Mike Clark has covered Illinois and Indiana high school sports for decades with a focus on football, basketball, wrestling, track and field and baseball. He has covered high school sports for SBLive Sports since 2022.
Top 25 Illinois high school football rankings (9/26/2024) The top eight teams are unchanged, while Libertyville and Fremd join the rankings.
Top 25 Indiana high school football rankings (9/26/2024) The top eight teams hold steady, while Brebeuf Jesuit and Plainfield join the rankings.
Top 25 Illinois high school football rankings (9/16/2024) East St. Louis and Lincoln-Way East still lead the way, but there are changes elsewhere in the top five
Vote: Who should be the SBLive/SI Indiana Athlete of the Week (9/16/2024)? Here are the candidates for the SBLive/SI Indiana Athlete of the Week as nominated by coaches, fans and readers
Vote: Who should be the SBLive/SI Illinois Athlete of the Week (9/16/2024)? Here are the candidates for the SBLive/SI Illinois Athlete of the Week as nominated by coaches, fans and readers
Top 25 Illinois high school football rankings (9/11/2024) East St. Louis remains at the top; Nazareth enters the top five
Top 25 Indiana high school football rankings (9/11/2024) The top five hold steady, but there's a shakeup after that, including Lawrence North entering the top 10
Vote: Who should be SBLive's Indiana High School Athlete of the Week (9/9/2024)? Candidates for SBLive's Indiana High School Athlete of the Week as nominated by fans, readers and SBLive’s staff
Vote: Who should be SBLive's Illinois High School Athlete of the Week (9/9/2024)?
Top 25 Indiana high school football rankings (9/6/2024)
Top 25 Illinois high school football rankings (9/4/2024)
Vote: Who should be SBLive's Indiana High School Athlete of the Week (9/3/2024)?