Jacobs Preps

Jacobs sophomore tight end Grant Stec received an early birthday present, an NCAA Division I scholarship offer from Illinois. Stec, who turns 16 on Tuesday, has 11 receptions for 181 yards and three touchdowns for the 2-2 Golden Eagles.

Cary-Grove coach Brad Seaburg got his 100th victory Friday in the Trojans' 56-14 win at McHenry. Richmond-Burton finally has a close game and more on Prairie Ridge's huge two-point conversion stop in its win over Jacobs.

Harvard survived two PK goals from Jacobs to pick up a 3-2 nonconference win in Algonquin on Saturday.

Cary-Grove's girls swimming team finished first in only one event at the Woodstock North co-op Invitational but still won the team title Saturday, collecting seven runner-up and eight third-place medals.

We've got you covered with Week 4 results and recaps for every game in the Northwest Herald area.

Sports reporter Sam Natrop has live coverage from Friday night’s Jacobs vs. Prairie Ridge football game here

The Red Raiders survived a back-and-forth battle with Dundee-Crown at home in Huntley on Thursday, stopping the Chargers 25-22, 18-25, 25-11 to improve to 8-1 overall and 7-1 in the Fox Valley Conference.

Check out the Northwest Herald area football statistical leaders through three weeks.

Here are the Northwest Herald area preview capsules for Week 4.

There's a new No. 1 in the latest Northwest Herald Power Rankings.