday, 7 p.m. Last week: Prospect 45, Naperville Central 14; Fremd 31, Metea Valley 7 Outlook: This will be a fun one between a pair of unbeaten teams who can score and play good defense. Fremd is a
 
 

Action is heating up on the volleyball courts and soccer fields

Boys soccer

Boys soccer: Hadaway ‘absolutely killing it’ as rise from JV2 to varsity standout continues in Naperville North’s upset win over Naperville Central
Sep 09, 2026 6:40 am - If opponents are going to think less of senior Jake Hadaway and some of his Huskies teammates because they played on the second junior varsity team last year, they had better prepare for a rude awakening. Hadaway was not on Naperville North’s state c
 
 

Girls volleyball

Cook County girls volleyball notes: Palatine’s Ratay leaving her mark in own sport; Barrington takes second at Jacobs tourney
Sep 08, 2026 8:40 am - Alaina Ratay's aunts Michele and Alicia were heralded girls basketball stars at their respective Buffalo Grove and Lake Zurich high schools and they went on to play at Northwestern and Notre Dame. Alaina's father Brett was a Mid-Suburban League all-c
 
 
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