Lots of changes coming up this Fall  in high school football as DeKalb and Kaneland join the Northern Illinois-12 and Geneva (along with Batavia)  become new members of the Upstate 8. The Western Sun  no longer exists.  Meanwhile the Hampshire Whip Purs are spending their last season in the Big Northern Conference before they move on to the Fox Valley Conference.

Kaneland has a veteran team back and is expecting to win their conference and go deep into the playoffs. Old nemesis Morris is back and they may have something to say about that. Hampshire should  get back into the playoffs and Stillman Valley hopes to repeat as State Champs.  As for Geneva, they expect to have an immediate impact in the Upstate 8.

Some of the new schools we’ll get a look at include Dixon and La Salle-Peru in the NI-12 when they play Kaneland and St Charles North when the face off against Geneva.

TV-17 will be there to cover all of the action. Friday games will be repeated on Saturday, Sunday and Mondays at noon and 8pm.  Playoff games TBA.