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 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.

Paige Lilek used to play volleyball. These days she’s playing soccer, having taken up an extended residency as Hinsdale South’s goalkeeper. Lilek made some tough saves late and the Hornets withstood Morton, 2-1, for their first win over the Mustangs since 2018.

Here are previews of boys track and field teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

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

Hinsdale South senior Audrey Atkinson, who established the all-time school scoring record last season, is closing in on 100 career goals. That, plus notes on streaking Morton, Julia Benjamin's return to Glenbard West as a goalkeeper and more in Chris Walker's soccer notes.

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.

Here is the 2024 Suburban Life All-Area soccer team

Ian Polonowski scored 15 points in the first half in Lyons' 60-26, season-opening victory over Morton on Monday night.

The 2024-2025 boys basketball season tips off this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life area.

Downers Grove North's boys cross country team, ranked No. 1 since preseason, ran away with a dominating repeat Class 3A state championship, while in a tight 3A girls race York took second and Downers Grove North third. And Benet's Finn Richards won the Class 2A boys state title.

Morton turned a couple of surprises into a 2-0 victory over Lyons in the Class 3A Reavis Sectional semifinals. The Mustangs advance to face Hinsdale Central, a 3-1 winner over Downers Grove South, in Friday's sectional final.

Here are previews and picks for Week 8's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here are previews and picks for Week 8's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Timothy Christian, which on Tuesday became the first outright winner in the Chicagoland Christian Conference, on Friday will face York in the "Battle of Elmhurst" under the Friday night lights. That, IC Catholic Prep's big win and Morton forward's four-goal night in soccer notes.

Here are previews and picks for Week 7's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Morton hosted Downers Grove South in boys varsity soccer on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024 in Berwyn.

Enrique Ayala had scored three goals in a game before, but he topped that by bagging four to lead Morton to a convincing 5-0 victory over Downers Grove South in a key West Suburban Conference Gold Division match.

Here are previews and picks for Week 6's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here are previews and picks for Week 5's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here are previews and picks for Week 4's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here are previews and picks for Week 3's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here is a previews and picks for Week 2's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here is the schedule of upcoming games and matches for the week of Sept. 3 in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here is a previews and picks for Week 1's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2024 girls volleyball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2024 boys soccer season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Can Downers Grove North build off a 2023 season that ended in the state championship game? Can York keep rolling with a new head coach? Can Downers Grove South three-peat in the Gold? Team breakdowns, five players to watch, five can't miss games and Steve Soucie's predictions.

Here is the schedule of upcoming games and matches for the week of Aug. 26 in the Suburban Life coverage area.

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

Senior shortstop and Colgate recruit Analisa Raffaelli of sectional champion IC Catholic Prep was named Class 2A All-State first team by the Illinois Coaches Association, leading area players earning All-State recognition in voting released this past weekend.

St. Francis used a strong final leg from freshman Erin Hinsdale to win the Class 2A 4x800 relay in a record time and Downers Grove North took second in the Class 3A 4x800 relay, leading area medalists at the IHSA state track and field meet in Charleston.

It was seven years, 11 months and 27 days since Lyons last lost a West Suburban Silver game. York finally got the best of Lyons on Monday, winning in a penalty shootout to clinch the conference title. That, plus notes on Wheaton North, Glenbard West and more from Chris Walker.

Morton hasn't had its one-two punch of Carisma Rosales and Aaliyah Leanos together yet this season, but the Mustangs have still pieced together a recent three-game win streak. That, plus notes on St. Francis, Hinsdale Central, Lyons and Benet from Chris Walker.

Willowbrook hosted Morton in girls varsity soccer on Monday, April 15, 2024.

Morton's Carisma Rosales lined up for a free kick at the 24-yard line, scoring the winning goal in a 1-0, golden-goal OT victory at Willowbrook.

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

The 2024 girls track and field season goes outdoors soon. Here are previews of teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2024 high school baseball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2024 girls soccer season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The stages are set for both the boys and girls wrestling IHSA individual state tournaments. Here is a list of wrestlers from the Suburban Life coverage area who will compete in their respective state tournaments.

Morton hosted Downers Grove South in boys varsity basketball in Cicero on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.

Averaging over 72 points a game heading into Saturday’s road contest against Morton, DGS brought on the running clock in a 65-33 West Suburban Gold conference victory.

Here is the Suburban Life All-Area football team.

Led by Player of the Year Luca Davies of Hinsdale Central, here is the 2023 Suburban Life All-Area boys soccer team.