Here are Week 8 area scores from 10 years ago (2015), 25 years ago (2000) and 50 years ago (1975)

St. Anne rallied in the second half to secure a 61-28 victory over Milford-Cissna Park on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025.

This week's guest picker for Week 8 is Brian Stocking, super stats guy for WQAD The Score

Join hosts Eddie Carifio, Sam Ramirez and J.T. Pedelty as they preview Week 8 in Illinois high school football in the western and southern portions of northern Illinois

Here's a preview of Week 8 games for Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio, Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede.

The Herald-News Prep Football Capsules for Week 8 of the 2025 season, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

Get ready for Week 8 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Get ready for Week 8 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Kendall County area.

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

A look at Week 8 across The Times coverage area, including games lined up for Marquette, Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland, Seneca, Sandwich, Streator, Ottawa, Dwight and Fieldcrest.

A look at the Week 8 football games around the NewsTribune area.

Here’s a look at the area leaders from Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede through Week 7 of the 2025 season

Join hosts Mason Schweizer and Steve Soucie as they preview Week 8 in Kankakee County high school football

Sycamore hits the road to take in an undefeated Morris team, DeKalb hosts Andrew, G-K faces winless Rock Falls and more as we preview Week 8 games.

Bradley-Bourbonnais and Bishop McNamara head north for massive conference games, the Rumble on Route 50 renews, I8FA standouts meet in Milford and more in the Week 8 Daily Journal football previews.

With just two weeks left in the regular season, here's where Herald-News area teams stand in their quest to make the IHSA postseason.

With only two weeks left in the regular season, here's where Illinois Valley football teams stand in their quest to make the IHSA (or for eight-man teams, the I8FA) playoffs.

After playing free safety and slot receiver last season, Riverside-Brookfield senior Warren Mason is primarily a defensive player this season. He's one of the players that's helped lead the 7-0 Bulldogs to their best start since 2001. That, plus notes on Lemont and more.

With just two weeks left in the regular season, we take a look at the path each DeKalb County team has on the way to a potential playoff berth.

Join hosts Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz as they preview Week 8 in the western suburbs in Illinois high school football

Jeremiah Smith barely saw the field as a junior, but after throwing himself into the weight room the Oswego East senior has emerged as a key part at left tackle of an offensive line that's helped pave the way to a 6-1 start. That and more in Joshua Welge's Kendall County notes.

Kankakee's looking more like a state contender each week, seven area teams have officially punched their playoff tickets and more in this week's Daily Journal 2-Minute Drill.

Rock Falls seeks more leadership from key players after a promising start against IVC led to another loss. Dixon's Landon Knigge had a five-TD first quarter, and Sterling is looking for another bounceback in this week's Sauk Valley football notes.

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.

Marli Smrz threw three touchdown passes, highlighted by a 48-yard TD to Janell Adams, as unbeaten Willowbrook shut out Naperville Central 28-0, while Sarahi Carlos threw a scoring pass in overtime to Gracie Del Toro as West Aurora beat Oswego East 8-6 in the sectional semifinals.

Kennedy Manning totaled 364 yards and two touchdowns on offense while adding an 85-yard interception return for a score as Cary-Grove's girls flag football season ended with a 38-18 loss to Harlem in the IHSA sectional semifinals at McHenry's McCracken Field.

Cary-Grove faces Harlem in a IHSA McHenry Sectional semifinal girls flag football game on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, at McCracken Field in McHenry.

Winning its next two games will be difficult for Hampshire’s football team, but at least the Whip-Purs have put themselves in position to earn a postseason berth if they can pull it off. Plus, news on Richmond-Burton in the McHenry County Week 7 notebook.

Here's a look at boxscores for 2025 Week 7 games around Bureau County, including Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede games

There are only two weeks left to earn a spot in the postseason, and plenty of Suburban Life area teams still are battling for a spot. Here are where teams stand heading into Week 8.

Five CCL/ESCC football teams have secured automatic playoff bids through seven weeks of the IHSA regular season. Nazareth, Fenwick and Brother Rice all improved to 6-1, joining Mount Carmel and Montini in the postseason. Several five and four-win teams are still in the hunt.

Minooka has shaken off a 1-2 start and the loss of their starting QB and is in the midst of a four-game win streak, plus more from sidelines in Will and Grundy County in this week's Herald-News Football Notebook.

With just two weeks of the regular season remaining, seven of the Daily Journal area’s football teams have clinched postseason opportunities. Here is where teams stand heading into Week 8.

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

Davon Grant set his second DeKalb receiving record in as many weeks, Sycamore held off La Salle-Peru, Hiawatha picked up win No. 5 and more in our Week 7 rewind.

Nick Delinski spent four years at Princeton High School as an assistant football coach and in three years as head baseball coach, he led the Tigers to their greatest season in program history in 2005.

Miss out on any of the high school football action in northern Illinois? Listen to the audio versions of our stories from Week 7 of the 2025 season here

Seneca came into the game with a game plan to run down the heart of the St. Bede defense and remain undefeated on the season and that’s exactly what the Irish did as they ran for 488 yards and came away with the 48-16 victory over the visiting Bruins to move to 7-0 on the season

Roman Villalobos rushed for three touchdowns and Rochelle earned an emotional 21-20 win over Kaneland playing for junior running back Dylan Manning, who remains hospitalized after suffering a head injury last Friday at Morris.

Lockport quarterback Brendan Mecher ran for four touchdowns, his scores accounting for all of the team’s points in a 28-7 victory over Sandburg.

Dixon and Newman each got their sixth wins after earning road victories. Oregon fell to Stillman Valley, Morrison and Fulton won and more in Friday's Sauk Valley football roundup.

Johnsburg pulled away from Plano for a 27-7 win, Marengo blanked Harvard 49-0, plus more in the Week 7 McHenry County football roundup.

Israel Abrams threw for 231 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for a fourth, in a half of play, and Montini took care of business in a 49-3 blowout of St. Viator.

Providence's second-half rally to produce a stirring 21-20 victory over Loyola will eventually be the stuff of legend. On Friday night, it was reality.

IC Catholic Prep scores touchdowns on each of its first six offensive possessions, including all five in the first half, in blowing out Marmion 57-14.

Mt. Carmel remained perfect on the season, moving to 7-0 and leaving Joliet Catholic 2-5 with a 35-7 victory in the rivalry game that honors the late Kevin Hansen.

Two Batavia second-half defensive stops stymied Wheaton North‘s comeback attempt, allowing the Bulldogs to grab a 28-7 DuKane Conference win Friday at Bulldog Stadium.

Anthony Gibson's 31-yard field goal with 2.4 seconds remaining gave Glenbard North a 16-13 win over Geneva.

Ray Hannemann threw two touchdown passes as Richmond-Burton's football team remained undefeated and gave coach Mike Noll his 299th career win by beating host Woodstock North 21-0 in a Kishwaukee River Conference showdown Friday night.

Burlington Central’s defense continued its outstanding run, holding Huntley to a single score in a 20-7 win on Friday night. Parker Auxier pulled in two of the Rockets’ three interceptions, and QB Landon Arnold accounted for three TDs.