Wintrust Crossroads Sports Complex is a $70 million, 31-field complex at the crossroads of Interstates 355 and 80, next to Silver Cross Hospital, 45 minutes southwest of Chicago.

Huntley senior Bobby Pupich added facilitator to his resume along with goal-scorer this season to help the Red Raiders win their fifth straight Fox Valley Conference title. Pupich is the 2025 Northwest Herald Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year.

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.

With a state championship not possible, Wheaton Academy responded nicely to that disappointment claiming a 19-4 win in the third place game of the IHSA State Lacrosse tournament.

Crystal Lake Central co-op takes on Loyola Academy in a girls lacrosse state semifinal match on Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Hinsdale.

Wheaton Academy nearly let its hot start in the Benet boys lacrosse supersectional against Barrington on Tuesday at College of DuPage go to waste. But the Warriors found their footing again and came away with a 17-12 win.

Tervor Martay responded by scoring three consecutive goals in a three-minute span to lift New Trier past Glenbard West 9-6 before a large and spirited crowd at the boys lacrosse supersectional Tuesday in Hoffman Estates.

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.

The York girls lacrosse team played much better against two-time defending state champion Loyola on Tuesday but the Dukes' season came to an end with a 16-8 loss to the Ramblers in the Hoffman Estates Supersectional.

Glenbard West avenged an earlier loss to York by winning the Conant Sectional championship Friday.

Madelynn Dinino struck out 10 and homered to power IC Catholic softball past Timothy Christian to a sectional title, Ashlynn Durkin fired a one-hitter with 12 strikeouts and homered for Downers Grove North in a regional title, plus state track and lacrosse results in the roundup.

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.

York scored four goals in the final 2:56 of the first quarter en route to a 13-8 victory over Oak Park-River Forest in the Hoffman Estates Sectional championship Friday.

Crystal Lake Central faces Huntley in the IHSA Sectional championship girls lacrosse match on Friday, May 30, 2025, at Crystal Lake Central High School.

Ashley Poquette scored three goals Wednesday to spark the offense for Downers Grove North in an 11-7 win over Naperville North in the sectional semifinals.

Henry Johnson threw a complete-game four-hitter with four strikeouts as 13th-seeded Glenbard West upset third-seeded Geneva in a regional semifinal, and Madelynn Dinino's shutout paced IC Catholic softball to a sectional final. That and more in Wednesday's Suburban Life roundup.

Huntley faces Cary-Grove in the Marian Central Sectional boys lacrosse semifinal match on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at Marian Central High School in Woodstock.

Evan Gaughan and York claimed “The Bucket Trophy” and clinched a share of the West Suburban Conference title by virtue of their 8-7 victory in a thriller over Glenbard West on Thursday in Elmhurst on Thursday.

Huntley faces Prairie Ridge in a Fox Valley Conference boys lacrosse game on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake.

Huntley faces Crystal Lake Central Co-op in Fox Valley Conference lacrosse match on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at Crystal Lake Central High School in Algonquin.

St. Viator scored early and often in a win over Wheaton Academy on Wednesday.

After going 0-15 last year, Plainfield's co-op girls lacrosse team is now 0-3 on the year. Still, they're finding the positive in every situation.

The Glenbard West boys lacrosse team’s historic season ended one win shy of the program’s first state title as a state-tested Lake Forest squad with a hot goalie handed the Hilltoppers a 4-1 defeat in Saturday’s championship game at a rainy Hinsdale Central.

After a dominant first-half performance by Loyola, Benet was unable to stop let alone slow down the Rambler juggernaut. Loyola bolted to its second straight state title and third in four springs in a 14-5 win.

Glenbard West's boys lacrosse team defeated Neuqua Valley 14-8 Thursday in the state semifinals for its 23rd straight victory and will play for its first state championship in program history.

Crystal Lake Central faces Lake Forest in the Girls Lacrosse Supersectional match on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at Crystal Lake Central High School.

