Lockport led by three entering the sixth inning before Oak Park-River Forest managed to come from behind to get the win. The Porters overcame a lot of adversity to even reach the state tournament and have reason to be optimistic about the future.

Timothy Christian received the fourth-place trophy following a 4-0 loss to Williamsville in the third-place match at North Central College.

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The Johnsburg and Timothy Christian girls soccer teams met Thursday in a Class 1A state semifinal matchup with the winner to play in Saturday's championship game against Columbia.

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.

The 2025 high school softball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

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The Downers Grove South boys basketball team welcomed Proviso East Friday for a matchup on the hardwood.

The two-game schedule required for winning the Pontiac Holiday Tournament is a grind, but after winning an overtime matchup over powerful Simeon in the semifinals there wasn't enough fuel left for Benet to rebound to top DePaul Prep in the final.

Benet occasionally has a breakout individual effort but ultimately the team tends to play better when working as a sum of its parts. Both of those options showed up in a 58-44 win over Bloom at the Pontiac Holiday Tournament on Friday.

It took Benet a quarter to find the path of least resistance in its opening round game at the Pontiac Holiday Tournament, but once it did things were a breeze in a 70-36 win over Danville.