Following the conclusion of voting at midnight on Thursday, the Illinois High School Association has announced that member schools voted to approve a special by-law proposal impacting the start date ...

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The IHSA football season will have a new practice start date in 2026 after member schools voted to approve a proposal by a narrow margin overnight Thursday. In a press release, IHSA ...

There are a million ways to write a column about IHSA playoff football expansion. The easiest ways are to either bash the expansion or praise it. But what’s coming in the 2026 season bleeds too many ...

An exciting 2025 Illinois high school football season is in the books. Along the way there many twists and turns, but one constant was the wire-to-wire presence of Mount Carmel as the state's ...

The Illinois High School Association is considering moving up the start of football practice for the 2026 season. This change is proposed to ensure players complete 12 days of practice before the ...

The Illinois high school football season will start earlier this year, as the Illinois High School Association approved a proposal. The first official practice for the 2026 Illinois high school ...

Roxana coach Wade DeVries looks out at his team following a timeout during a game last season at Freeburg. It appears the last word on Illinois prep football changes for next season may not be the ...

Every college football season, the transfer portal becomes a more integral part of the offseason. The 2025-26 NCAA football transfer portal officially ran from Jan. 2 to Jan. 16, and more than 3,000 ...

Last season, the picks in this space went 115-44 (.723). Here is a look at all the Week 1 high school football predictions for Peoria-area games. All games are Friday unless noted. Last year's records ...