Mick Smith and Caeden Curran each scored twice on the ground as Morris remained unbeaten with a 37-14 win over Rochelle

Roman Villalobos ran for 207 yards and two touchdowns and Dylan Manning scored four TDs, and Rochelle got back on track with a 40-7 win over La Salle-Peru.

Ben Anderson had seven catches for 115 yards and three touchdowns, plus an interception on defense, as Sycamore's two-minute offense came through in a come-from-behind, 27-22 win over Rochelle

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The Rochelle High School football team traveled to Sycamore Friday to take on the Spartans in an Interstate Eight Conference matchup.

Lena-Winslow went to Rochelle and left with a statement victory behind Aiden Wild and the Panthers' bruising ground game.

Having eclipsed 2,000 career rushing yards as a junior, two-time All-Conference honoree Dylan Manning has the makings of the next great Rochelle running back. Cousin of former Hubs' great Grant Gensler, Manning's football roots run deep in Rochelle.

Dylan Manning ran for 169 yards and two touchdowns and had a couple clutch runs on a key drive late as Rochelle built a big lead, then held off King 28-18 on Saturday in Chicago.

Any questions the Rochelle football team had after losing a stellar senior class was answered Friday with a resounding 41-14 nonconference win over Geneseo in Rochelle.

After a historic 2024 season in which the Rochelle Hubs reached the Class 5A state quarterfinals and posted their first 10-win season in over two decades, head football coach Kyle Kissack said he wants his players to “make their own history” in 2025.