Taft has been searching for a featured running back all season. Roberto Salgado stepped up just in time.

High school football schedule and scoreboard for Week 9 in the Chicago area. Send corrections or changes to preps@suntimes.com.

The Associated Press statewide football rankings for all eight classes.

The Sun-Times Game of the Week features Payton vs Kenwood, two public league teams that are both undefeated.

There are no newcomers to the Super 25 this week despite a pair of notable upsets involving ranked teams. Instead it's a reshuffling of the deck entering Week 9.

Batavia needed its star quarterback to step up after trailing by 10 entering halftime against St. Charles North, and that’s exactly what senior Jack Meyers...

As we head into Week 9 of the high school football season, it’s all about the playoffs.  On today’s ‘Sun-Times Game Week” show, we’ll take...

Maine South's Bobby Inserra close to returning, playoff update, Joliet Catholic's hopes and unbeaten Antioch.

There’s still a lot to football left to be played, but the teams at the top of the Super 25 continue to handle their competition...

Oak Park senior Henry Darrow was the hero. He kicked a 41-yard field goal with three seconds left to give the Huskies a 10-7 win against the No. 8 Hilltoppers.

Another statement win for Maine South. The Hawks beat New Trier 38-21 on Friday.

Scores for all the ranked teams.

Friday in Crystal Lake it was Cary-Grove quarterback Ben McDonald that tipped the scale the Trojans’ way. No. 13 Cary-Grove beat the No. 20 Wolves 21-14 to win the Fox Valley conference.

Like most Chicago-area high school administrators, Leo president Dan McGrath was worried about how the city was going to react to the Jason Van Dyke verdict.