Brooke McDonald uses her arm and legs to lead Plainfield South flag fooball past Joliet West

Lyons’ big Week 1 win over Barrington is worth the wait: Suburban Life football notebook

Lyons waits out one of the bigger Week 1 wins, over Barrington, Downers Grove North has both quarterbacks throw touchdowns in win over Morgan Park, James White wins coaching debut at Benet plus notes on Wheaton Warrenville South and York in Josh Welge's football notebook.

Sherrard cancels varsity season, leaving Princeton, Hall-Putnam County, Mendota with open date

The Princeton, Hall-Putnam County and Mendota football teams have an unexpected open date in their schedules after Sherrard announced Tuesday it will cancel the remainder of its varsity season after Friday’s Week 2 game at home against Orion.

Tivias Caldwell Jr. shines for St. Francis, which faces QB injury: Kane County Chronicle football notebook

St. Francis faces quarterback question, but has security blanket in Tivias Caldwell. That, plus notes on St. Charles East, Marmion and Geneva in the Kane County Chronicle football notebook.

Kendall County Week 2 IHSA football previews

The second week of the high school football season lies just around the corner. Oswego readies for a visit to Geneva, and Oswego East prepares to host Willowbrook. Here are previews and picks for those games and others around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Friday Night Drive Podcast, Episode 358: Do we already have state title contenders in the western suburbs?

Join hosts Josh Welge, Skyler Kisellus and Matt McGowan as they preview Week 2 in the western suburbs in IHSA football