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Golf galore and plenty of prep football
Emma Fiocchi of Stevenson during the IHSA Class 2A girls sectional at Randall Oaks Golf Club Monday in West Dundee. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)
Golf galore and plenty of prep football

This edition of the Daily Herald’s prep sports newsletter boasts a bunch of golf coverage, the latest rankings in girls volleyball and boys soccer, and plenty of football.

‘Edgy’ Tim’s football recruiting update

Prep football

‘Edgy’ Tim: Recruiting updates from Downers Grove and Naperville
Oct 04, 2026 3:48 pm - Downers Grove North junior safety Connor Crowley (6-foot-2, 185 pounds) has continued to draw steady recruiting interest this fall and has been making some college game-day visits. “I was able to make a game-day visit on Saturday to Wisconsin,” he sa
 
 

Top football performances of Week 7

Prep football

Schmit: Who had the area’s top prep football performances in Week 7?
Oct 05, 2026 4:48 pm - You may have noticed notable names missing from this season’s weekly list of top prep football performances. This week we’re finally grabbing low-hanging fruit. We’re quarterback-heavy in this edition, and with good reason. Although there were a bunc
 
 

Football rankings

Prep football

Daily Herald football Top 20
Oct 05, 2026 6:10 am - School Week 7 result/Week 8 opponent 1. Hersey (7-0) Beat Elk Grove 71-0 / Rolling Meadows 2. Prospect (7-0) Beat Wheeling 50-0 / at Buffalo Grove 3. Geneva (6-1) Beat Glenbard North 62-35 / at St. Charles East 4. Maine South (6-1) Beat Vernon Hills
 
 

Girls volleyball rankings

Girls volleyball

Daily Herald girls volleyball Top 20
Oct 05, 2026 9:23 am - 1. Libertyville (25-0) Big week with wins over Stevenson, Carmel 2. Glenbard West (22-3) Good nonconference test Wednesday against Maine South 3. Huntley (15-3) Capped 3-2 finish at McAuley tourney by beating Barrington 4. Carmel (21-6) Three of six
 
 

Boys soccer rankings

Boys soccer

Daily Herald boys soccer Top 20
Oct 05, 2026 9:34 am - 1. Hersey (12-0-3) No. 1 seed at Fremd sectional 2. Warren (11-0-3) Big week of scoring from Ogren and C. Sandoval 3. St. Charles East (14-3-0) No. 1 seed at Huntley sectional 4. Lake Zurich (13-2-1) Hosts Warren for NSC title 5. Geneva (12-1-2) Viki
 
 

Golf sectionals

Boys golf

Boys golf: Hersey storms back to win ‘gunfight’ sectional at Heritage Oaks behind Lockwood’s eagle-birdie-birdie finish
Oct 05, 2026 6:43 pm - And you thought that the best Chicagoland golf event of the season was at Medinah. The United States victory at the 2026 President’s Cup was not half as dramatic as Hersey’s improbable comeback at the IHSA boys 3A sectional at Heritage Oaks on Monday
 
 

Boys golf

Boys golf: Lakes’ Cross wins playoff to claim sectional crown, St. Viator advances to state
Oct 05, 2026 7:26 pm - Saint Viator coach Jon Dean says that his junior standout, Mac Dean, is a great golfer with a lot of mental resilience. Being his dad, Jon should know better than anyone. Mac Dean shot even par 72 Monday afternoon at the Class 2A Deerfield sectional
 
 

Boys golf

Golf: Burlington Central, Wheaton Academy boys win sectionals; Benet girls headed to state
Oct 05, 2026 7:02 pm - Senior Matthew Zierk fired a four-under 68 at the Elgin Country Club on Monday, leading Burlington Central’s boys golf team to a Class 3A sectional championship. The host Rockets also got counting scores from Tommy Wyse (74), Colin Gritzman (81) and
 
 

Girls golf

Girls golf: Wallace stays white hot for Barrington as Fillies, Stevenson, Fremd advance to state
Oct 05, 2026 7:49 pm - Reese Wallace grew up playing Randall Oaks Golf Club with her grandfather. She returned Monday and practically grew wings. The Barrington senior and Texas Christian University commit fired a remarkable 12-under-par 59 — featuring 12 birdies and no bo
 
 

Boys golf

Girls golf: Hersey’s Joseph ‘can’t believe it’ after career round nets sectional championship; Prospect headed to state as a team
Oct 05, 2026 6:13 pm - Just to break par, it is every golfer’s dream. That has also been Serena Joseph’s goal since the Hersey sophomore began play golf five years. Joseph accomplished that feat one shot better Monday at the Class 2A girls sectional at Mt. Prospect. Joseph
 
 
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