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.

Nazareth took down St. Rita, St. Patrick handled Benet and Marian Catholic knocked off Marmion as divisional races heat up in the Chicago Catholic League/East Suburban Catholic Conference. Leo rolled over De La Salle to earn its third win for the first time since 2021.

Mount Carmel and Montini clinched automatic playoff bids, while several CCL/ESCC teams including Brother Rice, Nazareth and Fenwick are sitting comfortably with three weeks left in the regular season. Four-win teams include Carmel, Loyola, St. Francis, Providence and more.

Led by freshman Lauren Gauss, who shot a 3-over par 75 to tie for second individually, the Benet girls golf team won the program's first sectional title to qualify for state. Oswego Co-Op's Alli Wiertel and St. Charles North's Kayla Beu also tied for second to advance.

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.

Marist and St. Rita snapped their recent losing streaks, while Trae Taylor threw for 5 touchdowns as Carmel scored 70 points against Marian Catholic. Mount Carmel and Brother Rice each improved to 5-0, setting the stage for a massive CCL/ESCC Blue Division showdown.

Benet senior Caden Petersen, who shot a Benet record 65 at the Hinsdale Central Invite and shot a 69 at the East Suburban Catholic Conference tournament to lead Benet to the team championship, and won the individual title in a playoff, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week.

Providence and Marmion are rolling into divisional play, Joliet Catholic stunned Marist on a scramble-drill touchdown and Nazareth held off IC Catholic Prep on a game-winning field goal. Montini held off Fenwick to stay unbeaten and Mount Carmel rolled over St. Ignatius

Eight days after edging Downers Grove North in three sets, Benet served 12 aces in sweeping the Trojans 25-11, 25-16 to win the championship of the Wheaton Classic on Saturday.

Quinn Stratton and York off to a strong start at the Streamwood Classic, Benet senior Judd Isom inspires with return from back-to-back ACL tears and more in Chris Walker's Suburban Life soccer notebook.

Benet beat 10-man Carmel on Wednesday night in Mundelein at Baker Stadium, using an own goal and a sensational second-half strike from Declan Crist to secure a hard-fought 2-0 victory.

Montini and IC Catholic are 3-0 after wins over bigger schools, Loyola exacted its revenge on St. Francis and Brother Rice nabbed a ranked win over St. Rita in Chicago. Also included in this week's notebook are updates on the CCL/ESCC White and Red Divisions.

Morton matched Naperville North as the only teams to finish 3-0 at the inaugural Tournament of Champions held at Naperville North, Timothy Christian off to strong start and more in Chris Walker's soccer notebook.

Tournament MVP Bella Potempa powered unbeaten Timothy Christian to the tournament title at Evergreen Park, Molly Welge led Benet volleyball past Normal and Wheaton Academy tennis swept three duals in Saturday's roundup.

Donato Gatses rushed for 216 yards and three touchdowns, and Glenbard North shook off an early one-score deficit to run over Benet 41-15.

Benet, sporting new uniforms, dismissed Metea Valley in straight sets Wednesday.

Here are highlights and notes from Week 1 results around the Chicago Catholic League/East Suburban Catholic Conference.

The 2025 boys soccer season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2025 girls volleyball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The “memorandum of understanding” creates access and opportunity for high school students across the Diocese of Joliet to enroll at USF in Joliet, according to a release announcing the agreement.

Team breakdowns, five players to watch, five can't miss games and Steve Soucie's predictions for the CCL/ESCC Purple.

Benet 7-foot senior center Colin Stack hopes to lead the Redwings to a second straight Class 4A state championship this season and collect numerous Division I offers along the way. Stack is up to five offers after an impressive June.

Here is the 2025 Suburban Life All-Area baseball team.

Benet has unveiled a plan to renovate its Baumgartner-Gilbert Stadium and adjacent athletic fields to allow all the school’s sports teams to play home games on its Lisle campus. The school says it will seek permission from the village of Lisle to pursue the two-phase plan.

Here is the 2025 Suburban Life All-Area softball team.

Here is the 2025 Suburban Life All-Area girls soccer team.

In a dramatic Class 3A title showdown, Benet's Luke Wildes, just months post-ACL surgery, kept hope alive with a crucial hit. Despite a valiant effort, the Redwings fell to St. Laurence 8-5, marking a historic season finale.

Benet Academy sophomore Quinn Rooney isn’t going to finish the baseball season where he started it, the JV team. His two-run triple highlighted a five-run seventh, giving Benet an 11-6 win over Cary-Grove and a berth in Saturday's Class 3A state title game.

