Class 3A's North Bracket is chock full of impressive programs setting up some very early titanic matchups. Steve Soucie breaks down the opening round of the 2025 IHSA Class 3A Playoffs.

Here are the 2025 IHSA football playoff pairings for McHenry County area teams. Dates and times will be updated.

Here are previews and picks for all of the Week 9 games around the McHenry County area.

There is only one week left to earn a spot in the playoffs, and there are plenty of McHenry County area football teams still battling to get in. Here is where teams stand heading into Week 9.

Richmond-Burton celebrated coach Mike Noll's 300th win Friday night as the Rockets beat Marengo to clinch the Kishwaukee River Conference championship. Noll's coaching career started at McHenry in 1988, when he was 25 years old.

There was plenty to celebrate in Richmond-Burton’s 42-13 win over Marengo. The host Rockets locked up the Kishwaukee River Conference championship, head coach Mike Noll won his 300th career game, and Rockets running back Hunter Carley had a career night scoring six TDs.

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Marengo faces Richmond-Burton in a Kishwaukee River Conference football game on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, at Richmond-Burton High School in Richmond.

Here are previews and picks for all of the Week 8 games around the McHenry County area.

There are only two weeks left to earn a spot in the playoffs, and there are plenty of McHenry County area football teams still battling to get in. Here is where teams stand heading into Week 8.