Friday Night Flight

Most of the 87 suburban high school football programs examined by the Daily Herald and Chicago Sun-Times lost players over the decade.

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High School	% change football participation	Total change
West Chicago Comm. H.S.	-54.9%	-84
Waubonsie Valley H.S.*	-53.4%	-132
Prairie Ridge H.S.	-49.1%	-86
Crystal Lake Central H.S.	-45.3%	-62
Crystal Lake South H.S.	-44.5%	-85
Wheaton Warrenville South H S	-42.0%	-108
Romeoville H.S.	-42.0%	-60
Lake Zurich H.S.	-37.8%	-71
Neuqua Valley H.S.*	-36.2%	-92
Lincoln-Way Central H.S.*	-35.4%	-85
York Comm.H.S.	-34.2%	-78
Wheaton North H.S.	-34.1%	-72
Sandburg H.S.	-33.2%	-71
Jacobs H.S.	-33.1%	-50
Willowbrook H.S.	-31.5%	-47
Wheeling H.S.	-31.5%	-39
Fremd H.S.	-31.4%	-61
Grayslake North H.S.*	-31.4%	-49
Naperville Central H.S.	-30.8%	-77
Lakes Comm. H.S.	-30.3%	-44
Downers Grove South H.S.	-30.0%	-66
Glenbard South H.S.	-29.6%	-42
Cary-Grove Comm. H.S.	-29.5%	-44
Conant H.S.	-29.5%	-51
Oak Forest H.S.	-29.4%	-50
Grayslake Central H.S.*	-28.8%	-38
Bolingbrook H.S.	-28.5%	-65
Maine South H.S.	-28.2%	-60
St Charles North H.S.	-27.7%	-51
Tinley Park H.S.	-27.4%	-34
Hillcrest H.S.	-27.0%	-37
Naperville North H.S.	-26.8%	-63
Streamwood H.S.	-26.7%	-27
Rolling Meadows H.S.	-25.8%	-39
Glenbard East H.S.	-25.4%	-48
Warren Twp. H.S.	-25.1%	-53
Barrington H.S.	-24.5%	-60
Glenbard North H.S.	-24.3%	-50
Batavia Sr H.S.	-24.2%	-52
Lyons Twp. H.S.	-23.5%	-57
New Trier H.S.	-21.6%	-50
Maine East H.S.	-20.8%	-20
Lisle H.S.	-20.6%	-14
Andrew H.S.	-20.2%	-37
Wauconda H.S.	-19.7%	-24
Prospect H.S.	-19.2%	-25
Metea Valley H.S.*	-19.1%	-27
St Charles East H.S.	-18.6%	-26
South Elgin H.S.	-18.6%	-31
Hersey H.S.	-18.1%	-25
Lake Forest H.S.	-17.8%	-27
Geneva Comm. H.S.	-16.8%	-30
Antioch Comm.H.S.	-15.9%	-24
Elk Grove H.S.	-15.4%	-18
Downers Grove North	-14.7%	-23
Buffalo Grove H.S.	-14.7%	-22
Dundee-Crown H.S.	-14.5%	-20
Central H.S.	-14.4%	-14
Kaneland Senior H.S.	-13.5%	-15
Bartlett H.S.	-13.4%	-23
Lake Park H.S.	-13.0%	-25
Fenton H.S.	-12.5%	-10
Stevenson H.S.	-11.5%	-22
Maine West H.S.	-10.9%	-11
Stagg H.S.	-10.5%	-18
Vernon Hills H.S.	-10.1%	-10
Palatine H.S.	-9.8%	-17
Mundelein Cons H.S.	-9.8%	-14
Round Lake Senior H.S.	-7.9%	-7
Grant Comm. H.S.	-7.4%	-10
Libertyville H.S.	-6.5%	-11
Addison Trail H.S.	-5.8%	-7
Hoffman Estates H.S.	-4.9%	-7
East Leyden, West Leyden H.S.	-4.7%	-8
Bremen H.S.	-4.7%	-6
Schaumburg H.S.	0.7%	1
Glenbard West H.S.	6.1%	11
Larkin H.S.	6.9%	6
Lincoln-Way North H.S.*	9.3%	15
Oak Park & River Forest H.S.	10.2%	16
West Aurora H.S.	13.4%	22
Lincoln Way West H.S.*	22.5%	31
Lincoln-Way East H.S.	28.8%	53
Huntley H.S.	29.3%	46
Hampshire H.S.	46.7%	35
Elgin H.S.	54.4%	49
East Aurora H.S.	62.5%	50