Sports - DuPage and Cook County
York baseball upset No. 1-seeded Willowbrook in a regional final, IC Catholic Prep softball won a sectional title, Nazareth baseball won its ninth straight regional championship and Hinsdale Central baseball rallied to beat Benet in eight innings, plus soccer and volleyball.

Here are Scott Anderson's photos from the IHSA boys track and field state championships from Saturday, May 30, 2026 at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
No. 9 hitter Emilio Gandarilla's first varsity home run, a two-run shot with two out in the fifth inning, broke a tie, and Downers Grove North went on to a 12-7 win over Yorkville in the Class 4A Oswego East Regional final for the Trojans' fourth straight regional title.

Mila Mardjetko struck out 15 to lead Lemont softball to a sectional title, Timothy Christian's Hudson Tseng advanced to the Class 1A state tennis championship match, Lyons' Joey Bockwell is in first place in the Class 3A shot put at state track and more in Friday's roundup.

After Hinsdale Central dropped a heartbreaker in the sectional finals last year, the Red Devils were on the other side of a neck-and-neck battle when they bested Lyons in penalty kicks Friday to win the Class 3A Downers Grove South Sectional title.

Timothy Christian sophomore Hudson Tseng, the No. 1 seed in the Class 1A singles bracket, advanced to the state quarterfinals with three straight-set victories on Thursday, while Wheaton North, Benet and Glenbard West baseball were regional semifinal winners Thursday.

The IHSA boys track and field state meet is this weekend on the campus of Eastern Illinois in Charleston. Here are five storylines to watch for Suburban Life-area athletes this weekend.

The IHSA boys track and field state finals take place Thursday-Saturday at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Here is the full list of state qualifiers from the Suburban Life area.

Colin Doyle fired a complete-game two-hit shutout to lead Downers Grove North past Oswego 1-0 in a regional semifinal, Riverside-Brookfield, Montini and IC Catholic Prep softball all advanced to sectional finals plus more baseball regional results in Wednesday's roundup.


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