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York’s Matt Vezza keeps the ball for a touchdown run against Palatine in a Class 8A quarterfinal playoff football game in Elmhurst on Saturday, November 12, 2022.
John Starks | Staff
Vezza, York run past Palatine and into 8A semifinals
Updated Nov 12, 2022 6:00 PM
Matt Vezza can beat teams with his arm. On Saturday, the York senior quarterback showed once again that he can also do that with his legs.
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Palatine’s Dominick Ball runs for a touchdown during the second round the Class 8A playoffs last week at Minooka.
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Scouting Cook County quarterfinal football playoff games
Updated Nov 11, 2022 1:21 PM
Here’s our look at what to expect in Cook County football quarterfinal playoff games.
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Minooka’s Connor Christensen tries to take down Palatine’s Dominick Ballduring the second round of the Class 8A playoffs Friday in Minooka.
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Palatine cruises past Minooka in 8A second round playoff game
Updated Nov 4, 2022 11:29 PM
Palatine stacked up nearly 500 yards of total offense and was particularly dominant in the first half in cruising to a 47-14 victory over Minooka on Friday night.
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Palatine’s streak continues with win over Downers Grove South
Updated Oct 28, 2022 11:30 PM
Friday night’s Class 8A first-round match between host Palatine and Downers Grove South featured a very interesting trivial tidbit to throw into the pre-game notes.
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Scouting Cook County opening round playoff football games
Updated Oct 27, 2022 5:51 PM
Here’s our look at what to expect in Cook County football playoff opening round matchups.
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Buffalo Grove makes history as first at-large 4-win playoff team
Updated Oct 22, 2022 9:11 PM
Buffalo Grove coach Jeff Vlk is sending out thank you notes.
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Palatine’s Dominik Ball (7) celebrates his second touchdown with teammates Tommy Elter (16) Ryan Donnelly (18) and Thomas Coroneos (5) Friday October 21, 2022 in Palatine.
Brian Hill | Staff
Palatine cruises past Hoffman Estates to clinch MSL West title
Updated Oct 21, 2022 10:41 PM
Palatine came up with a pair of key defensive stops and Dom Ball ran like a man possessed as the Pirates cruised past Hoffman Estates 30-7 Friday in Palatine. The win clinched the Mid Suburban West for the Pirates.
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Palatine's Dominick Ball runs for a touchdown as Schaumburg's Takumi Fred chases him in a football game in Schaumburg on Friday, October 14, 2022.
John Starks | Staff
Palatine routs Schaumburg to set up Week 9 showdown
Updated Oct 15, 2022 1:19 PM
Next weekend under the Friday Night Lights of Chic Anderson Stadium on the campus of Palatine High School, Palatine and Hoffman Estates will settle the MSL West Division title for the second straight fall.
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Rolling Meadows' Evan Grace takes the snap against Elk Grove last week. The Mustangs need one more win for their 11th straight playoff berth.
John Starks | Staff
Five high school football storylines to watch in Week 8
Updated Oct 14, 2022 7:07 AM
Here's five storylines to watch heading into Week 8 of the high school football season.
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Scouting Week 8 Cook County football games
Updated Oct 14, 2022 6:46 AM
Here’s our look at what to expect in Cook County Week 8 football matchups.
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Rolling Meadows’ Devin Owen tries to get around Elk Grove’s Ashton Diaz last week. Rolling Meadows needs one more win to become playoff eligible while Elk Grove already has its spot locked up.
John Starks | Staff
Breaking down Cook County playoff possibilities
Updated Oct 12, 2022 2:34 PM
With just two weeks of regular season action remaining, area teams are scrambling to be included in this season’s playoff class.
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Palatine uses strong defensive effort to stifle Barrington
Updated Oct 7, 2022 10:57 PM
Palatine’s Jaylen Williams, Izaiah Zaplan, and Josh Reisweg all came up with huge plays early on the defensive end to give the Pirates the upper hand in a 41-14 victory over Barrington on Friday night.
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Barrington’s Joey Cheh, middle, and Ian Marderosian tackle Hoffman Estates’ Aiden Cyr during the Hawks’ win last week. Barrington has another touch matchup Friday at 5-1 Palatine while Hoffman Estates hosts Schaumburg.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Scouting Week 7 Cook County football games
Updated Oct 7, 2022 12:05 PM
Here’s our look at what to expect in Cook County week 7 football matchups.
