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PREP FOOTBALL WEEKLY
The Courier News fills you in
Andy Rohr and Erik Jacobsen break down week 1 of the area's high
school football scene. Featuring a preview of the "Game of the Week" between St. Edward and Hampshire, a Q&A with some of the area's top players and Jacobsen's picks on all the area's games.
• Courier video: Week 1: St. Edward vs. Hampshire
VALLEY VIEWS
Get road work done before snow flies
Everyone knows that there are two seasons in the Fox Valley: winter and tearing up the roads. There is a slight coolness in the air that is letting all of us know that the tearing up of the road season should be over soon and winter will be arriving shortly. Why then are all the road repairs in the Fox Valley not yet completed?
After three years of minor gains and moral victories, St. Edward broke through for its biggest accomplishment under coach Mike Rolando, knocking off Hampshire 15-7 on Friday in the season opener for both teams.
Through all the opening game mistakes and penalties, new Larkin coach Matt Gehrig thought he saw the seeds of a defense sprout Friday night at Memorial Field.
What could have been a sweet debut for Elgin coach Dave Bierman in his first game on the sidelines for his alma mater quickly soured Friday night.
• Ramirez powers Cubs to victory
• So-called strength -- Bears defense -- still struggling
• In Brief: Ivanovic suffers historic upset at US Open
• Boo birds must do some backpedaling
• Cubs Notebook: Replay makes uneventful debut at Wrigley Field
• Major League Baseball
• Season Schedule
• CONFERENCES
• Dallas' Jones gets green light from NFL
• Wildcats answer questions
What could have been a sweet debut for Elgin coach Dave Bierman in his first game on the sidelines for his alma mater quickly soured Friday night.
(Michael Smart/Staff Photographer)
After three years of minor gains and moral victories, St. Edward broke through for its biggest accomplishment under coach Mike Rolando, knocking off Hampshire 15-7 on Friday in the season opener for both teams.
Friday's football roundup
Football conference previews
Batavia nudges Geneva on tiebreaker
Sloan's spark gets Geneva rolling
No. 1: Mount Carmel is on a mission
No. 3: Glenbard North can't hide this year
No. 4: St. Rita takes its show on the road
East meets West at Elgin's first Asian Fest
Olympians Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor make volleyball look easy. Maybe that's because they are allowed to use their arms and hands to hit the ball. If they were playing the Asian sport, sepak takraw, it wouldn't look so simple. A glimpse of the unique sport will be one highlight of Elgin's first Asian Fest slated for noon to 10 p.m. Saturday at Festival Park. The event is being sponsored by the Asian Community Network.
• Online: Asian Community Network
• Norris Gallery presents 'Invitational' exhibit
• Barack and Michelle don Chicago designs
• Glamorama fashion goes back to the future
• Astro-Graph
• Things missed from area's past
• Gotta Go
• ECC sets the stage for dinner, show
• Accessories, new styles spice up school uniforms
