Hosts Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz break down Week 2 in the western suburbs and look ahead to Week 3 in high school football on the Friday Night Drive podcast

Michael Vander Luitgaren tossed two touchdown passes and Henry Hahn ran for a pair of scores and Batavia, nearing full strength, got a 35-3 blowout of South Elgin for the Bulldogs' first win.

We take a look at the football games around the Kane County Chronicle area heading into Week 2 of the 2025 season.

St. Charles North has made it a habit of winning Week 1 in some thrilling ways, and it made no exception with a 36-35 victory over Minooka. Plus, some stellar varsity debuts from new quarterbacks at St. Francis and Geneva, and Batavia being in unfamiliar territory.

Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz break down Week 1 in Illinois high school football for Kane, DuPage, and Kendall counties and preview Week 2

Five new teams broke into the Friday Night Drive Power Rankings based on strong performances in Week 1.

There were a number of big games on the Week 1 calendar. Very few of them didn't live up to the billing, Steve Soucie takes a look at what we learned in Week 1.

Miss out on any of the action in Kane County? Listen to the audio versions of our stories from Week 1 of the 2025 season here

Senior linebacker Max Hetlet hopped on a fumble with 45 seconds remaining, which led to Jack Swick booting the game-winning field goal to lead Glenbard West to a 31-28 walk-off victory over Batavia.