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Palatine’s Williams turning heads of college coaches
Updated Oct 5, 2022 9:07 AM
Palatine’s Jaylen Williams has made the jump like he is on light speed.
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Palatine pulls away from Conant
Updated Oct 1, 2022 7:40 AM
The learning curve is over for Palatine football's Dominick Ball and Tommy Elter, as Palatine topped Conant 42-10 Friday night in Hoffman Estates.
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Hersey’s Brett Kersemeier tries to get away from Prospect’s Mikolaj Salata during the Huskies’ 41-34 win in overtime last week.
John Starks | Staff
Scouting Week 6 Cook County football games
Updated Sep 29, 2022 3:56 PM
Here’s our look at what to expect in Cook County Week 6 football matchups.
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Elter overcomes nerves, leads Palatine past Fremd
Updated Sep 23, 2022 10:49 PM
The debut of Tommy Elter at quarterback was a smashing success for Palatine.
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St. Viator’s Alec Daniels and Phu Truong, right, wrap up Carmel’s Donovan Dey last week. St. Viator will try to bounce back from that loss when it plays Niles Notre Dame this week.
John Starks | Staff
Scouting Week 5 Cook County football games
Updated Sep 22, 2022 6:30 PM
Here’s our look at what to expect in Cook County week 5 football matchups.
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Elk Grove headed in right direction
Updated Sep 21, 2022 9:29 AM
After nine consecutive losing seasons, four of which were winless, Elk Grove has appeared to have things headed in the right direction.
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Glenbrook South’s Tommy MacPherson carries the ball as he is tackled by Palatine’s Josh Reiswig (2) and Rocco Paddack (1) during Thursday’s game in Glenview.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Glenbrook South rallies for wild 43-42 win over Palatine
Updated Sep 15, 2022 10:05 PM
Two previously undefeated football teams from the Mid-Suburban League and Central Suburban South put on quite an offensive display at John Davis Stadium on Thursday night in Glenview.
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Rolling Meadows’ Stephen Schiele catches a long pass against Vernon Hills that was called back because of a penalty during the Mustangs’ win last week. Rolling Meadows, one of the area teams playing Thursday, will be in a matchup of 2-1 teams against Glenbrook North.
John Starks | Staff
Scouting Week 4 Cook County football games
Updated Sep 15, 2022 11:43 AM
Here’s our look at what to expect in Cook County Week 4 football matchups.
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Stingy Palatine stifles New Trier for 34-14 win
Updated Sep 9, 2022 10:29 PM
Palatine dominated play on both sides of the ball Friday and plowed under New Trier 34-14.
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St. Viator’s Michael Nix has caught three touchdowns in two games this year, helping the high-powered Lions start 2-0 averaging 38 points per game.
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Scouting Week 3 Cook County football games
Updated Sep 8, 2022 4:38 PM
Here’s our look at what to expect in Cook County week 3 football matchups.
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Buffalo Grove’s Matthew Maradkel (10) gets a few running yards before being tripped up by Palatine’s JD Wardle (22) during Friday’s football game in Buffalo Grove.
Paul Valade | Staff
Palatine cruises to 50-7 win over Buffalo Grove
Updated Sep 2, 2022 10:21 PM
Palatine never looked back as it wound up scoring 50 unanswered points to cruise to a lopsided 50-7 victory over Buffalo Grove on Friday night.
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After playing Warren in Week 1, Barrington’s defense has another tough test Friday night against Prospect.
John Starks | Staff
Scouting Week 2 Cook County football games
Updated Sep 1, 2022 12:47 PM
Here’s our look at what to expect in Cook County week 2 football matchups.
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Palatine’s big plays sink St. Charles North
Updated Aug 26, 2022 11:13 PM
Tyson Moorer ran off the bench to line up at wide receiver as his Palatine football team faced a 3rd-and-6 and his team ahead by just six points Friday.
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Caiden Suchy returns at quarterback for Fremd. He will try to help the Vikings get their season started on the right foot when they open their season Friday at Lake Zurich.
