After a historic 2024 season in which the Rochelle Hubs reached the Class 5A state quarterfinals and posted their first 10-win season in over two decades, head football coach Kyle Kissack said he wants his players to “make their own history” in 2025.

Rochelle kicks its season off Friday night, when the Hubs renew an old Northern Illinois Big 12 rivalry with a nonconference game against the Geneseo Maple Leafs. The Hubs, who went 10-2 and finished second in the Interstate 8 to Sycamore last season, are replacing several all-conference players, including All-State honorees Grant Gensler and Jack Carmichael.

“We have a lot of kids who will be in their first competitive moment of a varsity football game on Friday night,” Kissack said. “We’ve done everything we can to put them in situations

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