Friday Night Drive's Team of the Week is here. The 11 best on offense and defense for Week 4 of the fall football season in northern Illinois, as voted on by you.

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

Which 2-0 teams are the biggest surprises? How about surprise 0-2 teams? Steve Soucie breaks it all down in his Week 2 recap.

After finishing the spring season with three straight victories, the Wildcats won their second straight game this fall, knocking off Yorkville, 28-13, in Friday’s Southwest Prairie Conference game in Plainfield.

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Plainfield Central hosted Yorkville in varsity football on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021.

Plainfield School District 202 spokesman said district officials do not comment on pending litigation.

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.

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.

Plainfield Central didn't have to search far to find the next person to lead its football program. Assistant coach Robert Keane will take over the program following Jon Pereiro's departure.