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Here are results and recaps from all the Week 4 games from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.
Here are Week 4 results and recaps for all the games from around the Suburban Life coverage area.
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Aidan Crawley led Stevenson to a 21-7 victory over Mundelein on Friday.
Cedric Terrell III caught a pair of touchdowns and had a last-minute pick six to seal a comeback win at Normal, Bradley-Bourbonnais stayed unbeaten and more in Friday's Daily Journal football roundup.
Marquette couldn’t wait to respond to last week’s loss, and after they took the field Friday, the Crusaders built a 22-point lead fueled by two Dwight fumbles on the Cru’s way to a 50-19 conference win.
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Prospect junior quarterback Jackson Cacini completed 13 passes, including five for touchdowns in the first half, to power Prospect to a 56-8 homecoming win over Maine West.
A week after losing a 5-3 game, Jackson Loth threw three TDs to lead Naperville Central to a 24-17 win over Neuqua Valley.
The Wauconda offense amassed 317 total yards and compiled 18 first downs, and its defense held Grayslake North to 133 total yards and forced four turnovers. The result for Wauconda was an easy 45-13 win over the visitors in Northern Lake County Conference action Friday night.
After outlasting a lengthy weather delay late in the first half, Clifton Central outscored Oakwood 22-7 in the second half Friday to pick up a 35-21 homecoming win and improve to 4-0 on the season.
Marquan Foster caught two touchdown passes from Northwestern commit Johnny O'Brien and returned a kickoff 75 yards for a TD in the second half to lead Fremd past New Trier 35-16.
The Seneca Fighting Irish improved to 4-0 on the season with a hard-fought 35-28 victory over host Genoa-Kingston on Friday night.
Trailing 21-3 at conference-leading United Township, Sterling had a comeback for the ages as the Golden Warriors won 49-28. Dixon and Oregon rolled, Forreston beat Morrison 36-21 and more in Friday's Sauk Valley football roundup.
Indiana commit Jameson Purcell threw for 238 yards and three touchdowns, and also ran for 65 yards, to power Maine South past Barrington 41-21 for the Hawks' first win in the series since 2016.
In a battle of undefeated teams at Woodstock, Sam Vandello and his three touchdown passes allowed Marengo to stay perfect with a road win on Friday.
South Elgin came out on top over West Aurora 42-35 in a wild and woolly Upstate Eight Conference West Division football game Friday night.
Fullback Jake Wagler rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns, and Prairie Ridge capitalized on two early turnovers en route to a 28-7 win over host Burlington Central on Friday night in a Fox Valley Conference showdown between undefeated teams.
St. Charles North scored three touchdowns covering 70-plus yards in a 4½-minute span in the second quarter to build a four-touchdown lead on its way to a convincing 34-12 victory over DuKane Conference foe Wheaton North Wheaton North in Wheaton.
Cole Latimer ran for three touchdowns and threw two more to Davon Grant to lead DeKalb past Stagg and Tim Pruitt tallied four scores for Hiawatha in Friday's Daily Chronicle football roundup.
Kameron McGee posted two sacks, Brother Rice held Loyola to 21 rushing yards and the Crusaders remained undefeated with a 28-6 victory against the Ramblers in CCL/ESCC Blue action Friday night
Matthew Blackert, 'the Harmon Bullet,' ran for over 170 yards and three touchdowns in No. 3 Newman's 40-14 win at Orion on Friday night.
Benet's Luke Doyle's 66-yard punt return for a touchdown broke a tie game late in the third quarter as the Redwings went on to beat St. Viator 21-13 on Friday night.
The Bureau Valley football team fell behind early and couldn't recover in a 42-16 loss to Macomb on Friday.
After a defensive slugfest in the first half, Milledgeville answered Polo's third-quarter score with three straight touchdowns in a 28-6 victory in the Battle for the Blacktop on Friday night in Polo.
A failed two-point try that could have tied it was the difference as Montini bested Fenwick 31-29 Friday night.
