Downers Grove North senior Ashlynn Durkin, who tossed a one-hit shutout with 12 strikeouts and had four hits with a homer and three RBIs in a regional final win over Willowbrook, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Four-year varsity senior Jaden Fauske, an LSU recruit and Illnois Gatorade Player of the Year, and his Nazareth baseball teammates had another tremendous 30-win season thanks to many new faces. It ended for the second straight year with a playoff loss to Mount Carmel.

The Nazareth girls soccer team beat Belvidere North in the Class 2A St. Francis Supersectional to send the Roadrunners to state for the first time.

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Lemont defeated Ottawa 4-2 on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 in the Class 3A Sectional semifinal game at Ottawa High School. Check out photos from the game by MaKade Rios.

The Lemont softball team, behind clutch hitting and solid pitching, defeated host Ottawa 4-2 in Tuesday's Class 3A Sectional semifinal and advances to Friday's final against Providence Catholic.

Wheaton Academy nearly let its hot start in the Benet boys lacrosse supersectional against Barrington on Tuesday at College of DuPage go to waste. But the Warriors found their footing again and came away with a 17-12 win.

Addie Bechler scored five goals, Fiona Lemke added three, and Crystal Lake Central's girls lacrosse team held off a fourth-quarter rally to beat Downers Grove North 10-8 on Tuesday and earn the program's first state berth.

Nazareth and St. Francis softball were both winners to advance to sectional finals, while Hinsdale Central girls lacrosse and Glenbard West boys volleyball both won to advance to state in Tuesday's roundup.

After some key saves in net by Olivia Oschner, Michelle Ruan sunk the game-winning penalty kick to help Naperville North to a 3-2 victory over Wheaton-Warrenville South in PKs to get them to state for the first time since 2019.