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Dwight defeated St. Bede 48-13 during homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025 at St. Bede Academy.

Dwight built a 35-point halftime lead Saturday on the way to a 48-14 victory over St. Bede in Peru.

Here's a preview of The Times area's eight football teams, including a showdown at the top of the Chicagoland Prairie Conference, La Salle-Peru and Ottawa's second meeting of the season and Streator's homecoming.

More from the Times area's sidelines in Week 5, including more on Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland, Ottawa, Streator and the Chicagoland Prairie's revised playoff picture.

Despite recovering from an illness, Seneca QB Gunner Varland rushed for 100 yards and three touchdowns in leading the Irish to a 50-17 win over Dwight.

Five of the seven matchups involving Times-area football teams will be home games in Week 5 of the IHSA football season, including key matchups in the Chicagoland Prairie for Seneca and Marquette.

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.

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.

More from the Ottawa, Seneca, Marquette and Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland sidelines in The Times Week 2 Football Notebook.