With just one week remaining in the IHSA football regular season and the postseason looming for the top 256 teams, here are where the Herald-News area's football teams stand heading into Week 9.
Lincoln Way West high school football
Chase Hetfleisch hit fellow senior Austin Rowswell with the 2-point conversion pass in double-overtime as Lincoln-Way West outlasted Lockport 40-39 in a Southwest Valley crossover.
Lincoln-Way West faces Lockport in Week 8 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive correspondent Randy Whalen will have live updates, scores and news from the game