Students walk to Carmel before first football game
The Libertyville High School marching band gets ready to play on the march to Carmel.
Student Council films students chanting cheers for an upcoming video.
Libertyville students exit the baseball field, beginning the first walk to Carmel in 15 years.
Students enter the North Shore bike path, following the cheerleaders and marching band.
Many students wore the orange shirts and bucket hats they purchased from spirit pack sales.
Friends excitedly chat with one another about the game as they near Carmel.
Several students waved Wildcat flags toward the end of the march.
![Wildcats do their pre -race circle that consists of chants and cheers to hype up the team. “I think cross country is such an interesting sport, in the way we're all kind of struggling together at the same time," senior Emme Fogle said. "[We have] comfort knowing that everyone's kind of going through the same thing. It's kind of incredible.”](https://www.lhsdoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-25-3.14.42-PM-600x361.png)
