Marquette defeated Dwight 50-19 on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025 at Dwight High School. Check out photos from MaKade Rios.

Marquette couldn’t wait to respond to last week’s loss, and after they took the field Friday, the Crusaders built a 22-point lead fueled by two Dwight fumbles on the Cru’s way to a 50-19 conference win.

The Seneca Fighting Irish improved to 4-0 on the season with a hard-fought 35-28 victory over host Genoa-Kingston on Friday night.

The Bureau Valley football team fell behind early and couldn't recover in a 42-16 loss to Macomb on Friday.

Jalen Carter and Carter Grabowski paced Kaneland to five first quarter touchdowns to help it kick off Interstate 8 play with a 56-7 victory over Ottawa

The Morris defense dominated and Caeden Curran scored four touchdowns in a 48-0 win over La Salle-Peru on Friday.

After taking a week off with a forfeit win over Sherrard, the Princeton football team returned in action in a big way with a 63-12 runaway win over longtime rival Kewanee

Aiden Redcliff scored on a 59-yard screen pass with 1:16 left to lift Hall-Putnam County to an 18-15 win over Sherrard on Friday.

All three phases were clicking for Coal City on Friday night, as a fast start quickly turned into a nightmare for Streator, resulting in a 49-13 victory for the Coalers.

Hall defeated Sherrard 18-15 on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025 on Homecoming night at Richard Nesti Stadium.

Fieldcrest, Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland and Sandwich all lost football games Friday night, plus more in The Times Friday Roundup

Coal City defeated Streator 49-13 on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025 at Doug Dieken Stadium. Check out photos from the game by Katy Arnold.

Final scores in Illinois high school football for Week 4 of the 2025 season. This will be updated as more scores come in

The Kaneland football team hosted Ottawa Friday night in an Interstate Eight Conference clash.

A look at the football stat leaders in the NewsTribune area after Week 3 of the season.

Join hosts JT Pedelty and Eddie Carifio as they preview Week 4 in Illinois high school football for the western and southern portions of northern Illinois

Week 4 across The Times coverage area includes conference openers for Marquette and Ottawa, Coal City coming to Streator, road games against 2024 playoff teams for FCW and Seneca, plus more.

A look at all the Week 4 games around the NewsTribune area.

La Salle-Peru sophomore quarterback Marion Persich was named Friday Night Drive Team of the Week MVP after accounting for six touchdowns in a win over Ottawa.

Join hosts Josh Welge and Steve Soucie as they preview Week 4 in Illinois high school football

Princeton returns to action after a week off, Bureau Valley, Hall-Putnam County and Amboy co-op play at home and St. Bede makes the trip to Lewistown co-op in Week 4.

Are their warning signs as to whether or not the field will need 4-win teams to complete the field of 256? The data seems to think so. Steve Soucie breaks down how the playoff field projects after the third week of games.

La Salle-Peru sophomore quarterback Marion Persich took a game-day visit to the University of Illinois on Saturday and has one planned to Northwestern on Oct. 4.

Congratulations to these 22 Illinois high school football players who were voted onto Friday Night Drive's Team of the Week for Week 3 of the 2025 high school football season

Minor shuffling was all that really happened in the Friday Night Drive Power Rankings as all but four of the previous week's ranked teams claimed victory.

L-P's JJ Raffelson and Hall's Nick Sterling earned their first coaching wins, Princeton had a week off and more in the NewsTribune/BCR football notebook.

More from sidelines around The Times area after Week 3 of the IHSA football season.

The Marquette football team fell on a last second field goal in Wisconsin on Friday, while FCW rolled to a I8FA victory at Galva. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Each week, we’ll have 22 players – 11 on offense, 11 on defense – to make the Friday Night Drive Team of the Week for Week 3. Vote for your favorite players!

A slow start for Ottawa quickly turned disastrous Friday, as La Salle-Peru raced to a 21-point lead and never looked back, rolling to a 41-24 victory.

After Reed-Custer screamed to a 28-0 lead, they had to withstand a furious Streator rally to open Illinois Central Eight Conference play with a win on Friday.

Seneca rushed for 419 yards and allowed just 107 total yards in a solid 50-0 win against host Clinton on Friday night to move to 3-0 on the season.

St. Bede allowed big plays on defense and had turnovers on offense that proved costly in a 20-14 loss to North Boone on Friday.

Hall-Putnam County held Mendota under 100 yards and scored three times of plays of 45 or more yards in an 18-6 win Friday.

Sandwich went for it on fourth and short from its 29, leading by two late in the fourth quarter, and QB Braden Behringer converted, and Nick Michalek ran for 218 yards and two TDs as the Indians beat Plano 32-30 in the 114th "War on Rt. 34" rivalry game

Hall defeated Mendota 18-6 on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025 at Mendota High School. Check out photos of the game by Kyle Russell.

North Boone defeated St. Bede 20-14 on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025 at St. Bede Academy. Check out photos of the game by MaKade Rios

L-P defeated Ottawa 41-24 on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025 at King Field. It was the 127th meeting between the two teams. The teams first met in 1898. The rivalry is one of the top 50 oldest high school football rivalries in the country still active.

Tremont broke a 20-game losing streak Friday, 42-14, icing it with a wild 21-point flurry in the fourth quarter during which Fieldcrest did not get a single offensive snap

Final scores in Illinois high school football for Week 3 of the 2025 season. This will be updated as more scores come in

A look at the football stat leaders in the NewsTribune area after Week 2 of the season.

Here's a look at Week 3 football game previews for A-L-O, Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede.

Here are our Week 3 high school football previews for games across The Times area, including Ottawa, Streator, Sandwich, Marquette, Seneca, Dwight, Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland and Fieldcrest.

A look at all the football games around the NewsTribune area for Week 3.

Hosts Steve Soucie and Josh Welge preview Week 3 in Illinois high school football on the Friday Night Drive podcast

Rhett Pearson never has to go far to find some football. Every morning, he wakes up and finds it right in his own living room. “Go downstairs, there’s football on TV. I mean, it’s football 24/7,” he said.

A group of 23 new teams worked their way into the projection this week. Where do they fit? And how did they change the projected classification breaks for all eight classes. Steve Soucie breaks down how the playoff field projects after the second week of games.

Congratulations to these 22 Illinois high school football players who were voted onto Friday Night Drive's Team of the Week for Week 2 of the 2025 high school football season

Five new teams broke into the Friday Night Drive Power Rankings based on strong performances in Week 1.

Join hosts Steve Soucie and Matt Rodewald as they break down Week 2 in Illinois high school football on the Friday Night Drive podcast