Marengo's Gavin Baros and Connor Sacco combined for 337 rushing yards and four touchdowns in a 41-21 win over Peotone. Plus Week 2 victories for Woodstock, Marian Central and Alden-Hebron.

Get ready for Week 2 with previews and picks for every football game from around McHenry County.

The 2025 high school football season starts Friday for Northwest Herald teams. Here is a look at Week 1 games, including Prairie Ridge at Cary-Grove in a matchup of the past two Fox Valley Conference champions.

A look at the Kishwaukee River Conference for the 2025 season, including team-by-team preview capsules, players to watch, five can't miss games and Steve Soucie's predicted order of finish.

Meet the 2024 Northwest Herald All-Area football team.

Johnsburg defeated Harvard 53-20 on Friday night to secure its sixth win of the season and a return to the postseason after missing out in 2023.

Cary-Grove goes for a perfect regular season, Richmond-Burton looks to wrap up the Kishwaukee River Conference, plus a look at every Week 9 football game in the Northwest Herald area.

Jacobs guaranteed its spot in the playoffs with its sixth win, Richmond-Burton rallied for a big win over Marengo, plus results and recaps from every Week 8 football game in the Northwest Herald area.

Tristan Meszaros made an over the head catch of fellow senior Kaiden Schimandle’s pass down the sideline with 1:10 left and turned it into a 75-yard go-ahead touchdown as Plano won a 29-22 thriller over Harvard.