Here are the best of the best on the football field this past season across The Times area, featuring standouts from Sandwich, Marquette, Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland, Seneca, Ottawa, Streator and Fieldcrest.
Ottawa Pirates football
Can Nazareth defend its title? Will Prairie Ridge make another title run? Steve Soucie breaks down the opening round of the 2023 IHSA Class 5A playoffs.
Ottawa faces Woodstock in a football game, on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, at Larry Dale Field in Woodstock.