Jalen Carter and Carter Grabowski paced Kaneland to five first quarter touchdowns to help it kick off Interstate 8 play with a 56-7 victory over Ottawa
Downers Grove South's Daniel Mensah took center stage after a halftime featuring a 7-minute fireworks show, scoring three of his four touchdowns to power a 35-23 win over visiting Willowbrook for the Mustangs' first win.
The Fightin' Irish scored three touchdowns on their first five plays to set the tone for a 75-0 win over Chicago Christian in which the defense held the Knights to negative yardage on the night.
Joliet Catholic was attempting an 18-yard FG with 1.1 seconds left against Marist. The snap was low, Lucas Simulick picked it up and called "fire." He found Declan Wagner for a one-yard TD pass to give JCA its first win of the year
The Morris defense dominated and Caeden Curran scored four touchdowns in a 48-0 win over La Salle-Peru on Friday.
Batavia's Preston Brummel and Henry Hahn combined for 245 yards on the ground and five touchdowns, as the Bulldogs grinded their way to a 42-21 victory over Lake Park on Friday.
Sophomore left-footer Billy Harding connected on a career-high 39-yard attempt with seven seconds remaining, giving visiting Nazareth a 24-21 victory over IC Catholic Prep in the CCL/ESCC Green conference opener in Elmhurst.
Jayden Ruth took a screen pass for a 48-yard touchdown, Gavin Geegan had a 34-yard TD run on Yorkville's first two drives, and the Foxes rode that fast start and a smothering defense past Plainfield East 28-0.
After taking a week off with a forfeit win over Sherrard, the Princeton football team returned in action in a big way with a 63-12 runaway win over longtime rival Kewanee
Linemen Zach Anderson, Anthony Looze, Kevin Kurnat, Xavier Ingram and Alejandro Gonzalez helped pave the way for a big night Friday as Dundee-Crown ran away for a 24-0 win over Hampshire in their Fox Valley Conference game.
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
Aiden Redcliff scored on a 59-yard screen pass with 1:16 left to lift Hall-Putnam County to an 18-15 win over Sherrard on Friday.
With Wheaton Warrenville South driving to get within one score, Geneva's Tate Beran jumped in front of a Tigers receiver to not only secure the interception, but also a 28-7 Vikings' victory Friday night in DuKane Conference play.
After a pair of tough losses, Jacobs felt it was simply a complete and mistake-free performance away from getting back on track. The Golden Eagles got that performance Friday at McHenry.
Crystal Lake South erupted for 293 yards of offense – 221 of them through the air – and employed a bend-but-don’t-break defense in posting a 34-7 win over Crystal Lake Central Friday night. QB Michael Silvius and WR Noa Franch connected for 200 yards and two TDs.
All three phases were clicking for Coal City on Friday night, as a fast start quickly turned into a nightmare for Streator, resulting in a 49-13 victory for the Coalers.
Cary-Grove senior Logan Abrams ran for 239 yards and three TDs and made a game-saving tackle, chasing down Huntley quarterback Malik Carter on fourth down in the closing minutes as the Trojans escaped with a 34-27 Fox Valley Conference win Friday night
Lincoln-Way West pulled out a 17-12 win over Lincoln-Way Central thanks in large part to a school-record 52-yard field goal by senior kicker Zach Hermanson.
The Oregon Hawks downed the Rock Falls Rockets 49-0 at Landers-Loomis Field on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025.
Romeoville came in undefeated, but Plainfield North left with the win Friday 49-0 thanks to a powerful rushing attack led by Julian Rodriguez.
Fieldcrest, Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland and Sandwich all lost football games Friday night, plus more in The Times Friday Roundup
Final scores in Illinois high school football for Week 4 of the 2025 season. This will be updated as more scores come in
Cary-Grove travels to Huntley for a Fox Valley Conference football game on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, at Huntley High School.
The Plainfield North football team traveled to Romeoville Friday for Southwest Prairie Conference showdown.