Now with nine positive COVID-19 cases, 38 members of the Joliet West football program were placed in quarantine Tuesday until at least September 22.

Get ready for Week 4 with our game previews from around Will County and the Joliet area.

Joliet West will forfeit its Week 3 varsity matchup with Plainfield North and its Week 4 matchup with West Aurora due to COVID-19 concerns within the program.

The Southwest Prairie Conference features some fierce rivalries. Oswego regained the West Division's top spot during the spring but keeping the title won't be easy.

Joliet West finished 3-3 in the spring season, having a three-game winning streak snapped in Week 6 with a loss to Plainfield Central. The loss kept the Tigers from a share of the conference title and is serving as motivation for this fall.

Joliet West's Bryan McCoy looks primed to anchor the Joliet West defensive unit this season. The standout linebacker has picked up three Division I offers.

Although most of the foundations of area high school football schedules remained pretty much the same, some interesting wrinkles were revealed in some of the nonconference portions of team's schedules.

The 2021 Herald-News All-Area Football team is revealed.

Get ready for Week 6 with our game previews from around Will County and the Joliet area.