Meet the Herald-News Fall 2021 All-Area Football Team.

Get ready for Week 9 with our game previews from around Will County and the Joliet area.

Get ready for Week 8 with our game previews from around Will County and the Joliet area.

Lincoln-Way West's offensive line announced its presence with authority as it set the tone in the Warriors 40-7 victory over district rival Lincoln-Way Central on Friday.

Get ready for Week 5 with our game previews from around Will County and the Joliet area.

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

Lincoln-Way East owns a 20-game winning streak, but there will be multiple contenders in the SouthWest Suburban Conference looking to knock the Griffins off their perch.

Lincoln-Way Central ended the six-game spring season with a 4-2 record and three straight wins. The Knights lost a senior-heavy class, but coach Jeremy Cordell wants his team to carry over that momentum to this fall.

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.