Eddie Carifio

Sophomore centerback Jack McCormick's late, clutch clear helped DeKalb hold on for a 1-0 win against Rockford East on Thursday.

Thatcher Friedrichs is raising money for the second straight year to battle pediatric cancer. And like any good sequel, this time it's personal. He raising money in honor of Sycamore sixth grader Maggie Green, who died in December.

Hosts J.T. Pedelty, Eddie Carifio and Kevin Hieronymus break down the Week 3 slate in IHSA football for the western and southern portions of northern Illinois on the latest Friday Night Drive podcast

Kaneland, Sycamore and Genoa-Kingston all improved to 2-0 last week, while Hiawatha fell to 1-1 and DeKalb slipped to 0-2 despite leading in the fourth quarter of both its games. Here is one storyline for each team heading into Week 3.

DeKalb headed to Genoa-Kingston on Wednesday with new coach Keith Foster, who was at the helm of the Cogs for 14 years. He won 309 games and helped the Cogs win the Class 2A State Championship in 2022. Genoa-Kingston topped the Barbs and their old coach 25-23, 25-18.

Dixon looks to keep things rolling at Rock Falls, Newman plays at 2-0 E-P, Sterling hosts United Township to open Western Big 6 Conference play, plus more matchups to watch in Week 3's Sauk Valley football slate.

Plainfield North grad Kanon Woodill's field goal with 31 seconds was big in NIU's upset of Notre Dame, but special teams as a whole had a strong day. Cade Haberman blocked two kicks in the win.

DeKalb and Kaneland square off in a battle of former conference foes, Sycamore heads way down south to battle Mahomet-Seymour, Genoa-Kingston heads to Oregon looking to go 3-0 and Hiawatha looks to bounce back against Polo.

The bye week came at the perfect time for the NIU football team, giving the Huskies time to recover from a 16-14 victory over No. 5 Notre Dame. The Huskies met with local media on Tuesday.

There was no shortage of explosive and other high-profile plays in NIU's 16-14 upset of Notre Dame on Saturday. But here are five plays that may have flown under the radar that were still essential in the Huskies' win

DeKalb, Sycamore, Kaneland and Genoa-Kingston all had Week 2 games that felt similar to their Week 1 outings. We look back at the season's second week in high school football

After a Notre Dame touchdown and a scary kickoff that left NIU starting its first drive at its own 2-yard line, things could have gone very bad, very quickly for the Huskies. Antario Brown made sure everyone knew it was game on.

An Amariyun Knighten interception in the fourth quarter set up NIU’s winning score as the Huskies stunned No. 5 Notre Dame. Here are five takeaways from the win.

The Northern Illinois Huskies face Notre Dame for the first time ever on Saturday. Daily Chronicle sports editor Eddie Carifio will have live updates, scores and news from the game.

Twice this year the Sycamore football team has been losing entering the fourth quarter. The Spartans are now 2-0 after another comeback, this time a 15-9 victory in a defensive struggle against Oswego East