This week's guest picker for Week 2 is Greg Armstrong of the View From the West Podcast

Here's a look at Week 2 preview capsules in Bureau County for Amboy, Bureau Valey, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede. Only the Bruins enter the week with a win.

Join hosts Eddie Carifio and JT Pedelty as they preview Week 2 in DeKalb, La Salle and Grundy counties on the Friday Night Drive podcast

We take a look at the football games around the Kane County Chronicle area heading into Week 2 of the 2025 season.

Dixon's massive game at No. 1 Byron highlights the 15 matchups in the Sauk Valley area in Week 2. Newman heads to Mendota, Sterling has a nonconference home game, Rock Falls hosts North Boone and more this Friday.

A look at the Week 2 matchups for football teams in the NewsTribune area.

Get ready for Week 2 with previews and picks for every football game from around McHenry County.

Get ready for Week 2 of the 2025 season with previews and picks for all the game from around the Suburban Life area.

A look at the football stat leaders in the NewsTribune area after Week 1 of the season.

Week 2 in The Times coverage area includes the on-field debuts of Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland and Dwight, Marquette's home opener and Streator visiting Ottawa to continue the state's third-oldest rivalry.

The Herald-News prep football capsules for Week 2, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

Get ready for Week 2 with previews and picks for all the football games from around Kendall County.

Max Taylor, a 2022 PHS alum, and Drake Davis, brother of three former Tigers, have joined the Princeton Tiger coaching staff this season. Taylor previously coached for his uncle's Kewanee Boilers. Davis concluded a seven-year collegiate career at Div. 2 Quincy University.

St. Charles North has made it a habit of winning Week 1 in some thrilling ways, and it made no exception with a 36-35 victory over Minooka. Plus, some stellar varsity debuts from new quarterbacks at St. Francis and Geneva, and Batavia being in unfamiliar territory.

Join hosts Mason Schweizer and Steve Soucie as they break down what happened in Week 1 in Kankakee County high school football and look ahead to Week 2

The La Salle-Peru, Hall-Putnam County and Mendota games were delayed by inclement weather on Friday. Jack Brady wins his first game as St. Bede coach. That and more in this week's football notebook

Glenbard West junior quarterback AJ Rayford makes a memorable debut in his first game after transferring from Providence, Hinsdale Central's eye-opening Week 1 rout of West Aurora, plus notes on Lyons and Montini in Bob Narang's Suburban Life football notebook.

Bishop McNamara visits Herscher, Kankakee has a second straight state champion on the docket and Bradley-Bourbonnais welcomes an explosive offense to town. Those games and more in the Daily Journal's Week 2 football previews.

DeKalb and Genoa-Kingston look for bounce-back wins at home, Sycamore faces a 7A school away from home for the second straight week, plus picks and more in our capsules.

Brooke Ekwinski connected with Kayla Kersting for a score in the back of the end zone, giving Yorkville a thrilling 27-26 overtime win over visiting Geneva in Tuesday flag football action.

Here are Sean King's photos from Tuesday's flag football game between Yorkville and Geneva.

Yorkville sophomore Jayden Ruth makes a game-saving interception in his varsity debut, Sandwich's depth on defense tested in Week 1 loss and Oswego East's fast start in season opener in Joshua Welge's Kendall County football notebook.

Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz break down Week 1 in Illinois high school football for Kane, DuPage, and Kendall counties and preview Week 2

Woodstock senior quarterback Caden Thompson had an inauspicious start to his varsity career two years ago, but he never gave up on himself. He's now in his third season as a starter, committed to finishing strong, and he and his teammates are off to a 1-0 start.

Mason Schweizer looks back at Week 1 of the Daily Journal area football season.

Four Bureau County players dressed for the Division 1 football stage for the 2025 season-opening weekend. Hall’s Mac Resetich (Illinois) and Princeton’s Payne Miller (Western Illinois) were on opposite sides once again in Champaign.

Joliet Central's win Friday night gives the Steelmen the best record in town as Joliet West and Joliet Catholic both lost

Here are Gary Duncan's photos from Saturday's game between Downers Grove North and Morgan Park at Gately Stadium.

Julius May ran three touchdowns, Micah Lee ran for a touchdown and threw two more, including one to Coen Demack, who also had a pair of interceptions in the Fightin' Irish's Week 1 blowout of Lawrenceville.

La Salle-Peru scored a touchdown with 2:09 left but couldn't convert the two-point conversion in a 23-21 loss to United Township on Saturday.

Fieldcrest honored alumnus and Cincinnati Bengals tight end Cam Grandy during halftime of Friday's game against Tri-Valley.

The Hall-Putnam County football team lost 40-21 to Orion in its season opener Friday.

Pressure from senior defensive end Luke Hammond forced an incompletion with the game on the line, and Neuqua Valley held off Waubonsie Valley 21-13 for their 10th straight win in the rivalry series.

Johnsburg's Carter Block threw for three TDs as the Skyhawks beat Thornwood, Marengo dominated a road matchup at Stillman Valley, Huntley's Chase Hojnacki scored three TDs and more Week 1 football results in McHenry County.

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.

Sterling fell at Metamora, Oregon's Cooper Johnson had 192 yards rushing and three TDs in a win, Draven Zier had five touchdowns and more in Friday's Sauk Valley football roundup.

Prospect blocked a punt and returned it for a TD in the first quarter Friday to help the Knights to a 28-18 win over Stevenson.

Aaron Stewart rushed for 438 yards and six touchdowns on six carries, powering Warren to a thrilling 43-36 win over Hersey.

St. Rita quarterback Steven Armbruster became the program's all-time career touchdown pass record-holder, and running back Brandon Johnson Jr. scored with less than 18 seconds remaining to help the Mustangs beat Marist 28-21.

Palatine was happy to get off to a hot start in the 2025 opener as playmakers Kole Fager and Jayden Evans led the way with five combined touchdowns as the Pirates claimed a 39-22 victory over Rolling Meadows on Friday.

Antioch made a key defensive stop and ran out the clock to preserve a 34-29 win over Schaumburg on Friday.

After a competitive, back-and-forth first half, Aurora Christian made key second-half adjustments to pull away from Marquette, earning a 43-22 win in a Week 1 nonconference showdown.

It didn’t take long for Dixon to figure out how to get tuned up for next week’s clash with Byron, having little trouble Friday with a 47-8 Big Northern Conference win over Rockford Lutheran.

Lockport's defense was suffocating, and RB Chris Miller effective as the Porters shut out Plainfield North 34-0 on Friday.

Owen Yorke ran for 167 yards and three touchdowns as Wheaton Warrenville South defeated Glenbard South 57-0.

USC recruit Jonas Williams threw for 358 yards and four touchdowns and Lincoln-Way East intercepted Indians commit Jameson Purcell four times, one of those a pick-six, in the Griffins' stunning 40-0 win at Maine South.

A Quaid Phillips end-around out of the Wildcat with less than a minute to play lifted Morris past Wilmington 27-20 in a much-anticipated matchup of state powerhouses.

A play after a dropped interception, Glenbard East's Montii Perry scooped up a fumble and returned it 21 yards for a touchdown with just over seven minutes left, the game-winning score in the Rams' 28-21 win over Willowbrook.

Streator ran 62 offensive plays to Decatur Eisenhower’s 33, outgained the Panthers by over 300 yards and did it all without completing a single pass in Friday night’s 36-14 victory at Doug Dieken Stadium

Trailing 14-10 in the fourth quarter, McHenry sophomore Joey Spelman scored a game-winning, 4-yard touchdown in a 17-14 Fox Valley Conference win over Dundee-Crown.