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.

Join hosts Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz as they preview Week 1 in Illinois high school football for Kane and DuPage counties on the Friday Night Drive podcast.

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.

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

Football teams including St. Francis, Hinsdale Central, Glenbard West and Lincoln-Way East participated in a 7 on 7 tournament on Thursday, June 25, 2025 at Naperville North.

Downers Grove North rising senior Aiden Solecki, a three-star ranked defensive end by Rivals.com, gave Purdue his verbal commitment Sunday on the way back home from his official visit to the school. Also, St. Francis receiver Zach Washington recently committed to Michigan State.

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

Crystal Lake Central Coop faces Hinsdale Central in the third-place game of the girls lacrosse state finals on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at Hinsdale Central High School.

Hinsdale Central sophomore Maggie Conley scored 10 points, consisting of a hat trick and seven assists, to lead the Red Devils to an 18-6 win over Crystal Lake Central co-op and a third-place finish at the state tournament Saturday.

Hinsdale Central claimed its fourth consecutive state title - and 29th overall - while Marmion's Benedict Graft placed second in 1A singles for the third year in a row.

York didn't control much of the possession in its Class 3A Downers Grove South Sectional title matchup with Hinsdale Central, but it did manage a first half goal that stood up in a 1-0 win for York that sends then to the super sectionals for the first time since 2011.

York girls soccer face Hinsdale Central in the Class 3A Downers Grove South Sectional final on Friday, May 30, 2025 in Downers Grove.

Will Burke only gave up four hits and one walk while striking out five to lead Plainfield North to a 3-0 win over Hinsdale Central in the Class 4A Plainfield North Regional semifinals.

Cate Carter and Izzy Voirol scored goals, and York jumped on Oak Park-River Forest early and cruised to a 2-0 win in the Class 3A Downers Grove North Sectional semifinal. The Dukes advanced to face Hinsdale Central in Friday's sectional final.

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.

Downers Grove North, with six event champions, won its fifth straight West Suburban Silver championship – just the second time that has been done in conference history dating back to 1973. Glenbard West was second.

After winning a combined 62 games the last two seasons, Downers Grove North is enjoying another successful spring, closing in on the 20-win mark. That, Riverside-Brookfield in the hunt for the Upstate Eight Conference title and more in Bob Narang's baseball notebook.

Reigning Class 2A state champion Hinsdale Central, under first-year coach Pete Alex (a Hinsdale South graduate), deployed a wealth of talent over the weekend, amassing 64 points to capture the team championship of the Hersey Invite.

Avery Edgewater assisted on a first-half goal by senior Camila Leal, Peyton Rohn was a force all over the field and Eme McClenahan made two saves to record the shutout as Hinsdale Central beat rival Lyons 2-0 at Dickinson Field.

Hinsdale Central hosted Lyons Township girls varsity soccer on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

Ainslie Bobroff was bound to end up on a ball field. She grew up a 10-minute walk from Wrigley Field. Softball came when she moved to the suburbs. Now she stars as a four-year second baseman for Glenbard West. That, plus notes on Hinsdale Central and Glenbard East super sophs.

Hinsdale Central posted its fourth straight shutout and won for the fifth time in sixth games on Monday night. That, Hinsdale South coach Jen Belmonte earns her 100th win plus notes on Lyons, Wheaton Warrenville South and more in Chris Walker's Suburban Life soccer notebook.

Hinsdale Central sophomore Owen Sunderson, who hit a game-winning grand slam in the seventh inning for his first varsity home run, rallying Hinsdale Central past Oswego East, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Joshua Welge.

The track and field season is heading outdoors and here are previews of girls teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Lemont junior Gabe Sularski, who led his team to a sectional final in his first year at the school, was named Class 3A First Team All-State by Illinois Media in voting released this week.

Lyons senior Tucker King, an all-conference pitcher last year, is showcasing a different version of himself this spring. And that's bad news for opponents. The Cincinnati commit is leading a strong Lions' staff. That and more in Bob Narang's baseball notes.

Here is the 2024-2025 Suburban Life All-Area boys wrestling team.

Here is the Suburban Life All-Area boys basketball team.

Hinsdale Central senior and South Dakota State commit Vincas Buzelis, who led the Red Devils to a 29-4 record that included a 25-game winning streak and a share of the West Suburban Silver title, is the Suburban Life Player of the Year.

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

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

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

Hinsdale Central won its third straight state swimming title in dominant fashion, while Marmion was second. Individually, St. Charles North's Thomas McMillan set a state record in the 100 fly and Oswego Co-op's Chase Maier swept the 200 and 500 free.

Marmion had 11 of its 14 wrestlers punch their ticket to the Class 3A state meet, with five wrestlers winning sectional titles at the Class 3A Hinsdale Central Sectional. West Aurora and Glenbard West each had four wrestlers qualify for the state meet.

Vincas Buzelis scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half and Dillon Orozco hit a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minutes as visiting Hinsdale Central avenged its last loss by beating Glenbard West 54-51 in a matchup of West Suburban Silver leaders for its 19th straight win.

Glenbard West hosted Hinsdale Central in boys varsity basketball on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 in Glen Ellyn.

Hinsdale Central won seven of the 14 events and set three meet records to win New Trier's 'mini state meet' on Saturday.

Hinsdale Central product Thomas Skokna didn’t see the field as a freshman, when the North Central won its second national title, and had four catches for 59 yards as a sophomore. But he led the Cardinals in receiving this year with 57 catches, including three in the Stagg Bowl.

Dillon Orozco scored 18 of his 27 points in the first half, and red-hot Hinsdale Central won its 10th straight game, blowing out Hersey 70-46 at the WSC/MSL Challenge.

Vincas Buzelis scored nine of his 18 points in the fourth quarter, and Hinsdale Central rallied from 10 points down in the third quarter past previously undefeated Brother Rice 52-51 in the championship game of the Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic.

Hinsdale Central boys basketball defeated Brother Rice in the Hinsdale Holiday Classic championship game on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024 in Hinsdale.

Dillon Orozco scored a game-high 22 points, and Hinsdale Central cooled off hot-shooting Burlington Central to rally from seven points down in the third quarter for a 70-65 win in the quarterfinals of the Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic.

Griff Powell of Lyons knocked off unbeaten Ulises Rosas of Glenbard West and Lemont's Judah Heeg knocked off unbeaten Zachary Kruse of Hinsdale Central at the 58th Rex Whitlach Invitational on Saturday at Hinsdale Central.

Here is the 2024 Suburban Life All-Area football team.

Logan Glover scored six of his team-high 12 points in the fourth quarter, the biggest the game-winning free throws with 8.2 seconds left as Glenbard West won a 42-40 thriller at Hinsdale Central.

Hinsdale Central hosted Glenbard West in boys varsity basketball on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024 in Hinsdale.

Here is the 2024 Suburban Life All-Area soccer team

Vincas Buzelis hit a 3-pointer just before the buzzer to force overtime, but Hinsdale Central lost 79-76 to Rockford Guilford in the Hoops for Healing championship.