Naperville Central Preps

Naperville Central built a 24-point halftime lead but had to hold off a Fremd rally in the second half to win 31-28 in the second round of the Class 8A playoffs Friday.

Top-ranked Lincoln-Way East beat Naperville Central, No. 2 in the 8A poll, 28-7, scoring four touchdowns after allowing Central to jump ahead in the game’s first minute.

Naperville Central faces Lincoln-Way East in Week 9 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive correspondent Tim Cronin will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Naperville Central scored 16 first-quarter points then held off Sandburg in the second half to win 22-8 and clinch the Southwest Valley Red title.

Sebastian Hayes threw for a pair of touchdowns and ran for another as Naperville Central remained undefeated with a 31-21 victory over Lockport in a physical Southwest Valley crossover Friday.

Naperville Central faces Lockport in Week 6 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive correspondent Randy Whalen will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Naperville Central fell behind early, scored twice before halftime to take the lead and then its defense stymied a late Lincoln-Way West drive deep in Redhawks' territory for a 14-7 win.

Aiden Clark ran for 290 yards and two touchdowns, and Naperville Central overcame an early interception and Hinsdale Central touchdown to beat the Red Devils 24-13.

Naperville Central jumped out to a massive edge early in the first set at Plainfield North and never looked back.

Oregon recruit Jonas Williams is at Lincoln-Way East. DeKalb is loaded with returning starters. Here are team breakdowns, five players to watch, five can't miss games and Steve Soucie's predictions in the Southwest Valley Conference preview.

After heading into halftime down 1-0, Juliana Park and Laney Stark scored within the first four minutes of the second half to help St. Charles North book its first ticket to state since 2012 with a 2-1 supersectional victory over Naperville Central.

St. Charles North faced Naperville Central in the Class 3A St. Charles North Supersectional on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.

The DeKalb High School baseball team hosted conference foe Naperville Central Tuesday afternoon.

Hinckley-Big Rock wins baseball, Genoa-Kingston wins girls soccer. That and more in Monday's roundup.

Heading into Saturday’s nonconference home game against Naperville Central, Stark expected to continue her tradition of scoring a goal on her birthday. She didn’t disappoint in a 4-2 win.

DeKalb takes fourth in girls track and field and badminton in Thursday's roundup.

Indian Creek's Jeffrey Probst reached 1,000 career points with 16 Thursday to lead the Timberwolves to a Little 10 Conference tournament victory. Plus more local results in Thursday's roundup.

Hinckley-Big Rock, DeKalb girls pick up wins while Anna Herrmann makes history for H-BR. That and more in Thursday's roundup.

Naperville Central hosted Oswego in girls varsity basketball on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023.

Naperville Central hosted Downers Grove South in Class 8A first round playoff football on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.

A tenacious defense and a constant diet of Aiden Clark resulted in a 42-0 win for Naperville Central on Friday against DeKalb and the RedHawks’ first DuPage Valley Conference title since 2018.

Friday Night Drive reporter Eddie Carifio has live updates and scores from Friday night’s DeKalb vs. Naperville Central football game

The DeKalb High School football team met Naperville Central Friday night for a matchup in the DuPage Valley Conference.

Crosstown rivals Naperville North and Naperville Central faced off in Week 6 of football on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.

Genoa-Kingston wins girls volleyball in two and dominates in boys soccer. Read those results and more in Thursday's roundup.

Nate Blezewski kicked a game-tying 48-yard field goal with under a second left in regulation. Then fellow senior Kevin Holland hauled in a 9-yard touchdown pass from Drew Gallagher in overtime. The Porter defense held and they emerged with a 31-24 victory.

The Redhawks picked off a pair of passes, recorded a game-saving stop late, and blanked the Red Devils in the second half to prevail 14-10 in Friday’s season-opening nonconference battle.

Morton boys soccer hosted Naperville Central in their season opener in Berwyn Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.

Team-by-team info, schedules, and more for the 2023 season from the DuPage Valley Conference.

The Class 3A Metea Valley girls track and field sectional was held on Thursday, May 11, 2023.

The Benet softball team was pressed a little bit early in Wednesday's game against Naperville Central, but there's just too much offense residing in Benet's dugout and that eventually took over in a 17-4 win.

Naperville Central scored three first-half goals to erase an early one-goal deficit and went on to beat Hinsdale Central 4-3 in the Class 3A East Aurora Supersectional to return to state for the first time since 2013.

Naperville Central faced Hinsdale Central in the Class 3A East Aurora supersectional boys soccer game on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.

Ryan Jackson threw two touchdown passes to stake Lyons to a halftime lead, and his pooch punt late helped Lyons hold off Naperville Central 26-17 in Friday's Class 8A first-round game.

Lyons Township hosted Naperville Central in the first round of the IHSA football playoffs in Western Springs on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022.

Daily Chronicle sports editor Eddie Carifio has live updates from Friday night’s Week 7 game between Naperville Central and DeKalb.

Tyler Dodd ran. for 96 yards and three touchdowns in the first half – all with a splitting headache – to lead Naperville Central to a big 44-8 bounce-back win over Milwaukee Riverside University.

Senior quarterback Chris McCormack threw a touchdown, sophomore linebacker Gavin Wade added a touchdown off a bad punt snap and the Naperville Central defense played solid to spark a 24-9 victory over Hinsdale Central in a nonconference game in Naperville.

Naperville Central hosted Hinsdale Central in the season opener of the 2022 prep football season on Friday, Aug. 26. 2022.

The DuPage Valley Conference proved to be unpredictable last fall. Naperville North and Neuqua Valley lead the way entering the 2022 season, but the DVC should be action-packed throughout the fall.

St. Charles North crushed Naperville Central 20-0 in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday, but the Redhawks gained a split with a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the eighth of the second game won by Central 11-8.

Sophomore Cami Phillips scored a career-high 20 points and hit four of Oswego East's eight 3-pointers, leading the Wolves past Naperville Central 55-41 in Tuesday's Class 4A Oswego East Regional semifinal.

Freshman Julia Benjamin tallied 12 of her 17 points in a 103-second span in the final minutes as host Glenbard West cut a 16-point deficit down to one before Naperville Central pulled out a season-opening 59-57 victory.

Daily Chronicle sports editor Eddie Carifio has live coverage from Friday night’s DeKalb vs. Naperville Central football game here

Herald-News Sports Editor Steve Soucie has live coverage from Friday night’s Lincoln-Way East vs. Naperville Central football game here

Naperville Central lost two-way starter Niko Gordon to a severe ankle injury, but the Redhawks' defense rose to the occasion in a 14-2 win at Hinsdale Central Friday.

A deep and talented DuPage Valley Conference makes it one of the most unpredictable conferences in the state.

After a conference rival tipped off the IHSA that Naperville Central had an ineligible player on its football team, Naperville Central discovered at least six additional transfers who didn't have proper IHSA documentation and the fallout continues more than three months later.

Joshua Weigel and Nathan Dodsworth scored goals for Naperville Central in a 2-0 win over St. Charles North on Saturday.

They lived up to the reputation, holding the Barbs to 79 rushing yards for the game while their offensive line paved the way for Jaden McGill and the other rushers in a 41-7 win.