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

Junior Sam Hill won the St. Charles North Invite on Saturday to lead the North Stars boys cross country team to first place. Sophomore Kara Glenn won the girls race for St. Charles North, and Glenbard West won the team title.

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

Glenbard West's defense held in the first half and Chase Cavan and Jamarcus Kelly provided respective 65- and 57-yard touchdown plays that carried the Hilltoppers to a 24-17 victory over Lyons on Saturday in Glen Ellyn.

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

Fresh off of winning the Plainfield North Tournament on Saturday, Glenbard West extended its winning streak to seven games after a 2-1 win at Proviso West on Tuesday. That plus notes on Lyons, Morton, Willowbrook, Glenbard South and York in Chris Walker's soccer notebook.

Hinsdale Central's Nico Mann hauled in a key interception in the fourth quarter, and on the next play Dominic Tresslar took a handoff 90 yards for the go-ahead score in the Red Devils' 29-26 win over Lyons on Saturday.

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

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

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.

Led by seniors Philip Cupial and Will Surratt, Downers Grove North is aiming to become the first Class 3A boys cross country team to win three straight state championships since York’s last title streak with legendary coach Joe Newton from 2002-06.

Senior Jimmy Hillmann has become a two-way lineman this season for the Lyons football team. Now also starting on defense, Hillmann literally had a huge hand in securing the Lions’ hard-fought 31-28 victory over Wheaton Warrenville South Friday in Western Springs.

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

Lyons Township's 24-14 victory over Joliet Catholic at Joliet Memorial Stadium in the opener for each team was corralled by perfect execution of basic football.

Joliet Catholic hosted Lyons for a varsity football game at Busey Bank Field at Joliet Memorial Stadium on Friday, Aug. 29.

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

Join hosts Steve Soucie and Josh Welge as they preview an exciting Week 1 in Illinois high school football on the Friday Night Drive podcast

The wait is over. The many, many questions that teams have for the 2025 season are about to begin getting answered. Steve Soucie takes a look at the games to watch in the first week of the IHSA football season.

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.

Lyons two-way lineman Roman Sosnovyy waited his turn to be a senior captain. Senior linebacker Patrick Cheney is excited for his last shot to make an impact for the Lions. They're leaders of a senior class aiming even higher after Lyons' historic 11-1 season in 2024.

While the number of referees in Illinois has declined in nearly every year since 2012, a trend accelerated by the pandemic, at the same time, the IHSA has seen substantial growth in the number of referees ages 17-19 over the past decade

Friday Night Drive’s Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz discuss what the IHSA football schedule will look like in the western suburbs for the 2025 season, games they are looking forward to, and more

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

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.

Stevenson rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Lyons 6-5 for the school's third consecutive girls state water polo championship. Meanwhile, York's boys team took third and the girls took fourth.

The Lyons Township girls water polo team took second place in the championship match against Stevenson on Saturday, May 24, 2025 in Lincolnshire.

Lyons Township faced Downers Grove North in varsity baseball on Monday, May 12, 2025 in Downers Grove.

A bunt by Drake Cosenza in the bottom of the seventh inning led to the game-winning run as Downers Grove North rallied to steal a 3-2 win against Lyons on Monday.

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.

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.

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.

Downers Grove North freshman Macy Ermitage missed almost all of cross country season with a stress fracture – but she's back in a big way on the track. Ermitage won the 3,200 at Downers Grove North's Ritter Invitational, leading the Trojans to second place as a team.

Despite the loss of nearly every top pitcher from its staff from last season’s Class 4A fourth-place team, namely superstar Ryan Sloan, York is missing a beat this spring. That, plus notes on Glenbard West and more in Bob Narang's baseball notebook.

After being held scoreless for 68 minutes by an impressive Lyons defense, Naperville North star and Tennessee commit Claire DeCook finally break through with a goal to give the Huskies a 1-0 win to advance to the championship game of the Lou Malnati’s Deep Dish Classic.

Lyons Township girls varsity soccer faced Naperville North on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 in Naperville.

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.

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

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.

Lyons Township girls soccer hosted Wheaton Warrenville South on Thursday, March 27, 2025 in Western Springs.

Illinois recruit Ashlyn Adams and Kelsey Clousing teamed up for two goals, and Adams finished with a hat trick in leading Wheaton Warrenville South's 3-2 win at Lyons.

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

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

Here is the 2024-2025 Suburban Life All-Area girls basketball team.

Lyons Township girls basketball faced Whitney Young in a Class 4A Lyons Sectional semifinal on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 in La Grange.