With just two weeks of the regular season remaining, seven of the Daily Journal area’s football teams have clinched postseason opportunities. Here is where teams stand heading into Week 8.

A record-breaking first half from DeKalb senior wideout Davon Grant had the Barbs in the thick of it at halftime, but Bradley-Bourbonnais’ defense rose to the occasion in the second half as the offense kept its foot on the pedal in a 48-19 win.

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Bradley-Bourbonnais grabbed a 48-19 victory over DeKalb in week 7 football on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025.

Join hosts Mason Schweizer and Steve Soucie as they preview Week 7 in Kankakee County high school football

Bishop McNamara visits Wheaton Academy for a primetime matchup, Kankakee returns home for the first time since Week 1, and more in the Daily Journal's Week 7 football previews.

Reed-Custer's Tristan Randall came through in the clutch against Peotone to create even more parity in the Illinois Central Eight Conference, Bishop McNamara is the area's last undefeated team and more in the Daily Journal 2-Minute Drill.

Seven of the Daily Journal area's 15 prep football teams are 5-1 or better through six weeks, with 12 teams at 3-3 or better.

Lincoln-Way Central picked up a 28-20 homecoming win over previously undefeated Bradley-Bourbonnais in a Friday night clash between two of the state's very best Class 7A teams.

From a terrifying car accident at the end of his junior year to a summer mission trip to Africa, Bradley-Bourbonnais linebacker/tight end Calvin Kohl has seen his perspective on life change in multiple ways as he's started his senior year.