Here are the championship game pairings for the 2025 IHSA playoffs.

Aubrey Lamberti scored Oswego East's first seven points and finished with a game-high 25 points to go with 10 rebounds, leading the Wolves past Downers Grove South 60-40 at the York Thanksgiving Tournament for their first win of the season.

As the 2025-2026 girls basketball season tips off this week, here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2025-2026 girls basketball season tips off this week. Here are five players to watch around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here are the semifinal round pairings for the 2025 IHSA playoffs.

Downers Grove South senior Miah Wanserski, who became the program's first conference champion this fall, also won the regional meet, took fourth at sectionals and capped it off by finishing second at the Class 2A state meet, is the Suburban Life Girls Golfer of the Year.

Here are the quarterfinal round pairings for the 2025 IHSA playoffs.

Downers Grove North senior Philip Cupial, York sophomore Karlin Janowski and Montini senior Sydney Gertsen all won cross country state titles Saturday in school record times, Downers North's boys were second in Class 3A, St. Francis girls second in 2A and York girls third in 3A.

Downers Grove North remained calm Tuesday despite facing rival Downers Grove South in the Class 4A Lyons Township Sectional semifinals. The Trojans withstood several comebacks and powerful attacks and serves to prevail 26-24, 25-23.

Here are the second round pairings for the 2025 IHSA playoffs.

Niko Kokosioulis scored four of his first touchdowns in the first half as Maine South rolled past Downers Grove South 56-20 in a Class 8A first-round game.

There's a prominent addition to the Class 8A field in Mount Carmel, but there's plenty of teams that are hoping than can keep the Caravan from collecting 8A hardware. Steve Soucie breaks down the opening round of the 2025 IHSA Class 8A Playoffs.

Here are the first round pairings for the IHSA playoffs.

Get ready for Week 9 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Suburban Life coveragea area.

Glenbard East senior Sam Walton got a late start to football, but the two-way starter has grown into a disruptive force on the defensive line as the Rams prepare for a Week 9 showdown with Riverside-Brookfield for the Upstate Eight East title. That and more in Bob Narang's notes.

Get ready for Week 8 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Downers Grove South senior Miah Wanserski finished tied for second, five shots back of champion Alli Wiertel of Oswego Co-Op, at the Class 2A state tournament held at Hickory Point in Forsyth. Meanwhile York's boys finished third in Class 3A and Wheaton Academy third in Class 2A.

Get ready for Week 7 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Suburban Life area.

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.

Fenwick has already tripled the number of wins it had last year and the Friars are relying on a strong defense and stellar goalkeeping from Dominik Ballarin. That, plus notes on St. Francis and Glenbard South and rivalry games on Thursday in Downers Grove and Hinsdale.

Downers Grove South senior Miah Wanserski, who shot a 3-under par 69 to win the West Suburban Conference golf championship, becoming Downers Grove South’s first conference champion, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Get ready for Week 6 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Boston College baseball recruit Patrick Connors rushed for 153 yards and two TDs with starter Dominic Tresslar nicked up, took a screen pass 58 yards for a score and returned an interception 65 yards for a TD, leading Hinsdale Central to a 52-40 win at Downers Grove South.

Get ready for Week 5 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Suburban Life area.

Downers Grove South's Daniel Mensah took center stage after a halftime featuring a 7-minute fireworks show, scoring three of his four touchdowns to power a 35-23 win over visiting Willowbrook for the Mustangs' first win.

Get ready for Week 4 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

After looking like they'd lose late on a blocked field goal for the second week in a row, Addison Trail pulled off a miraculous comeback at Downers Grove South on Friday.

Seniors Lauren Curran and Jayda Dixon hope to be celebrating even more this season with their Downers Grove South teammates. In 2024, the Mustangs reached the Class 4A supersectional after winning their first sectional title 2004. “Were trying to get one game further, to state."

Here are previews and picks for all the Week 3 games from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Downers Grove North junior Kevin Jay ran for three touchdowns and also threw for a score in relief of Minnesota recruit Owen Lansu, and the Trojans beat Downers Grove South 55-13 for their 11th straight win in the crosstown series.

The Downers Grove South and Downers Grove North football teams met Friday night in a crosstown rivalry matchup.

Get ready for Week 2 of the 2025 season with previews and picks for all the game from around the Suburban Life area.

Here are previews and picks for all the Week 1 football games from around the Suburban Life area.

Here are team-by-team breakdowns, five players to watch, five can't miss games and Steve Soucie's predictions for the West Suburban 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.

Downers Grove South senior Joseph Vieyra has prided himself on playing a multitude of positions, and last season played strong safety, but also played running back, long snapper, holder, kick returner and even punted a few times. He's a key returner for the Mustangs this fall.

Here are Gary Duncan's photos from Downers Grove South's 7-on-7 football event held on Saturday, July 12.

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

Oswego East baseball rallied past Downers Grove South 5-3 in eight innings in a regional semifinal, and Plano softball lost its regional opener in Wednesday's Record Newspapers roundup.

Westmont junior Kyla Babb pulled off an impressive distance double on Saturday at the state track and field meet, taking second in the Class 1A 3,200 meters and third in the 1,600. Downers Grove North, Downers Grove South and Wheaton North were among other schools with medals.

York faced Downers Grove South girls soccer in the 3A York Regional Final on Friday, May 23, 2025 in Elmhurst.

York sophomore Izzy Voirol knocked in a shot from nine yards out in the final minute of the first half to break a scoreless tie, and the Dukes went on to defeat Downers Grove South 2-0 in Friday's Class 3A York Regional final.

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.

Downers Grove South's Lamb twins are following in their family's soccer footsteps at the school, Westmont on a roll, plus regional finals to watch and Wheaton Warrenville South controls its destiny in the DuKane race in Chris Walker's soccer notebook.

Downers Grove North girls varsity soccer hosted crosstown rival Downers Grove South on Saturday, May 10, 2025.

Freshman Jordyn Sashin scored two goals, including the game-winner, to lead Downers Grove North to a 3-0 victory over Downers Grove South at Carstens Field for the Trojans' first crosstown win since 2013.