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.
Sandwich high school football
Here is the 2023 Record Newspapers All-Area football team
Wheaton Academy makes history with each football game it wins. Playing in their first state quarterfinal on Friday, the Warriors beat Sandwich 42-7 at Performance Trust Field in West Chicago.