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

Every time Bolingbrook found itself in a perilous situation Friday night, I'Marion Stewart figured out a way to help himself and the Raiders out of it during a 23-17 win over Lincoln-Way West.

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The Bolingbrook Raiders football team hosted the Lincoln-Way West Warriors.

Herald-News sports editor Steve Soucie has live coverage from Friday night’s Lincoln-Way West vs. Bolingbrook football game here

Week 2 provides a number of interesting matchups before most teams enter their conference slates.

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.

After a 5-1 spring season, Lincoln-Way West heads into the fall confident it can build on coach Luke Lokanc's first season with six returning starters on each side of the football.

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.