Steve Millar’s high school football rankings and Week 8 top players for the Southland October 12, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. Lincoln-Way East and Brother Rice maintain pace at the top, while Richards and Marist enter the rankings.
Thornwood’s Jayden Lester, a Homewood-Flossmoor transfer, finds his happy place at QB in big win over Bloom October 11, 2026 at 10:45 a.m. Jayden Lester throws 12-yard TD pass and runs for 2-yard TD, lifting Thornwood to 18-7 Southland Conference win over Bloom.
Jacob Onik, ‘not the biggest guy,’ gets 2 sacks as Lincoln-Way East shuts out Lockport for conference title October 9, 2026 at 11:29 p.m. Jacob Onik notches two sacks as Lincoln-Way East clinches SouthWest Suburban Conference title with 40-0 win over Lockport.
Admitting ‘it’s kind of clicked,’ Lincoln-Way Central’s Will Bettenhausen keeps thriving in big move forward October 9, 2026 at 11:33 a.m. Will Bettenhausen comes through with sixth goal of season to spark Lincoln-Way Central to 2-0 win over Andrew.
Steve Millar’s 5 high school football games to watch in the Southland and Week 8 predictions October 8, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. Mount Carmel, Lincoln-Way East, Lincoln-Way Central, Oak Forest and Richards are picks to click for Week 8,
Column: Oak Lawn’s Valentina Villarreal shows it’s more than just winning a race that matters in cross country October 8, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. Oak Lawn's Valentina Villarreal stops to help injured runner during a cross country race and ends up 123rd out of 146 finishers.
Oak Forest’s Jimmy Kelly, who ‘makes a lot of things happen,’ comes up with key assist in tie with Bremen October 7, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. Jimmy Kelly puts playmaking skills to work, assisting on a goal by Ulysses Morales as Oak Forest fights for 1-1 against Bremen.
Steve Millar’s high school boys soccer rankings and player of the week for the Southland October 7, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. Stagg, Lincoln-Way Central and Lincoln-Way East make biggest moves, while Lincoln-Way West enters rankings.
Lincoln-Way East’s Owen Bohren, whose dad grew up playing soccer in Switzerland, scores goals like clockwork October 6, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. Rhode Island recruit Owen Bohren scores twice to lead Lincoln-Way East to 4-1 SouthWest Suburban Conference win over Lockport.
Column: Steve Millar’s 3 takeaways from Week 7 of the high school football season in the Southland October 6, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. The best of the rest, an instant classic in Oak Lawn and resurgent Crete-Monee highlight Steve MIllar's 3 takeaways.