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Meet the 2023 Northwest Herald Football All-Area team.
Crystal Lake Central football
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Prairie Ridge was a team that played clean football with few turnovers and penalties all season, but the Wolves did not play that way in their 35-28 loss to Nazareth in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs on Saturday.
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The Lake Zurich defense picked up five tackles for loss while the ball-control offense drained the clock on a monstrous 17-play drive in the final 24 minutes to pace a 21-7 win over Crystal Lake Central in a Class 6A first-round game.