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Scouting Week 1 Cook County football games
Updated Aug 26, 2022 8:45 AM
Here’s our look at what to expect in Cook County’s week 1 football matchups.
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Palatine’s Grant Dersnah threw for over 1,700 yards last season.
John Starks | Staff
Scouting the MSL West
Updated Aug 16, 2022 6:42 AM
Here’s our look at what to expect in the Mid Suburban League West Division.
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Prospect’s Frank Covey will play football in college at Northwestern.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Scouting the MSL East
Updated Aug 15, 2022 9:56 AM
Here’s our look at what to expect in the Mid Suburban League East Division.
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Tyler Jansey is surrounded by teammates as he works out with the Batavia High School varsity football team on the first day of official practice on Monday, August 8, 2022.
John Starks | Staff
'I am just so ready to play again': Prep football season starts in the suburbs
Updated Aug 9, 2022 6:05 AM
It was just moments into the high school football season on Monday and already Palatine coach Corey Olson was calling an audible.
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Surges does it all in St. Charles North’s win over Hoffman Estates
Updated Nov 5, 2022 8:45 PM
Drew Surges spoon fed St. Charles North another win Saturday in Hoffman Estates.
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Elk Grove’s Mitchell Janczak, 12, is brought down by Hoffman Estates’ Damarion Anderson, 58, Saturday October 29, 2022 in Elk Grove Village.
Brian Hill | Staff
Hoffman Estates rallies to edge Elk Grove
Updated Oct 29, 2022 5:32 PM
Dimarte Neustader made the most of his opportunity and it helped Hoffman Estates move on.
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Conant runs into buzz saw vs. top-seeded Lincoln-Way East
Updated Oct 28, 2022 9:14 PM
Conant ran into a team in perfect form on Friday night.
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Conant, Barrington take care of business as they try to qualify for playoffs
Updated Oct 21, 2022 11:30 PM
Conant and Barrington did what they needed to do Friday. Now it is a waiting game for both to see if they qualify for the state playoffs.
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Warren’s Charley Thompson tries to escape Barrington’s Andrew Grosch at his feet and Jon Fier during an August game. Thompson has rushed for 1,148 yards and 12 touchdowns. He and the Blue Devils face off against Stevenson on Friday night.
John Starks | Staff
Five games to watch as opening round of high school playoffs begin
Updated Oct 27, 2022 7:51 PM
Here’s five games to watch in the opening round of the IHSA state football playoffs.
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From left to right, Mike Donatucci, Patrick Brown, Mark Tolzien, George Poorman, Evan Wright, Brian Bobek and Jim Schwantz are six of the eight inductees into Fremd’s Ring of Honor. The other two are Scott Tolzien and Christian Lombard.
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Cook County football notes: Playoff outlooks, food drives and Fremd’s Ring of Honor
Updated Oct 20, 2022 10:30 AM
The final week of the regular season is this weekend with the 256-team playoff field to be announced Saturday evening.
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Barrington keeps playoff hopes alive
Updated Oct 15, 2022 4:30 PM
Barrington is still alive. The Broncos’ hopes for a miracle ending took a strong turn Friday as Barrington upended Conant 14-6.
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Hoffman Estates beats Schaumburg for 5th straight win
Updated Oct 7, 2022 10:28 PM
Thirty years ago this week, as the Hoffman Estates football program was en route to its third straight playoff appearance and fourth in five seasons, the Hall Of Fame rock group Bon Jovi released their new hit single, “Keep The Faith.”
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Hoffman Estates’ Quincy Williams carries the ball as Barrington’s Jon Fier closes in during Saturday’s game against Hoffman Estates.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Hoffman Estates’ Williams enjoying happy homecoming
Updated Oct 1, 2022 5:58 PM
Quincy Williams couldn’t wait to get back to Hoffman Estates. The junior running back had moved to Florida after his freshman year when his mother landed a job there. But when his mom got transferred back to the Chicago area, Williams knew he wanted to go back to Hoffman.
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St. Viator rallies for win in Kmet’s debut at QB
Updated Oct 1, 2022 5:08 PM
St. Viator turned to Cooper Kmet to change its fortunes Friday in Chicago Heights.
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Palatine, Il 60074
Phone:847-755-1600
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