Sports - DuPage and Cook County
Benet won its 18th East Suburban Catholic Conference title after its 5-2 victory Wednesday afternoon in Lisle at the Redwings soccer park over visiting St. Viator.
Benet and Timothy Christian volleyball picked up one-sided wins on Tuesday.
Hinsdale Central's boys and girls golf teams won sectional titles, as did Timothy Christian's boys team in leading area state qualifiers.
After going back and forth for the majority of the contest, Benet pulled away in the final set with six of the final eight points to come away with a three set victory over St. Charles North.
Saturday morning in the Pat Savage Invitational at Niles West, Montini senior Sydney Gertsen rolled to first place in the individual competition with a time of 17:29.39.
The Hinsdale Central football team hosted West Suburban Silver Conference foe York Friday night.
The St. Francis football team hosted IC Catholic Friday night in Wheaton.
Benet volleyball beat Skutt Catholic and Timothy Christian volleyball beat Bishop McNamara in Thursday's roundup.
Downers Grove North junior forward Ty Peboontom scored in the 66th minute of Thursday night’s annual crosstown clash against Downers Grove South. It broke a 1-1 tie and held up as the game-winner as the visiting Trojans eked out a 2-1 victory.