Tonight is Week 1 of the 2008 IHSA football season, and The Beacon News is at West Aurora for the 116th meeting between West and East.
Beacon football writer Jim Owczarski is on site, and will be blogging LIVE - interact with Jim throughout the contest here.
Game of the Week: West Aurora vs. East Aurora
The Sports Beacon
Rick Armstrong The dean of the Beacon News sports staff, Armstrong covers the boys basketball and Northern Illinois University beats along with general sports coverage.
Jim Owczarski
A graduate of North Central College, Owczarski covers the high school football beat in the fall and the local golf beat year around. He also serves as the Beacon News’ main sports features/enterprise writer. He has won several national writing awards and has a weekly column that runs on Sundays.
Mike Knapp
A sports writer at the Beacon News for over eight years, Knapp is the Kane County Cougars beat writer.
