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Hobart’s big playmakers have loud night to silence big Chesterton crowd in season-opener Brickies win 33-0

Chesterton football kicks into gear tonight at home vs. Hobart with many new faces on offense and more familiar ones on defense

Scouting Hobart: Senior quarterback Aleks Tatum threw for 1,580 yards and 19 touchdowns and rushed for 860 yards and 13 TDs last season and has prolific receivers and an experienced offensive line going for him

2026 Chesterton High School Athletic Hall of Fame: Rick Fulton, Class of 1980, still holds school record in shot put and is in indiana football hall of fame

Chesterton senior and returning all-state linebacker Zane Westerlund shifts to the middle of Trojans’ 3-4 defense and is hungry to improve with an eye toward playing college football

Back from a serious shoulder injury, Chesterton defensive tackle Tyler Dhaemers meets his goal of being prepared for the start of his senior season and is grateful to those who helped him get there

Junior quarterback Hunter Boyd shows signs he’s ready to grow up in a hurry to

lead Chesterton’s young offense as the lone returning starter on that side of the ball

Realignment moves LaPorte and Valparaiso out of Chesterton’s football sectional and replaces them with Hammond Morton and Munster for next two years

Chesterton receiver Louis Raffin commits to play football at Hillsdale College, a Division II school in Michigan

2025 CHS FALL SPORTS TEAM AWARDS: FOOTBALL

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Running back bobby spencer and cheer mates qualify for another trip to orlando for uca nationals in large varsity coed game day division

LaPorte comes from behind to end Chesterton’s season, 20-17, a game dominated by Slicers junior running back Reed Raymond

LaPorte comes from behind to end Chesterton’s season, 20-17, a game dominated by Slicers junior running back Reed Raymond

Scouting LaPorte: Slicers junior running back Reed Raymond a big-play threat closing in on 1,000-yard rushing season

His No. 11 football jersey means a lot to Chesterton senior middle linebacker Robert Stabolito and he’s not ready to stop wearing it on Fridays

Cousins by blood, friends by choice Patrick Mochen and Louis Raffin bringing separate but equal value to Trojans football team that opens sectional play friday night at home vs. laPorte

Return of junior gadget player Max Soffin from a four-week injury bolsters Chesterton football team’s depth in multiple areas as Trojans head into postseason with sectional opener at home vs. laPorte

In just the second year of the split into two middle schools Westchester brings an undefeated record into tonight’s cross-town rivalry season finale vs. Liberty at Chesterton High School

Merrillville junior running back Cameron Jordan rushes for two of his three touchdowns and 227 yards in first half alone in Pirates’ 42-7 trouncing of visiting Chesterton

Scouting Merrillville: Dual threat quarterback Michael Hill and track star receiver Mikel Smoot just two of the many burners who will test Chesterton’s defense tonight at Merrillville

Senior reserves Joey DeMeo, Alex Zairis and Luke Kisala make Chesterton a closer, better football team in their own different ways

Trojans defensive end Caden Koedyker correctly identified the position he needed to learn to earn playing time, worked all offseason to make it happen and is enjoying a solid, busy senior season

Trojans draw LaPorte in sectional semifinal on Halloween night in Chesterton, Michigan City at Valparaiso in the other semi

Undefeated Crown Point triggers running clock in defeating Chesterton 48-10 on a night DeSean Reed, one of many Trojans juniors to make most of playing time, picks up first varsity interception

Senior tight end Mike Rone, an important part of Chesterton’s offense in both the run and pass games, has used his bigger body to have a big senior season

Junior Zane Westerlund gaining a reputation as a big-play linebacker for Chesterton’s 5-2 football team that faces undefeated Crown Point at home Friday night

Boyd-Raffin connection and big-play defense lead Chesterton to 27-6 win over Lake Central as Trojans move to 5-2 overall and 4-1 in the DAC

Boyd-Raffin connection and big-play defense lead Chesterton to 27-6 win over Lake Central as Trojans move to 5-2 overall and 4-1 in the DAC

Scouting Lake Central: Wins in short supply so far but team has no shortage of size and speed

