The IHSA announced one of the biggest changes in high school sports in decades when it said the conference system for football will go away in 2021 in favor of a district system that will match teams up with more similar student populations.

Belvedere Coach Darin Wecker, whose school voted in favor of the change and will likely benefit from it, talked about what he expects from the new format.

 

Vikings Coach Denny Diduch and some of his players talked about the 2018 season on our Pigskin Preview.

 
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Jensen Blassage went from a star at Boylan High School to a key player in the turnaround of the Florida Southern women's basketball program. Now she's taking her talents to England.

 
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Henry Robison is taking over as the new athletic director at Rockford Lutheran after Josh Sternquist stepped down to take on that roll at Belvidere High School.

 
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