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Prep football recruiting updates and much more
Carmel’s Tatum Napier is pushed out of bounds by Montini’s Julian Figueroa during Friday’s game in Lombard.
Prep football recruiting updates and much more

Check out the latest in area high school sports in this latest edition of the Daily Herald prep sports newsletter.

‘Edgy’ Tim O’Halloran recruiting update

Prep football

College game day visits worth the 3 a.m. wake-up calls for suburban high school football players
Sep 20, 2026 1:05 pm - Huntley junior quarterback Malik Carter and the Red Raiders are off to an impressive 5-0 start so far this season. Carter has already made a handful of college game day visits and recaps his latest ones. “I’ve been able to make game day visits so far
 
 

Schmit: Top performances of Week 5

Prep football

Schmit: Who had the area’s top prep football performances of Week 5?
Sep 21, 2026 4:24 pm - As we vault past the midway point of the regular season in IHSA prep football, it’s become tougher to avoid repeat honorees with our weekly list of top performances. But, not surprisingly, we have new teams and players stepping up every week. In this
 
 

Football rankings

Prep football

Daily Herald football Top 20
Sep 21, 2026 7:49 am - School Week 5 result/Week 6 opponent 1. Downers Grove North (5-0) Beat Proviso West 51-0 / Oak Park-River Forest 2. Hersey (5-0) Beat Buffalo Grove 49-14 / at Wheeling 3. Prospect (5-0) Beat Elk Grove 54-7 / Rolling Meadows 4. Montini (4-1) Beat C
 
 

Girls volleyball rankings

Girls volleyball

Daily Herald girls volleyball Top 20
Sep 21, 2026 9:24 am - 1. Libertyville (21-0) Swept Lake Forest in only match last week 2. Carmel (15-2) Hosting 15-2 Lakes on Wednesday 3. Benet (14-3) Beat Yorkville in 3 to take fifth at WW South invite 4. Downers Grove North (11-4) Nicole Liu all-tournament at WW Sout
 
 

Boys soccer rankings

Boys soccer

Daily Herald boys soccer Top 20
Sep 21, 2026 8:22 am - 1. St. Charles North (7-1-1) Stars play St. Charles East on Thursday 2. Stevenson (8-1-0) NSC rivals Libertyville and Warren this week 3. Hersey (6-0-2) On the road at division rival Fremd on Tuesday 4. Warren (8-0-1) Important week with Zion-Benton
 
 

Dave Oberhelman’s College Achievers

College sports

‘Just another game’ for humble linebacker Palano, but what a game
Sep 20, 2026 1:32 pm - Following Boston College’s 28-21 victory over Rutgers on Sept. 11, the Football Writers Association of America named Buffalo Grove High School graduate Anthony Palano its Bronko Nagurski national defensive player of the week. The Nagurski Trophy is a
 
 

Boys soccer notebooks

Boys soccer

Boys soccer notes: Round Lake, Wauconda tied for NLCC lead; Buffalo Grove debuts refurbished field
Sep 21, 2026 11:14 am - This week coming up, the midway point of the regular season, will be the biggest week of the season for fans of the Northern Lake County Conference. Prior to this past week, Grayslake North, Round Lake and Wauconda were all atop the league with perfe
 
 

Boys soccer

Boys soccer: For Naperville North sophomore Carter Joseph, future ‘leader of this program,’ this is only the beginning
Sep 21, 2026 12:01 pm - Naperville North sophomore Carter Joseph didn’t hesitate to answer in the affirmative when coach Jim Konrad requested that he switch positions. Joseph saw an opportunity to play for the defending Class 3A state champion and grabbed it. “I was excited
 
 
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