Wheaton Academy built a five-goal lead over Benet after one quarter and went on to an 18-5 win in the Cary-Grove Sectional championship boys lacrosse match on Saturday.

Senior Ben Cesario turned a loose ball into a breakaway tying goal midway through the second quarter and Glenbard West’s offense finally broke loose in Friday night’s boys lacrosse sectional championship game at Barrington Community Stadium.

Yortk outlasted Downers Grove 16-7 to bring back that championship and invite back to Elmhurst and needed to withstand a pair of comeback attempts to gain their first Elite Eight bout next week with another WSC Silver team, Hinsdale Central.

Bolingbrook ran a state-best 7:48.24 4x800 relay to lead state finals qualifiers at the IHSA state track and field meet, Providence's Kailee O’Sullivan and Lincoln-Way Central's Lisabella Dimitrijevic threw no-hitters in regional finals and more in Friday's Herald-News roundup.

Kyle Farrell went the distance, striking out 14 as Wilmington baseball advanced to the sectional finals, plus plenty more postseason baseball, softball, lacrosse, girls soccer and boys volleyball around the Herald-News area.

Lincoln-Way West wins baseball, Bradley-Bourbonnais and Lincoln-Way East win softball. That and more in Monday's The Herald-News sports roundup.

The Lincoln-Way East and Seneca track teams each capture sectional titles that and more results from baseball, softball, girls soccer and boys lacrosse in the Herald-News Sports Roundup for Wednesday.

Nate George hit for the cycle and drove in four runs for Minooka baseball, plus more from around the area in our Herald-News Monday Roundup.

It's been an up-and-down season for Lincoln-Way West co-op's boys lacrosse team, but Saturday saw the Warriors put forth one of their top efforts with a 10-2 South Suburban Conference win over Oak Forest co-op.

Seneca, Morris win in baseball, Lincoln-Way East, Seneca win in softball. That and more in Thursday's roundup.

Hinckley-Big Rock wins baseball, Genoa-Kingston wins girls soccer. That and more in Monday's roundup.

Morris, Lincoln-Way West win baseball, Coal City, Wilmington win softball. That and more in Monday's roundup.

Hinckley-Big Rock and DeKalb both win in baseball, Genoa-Kingston softball blanks Rockford Lutheran, plus more in Monday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.

Wilmington, Joliet West, Joliet Catholic win baseball, Lincoln-Way East, Coal City win softball. That and more in Monday's roundup.

Morris wins softball, Dwight wins baseball, Lincoln-Way West wins boys lacrosse. That and more in Wednesday's roundup.

DeKalb wins softball, boys tennis, G-K draws in girls soccer. That and more in Thursday's roundup.

Joliet West boys volleyball opened its season with a 25-19, 25-11 nonconference win over Chicago Christian, and Bolingbrook improved to 2-0. Plus much more in Wednesday's local roundup.

Here is a list of Northwest Herald area athletes who can sign their National Letters of Intent this week with NCAA scholarship schools, and those who are headed to other colleges.

Loyola scored the game's first four goals en route to a 13-8 victory over Hinsdale Central in the girls lacrosse state championship Saturday.

Aiden Weisenborn scored six goals to lead the Wheaton Academy boys lacrosse team to its first state championship with a 17-9 victory over St. Viator on Saturday.

Charley Foley sparked Wheaton Academy's comeback with three early goals, and the Warriors rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat Benet 17-10 and advance to the state championship game for the first time.

Huntley faces Lake Forest in a Super-Sectional Lacrosse Final on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Huntley.

Crystal Lake Central faces Lake Forest in Super-Sectional Lacrosse Final on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Huntley.

Minnesota's 4x100 relay team, including Marengo alum Finn Schirmer, turned heads at the Big Ten Conference outdoor championships earlier this month by winning the event. On Friday, Schirmer and the Golden Gophers will try to earn a spot to NCAA nationals.