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

Week 4 brings the first round of CCL/ESCC Blue Division games between Loyola and Brother Rice along with Mount Carmel and Marist.

Joliet West will forfeit its Week 3 varsity matchup with Plainfield North and its Week 4 matchup with West Aurora due to COVID-19 concerns within the program.

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.

The 2021 Herald-News All-Area Football team is revealed.

Anthony Wilson returned a punt 55 yards for a touchdown as Plainfield North broke Friday's game against Yorkville open in the second half.

Get ready for Week 6 with our game previews from around Will County and the Joliet area.

Dylan Rasmason scored on a 35-yard TD run, Plainfield North's defense held Oswego East to six first downs, and the short-handed Tigers won 17-10 on Friday in the Southwest Prairie West.