Benet senior pitcher Jake Rifenburg is an absolute competitor in whatever he does – even, it turns out, batting practice. He leads a stellar pitching staff that's thrown three playoff shutouts into the program's first-ever state semifinal appearance this weekend.

Benet scored four runs in the first inning, and its starting pitching came through again as the Redwings beat Washington 6-3 in Monday's Class 3A Geneseo Supersectional.

Gino Zagorac threw a complete-game, one-hit shutout, and Merrick Sullivan blasted two doubles and three RBIs to help pace Benet to a 7-0 victory over St. Francis for the Redwings' first Class 3A sectional title since 2017.

Merrick broke a scoreless tie with a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning, while Jake Rifenburg allowed zero earned runs over eight-plus innings to help Benet get a 3-0 victory over Burlington Central in a Class 3A sectional semifinal.

Benet faced Burlington Central in a Class 3A Kaneland Sectional semifinal on Thursday, June 5, 2025 in Maple Park.

Downers Grove North faced Crystal Lake Central girls lacrosse in the Benet Supersectional on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn.

Benet baseball faced Kaneland in the Class 3A Kaneland Regional final on Saturday, May 31, 2025 in Maple Park.

Quinn Rooney's three-run home run capped off Benet's five-run fifth inning, as Benet rallied past Kaneland 5-4 to win the Class 3A Kaneland Regional title.

Senior Charlie Foley scored five goals to help Wheaton Academy get back to the supersectional with an 18-5 win over Benet on Friday in the Geneva Sectional championship.

Will Downers Grove North go for a repeat in the 4x800 relay? Can Benet's Finn Richards get the distance double with a 3,200 title? And what about football stars from York and Wheaton Warrenville South? Here are 5 storylines to watch for Suburban Life-area athletes this weekend.

Benet's season came to an end with a 3-0 loss Naperville North.

Oswego sophomore Dontrell Young, after missing all of indoor season recovering from a torn meniscus, swept the 100, 200 and 400 titles at the Class 3A East Aurora Sectional, while Oswego East won its first team sectional title and NIU football recruit Zach Morrisroe swept throws.

How will St. Francis' record-setting distance crew line up in Charleston? Can Westmont's Kyla Babb pull off the distance double? Here are five storylines to watch for Suburban Life area athletes at the IHSA girls state track and field meet.

Wheaton Warrenville South softball beat Wheaton North 1-0 in a wild ending, Sophia Rosner struck out 11 and homered for Benet softball, plus the rest of the baseball, softball soccer and volleyball results in Wednesday's Suburban Life roundup.

Solecki showed off her improvement by winning the discus (36.53 meters) and the shot put (11.17) at the Class 3A Downers Grove South Sectional to stamp her ticket to next weekend’s state track and field meet in Charleston. Both winning tosses were personal bests for Solecki.

Senior pitcher and Cincinnati recruit Tucker King put his name high atop the Lyons' pitching charts, capturing his 14th career win for the program's most wins this past decade. That, plus Matt Devoy doing it all for Lemont and Benet's big series in Bob Narang's baseball notes.

Benet senior guard Blake Fagbemi, who helped lead the Redwings to the first state championship in school history in March, announced on Wednesday that he will continue his playing career at Illinois.

Both the CCL and GCAC announced Monday the high school conferences will be absorbing members of the ESCC beginning with the start of the 2026-27 school year.

Downers Grove South senior Kailee Rodeck soars to record pole vault, Vanderbilt commit Finn Richards chasing Benet track records from 50 years ago, and Willowbrook's Amelie Ojeda breaks her school 3,200 record. That and more in Bill Stone's track and field notebook.

With three straight 2-0 victories against West Aurora, Andrew and host Plainfield North, Glenbard West had a good showing in the Plainfield Classic tournament. That, plus notes on Lemont, Downers Grove South, Benet, Hinsdale South and Morton in Chris Walker's soccer notebook.

After a disappointing loss to Oswego in Thursday’s pool play, the Benet volleyball team beat Metea Valley and St. Charles North on Saturday to win the Silver Division title at Wheaton Warrenville South's Tiger Classic.

Benet soccer has begun its ESCC title defense in fine fashion. One season removed from claiming its fifth straight conference championship, the Redwings have won their first two games in league play after earning a 3-0 win Wednesday afternoon over visiting Carmel in Lisle.