Gus Wisch up on a star level now as a senior receiver, return man, jet sweeper and a favorite target of accurate sophomore quarterback Hunter Boyd

Chesterton football players choose which teacher they would like to see honored on Teacher Appreciation Night at halftime of Friday night’s game vs. Lake Central

Chesterton hammers Portage 36-16 behind 200 rushing yards and three touchdowns from senior Andrew Goveia

Andrew Goveia likely to surpass 2,000 career rushing yards tonight at Portage, where his blockers will be tight end Mike Rone and O-linemen, left to right: seniors Tyler Nevious, Carlos Leon, Jack Gearhart and Braxton Ozug and junior Kameron Elliott

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Chesterton senior Andrew Goveia, a human sledgehammer of a running back, smashes Valpo’s 14-game winning streak in the rivalry series to death, 24-16, with 193 yards

Juniors Bradley Robinson and Peyton Dilbeck Robinson in each other’s corner in first season of making transition to defense and looking forward to playing big roles in tonight’s home game vs. Valparaiso

Scouting Valparaiso: To some extent, as quarterback Kellan Hosek goes, so go the Vikings

Chesterton football welcomes transfer students from as far away as Brazil and Germany and as close as Gary

Linebacker Lucas Anderson returns a fumble for one touchdown, an interception for another, makes five tackles behind the line, two for sacks to lead Chesterton past LaPorte, 34-14, on homecoming night

Scouting LaPorte: Junior running back Reed Raymond has rushed for 465 yards and averages 7.5 yards per carry and senior DE/linebacker Lucas DelRio, a four-year varsity player, key playmakers for 1-2 Slicers

Senior linebacker Lucas Anderson, fresh off his first career interception, leads Chesterton into homecoming showdown vs. LaPorte tonight

Excessive offensive penalties for Chesterton a factor in Michigan City pulling away in second half to win DAC opener 30-13

Scouting Michigan City: Containing Wolves’ speed and the skill of quarterback Trinaston Hart and big, fast Division 1 recruit receiver Zaire McKinney the key for Chesterton in Week 3 road game tonight

Workhorse running back Andrew Goveia shapes up as the key for Chesterton again tonight at Michigan City

Mace Redman to the rescue with plenty of room to spare on decisive 33-yard field goal in Chesterton’s 20-19 win over visiting Hammond Morton

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Andrew Goveia keeps the chains and the clock moving to lead Chesterton to 20-19 victory over Hammond Morton and kicker Mace Redman adds finishing touches with game-winning 33-yard field goal

Chesterton football’s Week 2 opponent: Hammond Morton, 31-7 victors over Portage on opening night

Colin Kellogg relishes every snap after long road back from ACL injury and looks forward to sharing senior day with 26 teammates tonight vs. Hammond Morton

Hobart rides dual-threat quarterback, explosive receiver and stong lines on both sides to defeat Chesterton in season-opener, 20-3

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2025 Football season preview: sophomore newcomer Hunter Boyd triggers potentially exciting offense led by running back Andrew Goveia and receiver Louis Raffin

Chesterton head football coach Mark Peterson shares thoughts on Week 1 opponent, Hobart

Freshman football numbers already on the rise thanks to splitting Chesterton Middle School into Westchester and Liberty

Maroon & Gold football scrimmage, annual benchmark that signals season just two weeks away, kicks off Friday at 6 p.m.

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Stronger version of receiver/return man Gus Wisch eager to have big impact on Chesterton football as a senior

Returning IFCA 5A all-state center Carlos Leon anchors offensive line that will feature returning starters Braxton Ozug and Tyler Nevious

Trojans counting on senior strong man Logan Chestovich to show the way in the secondary to less experienced players

Chesterton senior Ryan Gray accepts an offer to become preferred walk-on football player at Western Illinois University

CHS pipeline to Adrian College football field grows with addition of LB Josh Davis; OL Logan Donahue headed to North Park

Chesterton all-state defensive lineman Owen Edlen looks forward to becoming cadet at Air Force Academy to hone leadership skills and athletic talent

North Park University's small-town feel, big-city life, a combo that appeals to Trojans football player Cole Richards

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