St. Francis took down St. Charles East in a Class 4A girls volleyball regional semifinal, while five other local volleyball teams opened their postseason slate with a win in the regional semifinals.

Dundee-Crown faces St. Charles East in an IHSA Class 3A Regional Championship soccer match on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville.

Hugo Arista recorded a hat trick and Mauricio Ruiz converted a penalty kick in the second half as Dundee-Crown defeated St. Charles East 4-2 to win a Class 3A boys soccer regional championship on Saturday afternoon.

Get ready for the final week of the regular season with previews and picks for all the games from around the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.

Who's going to the playoffs, and who'll be playing their last week of football? Here is where team's playoff hopes stand heading into the final week of the regular season.

Sam Hill led the St. Charles North boys to its first ever DuKane Conference championship, while Batavia reclaimed its girls title and Kara Glenn secured another individual title for the North Stars in the girls race at Lake Park's East Campus.

Batavia totaled over 400 yards of offense as it downed St. Charles East 31-13 to clinch its 14th straight playoff appearance on Friday.

St. Charles East senior Kelsey Jacob, who won the No. 1 singles bracket at the DuKane Conference Championships, was voted as the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week.

Get ready for Week 8 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.

Ben Murphy broke a scoreless tie in the 68th minute, and Caleb Kelly added an insurance goal in the 76th minute to help Geneva end DuKane Conference play with a 2-0 victory over St. Charles East.

With just two weeks remaining in the 2025 football season, a majority of Kane County teams have clinched a spot in the playoffs or are on the verge of clinching with a win. Here is where teams stand before Week 8 kicks off.

Get ready for Week 7 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.

With just three weeks remaining in the 2025 football season, every Kane County team has at least a slight chance of playing postseason football this season. Here are where teams stand before Week 7 kicks off.

JT Padron eclipsed 300 passing yards to lead St. Charles North to a pivotal DuKane Conference win over St. Charles East.

Get ready for Week 5 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Kane County Chronicle coverage area, including rivalry showdowns between Batavia and Geneva and St. Charles North and St. Charles East.

Jack Van Laningham made full use of the home-course advantage, shooting an even-par 71 to take medalist honors and help St. Charles North to a four-stroke victory over Geneva for the regional title.

Jonathan Ademi scored two goals and added an assist in just 17 minutes of play as Lake Park got a commanding 4-0 victory over St. Charles East.

From a homecoming in a crosstown rival’s colors, to two reigning conference champions looking for a crucial victory, here’s a look at how the Tri-City teams stand heading into their rivalry matchups.

Success came in threes for St. Charles North, as they had three players score at least a trio of touchdowns while also collecting three interceptions to help them to a 53-6 victory over crosstown rival St. Charles East

Sophomore Anthony Sanfilipo scored the go-ahead goal in the 68th minute to lift St. Charles East over St. Charles North, and Geneva had six different goal scorers to help them to a 6-0 victory over Batavia at Tri-Cities Night.

St. Charles East senior Kaylee McInnis, who had 26 kills, 19 digs and five aces in wins against Glenbard North and West Chicago, is the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week based on an online vote.

Get ready for Week 5 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Kane County Chronicle coverage area, including showdowns between Batavia and St. Charles North and Kaneland and Morris.

St. Charles North girls volleyball won it's 14th consecutive DuKane Conference game with a straight sets win over Batavia, while the boys soccer team also stayed undefeated in conference play with a 3-0 win over the Bulldogs. That and more in Tuesday's roundup.

Senior Isha Patel shot a 2-under 70 to earn medalist honors and pace Lake Park to a record-setting team score of 305 to dethrone St. Charles North as DuKane Conference champions.

Lake Park fended off Geneva and Wheaton Warrenville South in a three-way battle while St. Charles North's Caden Shanahan was the solo champion at the DuKane Conference boys golf championship on Tuesday.

St. Charles East junior Ari Bigda, who threw for 111 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 62 yards and a score in a victory over Wheaton Warrenville South, is the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week.

We take a look at the football games around the Kane County Chronicle area heading into Week 4 of the 2025 season.

Wheaton Warrenville South’s Owen Yorke burst through a seam and raced 80 yards for a touchdown on the game’s first play from scrimmage, helping set the tone as the Tigers earned a 37-12 DuKane Conference victory over St. Charles East Friday night.

We take a look at the football games around the Kane County Chronicle area heading into Week 3 of the 2025 season.

Hosts Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz break down Week 2 in the western suburbs and look ahead to Week 3 in high school football on the Friday Night Drive podcast

Congratulations to these 22 Illinois high school football players who were voted onto Friday Night Drive's Team of the Week for Week 2 of the 2025 high school football season

Ari Bigda threw a pair of touchdowns to Addie Schilb and ran for a third to lead St. Charles East over Wheaton-Warrenville South on Monday.

St. Charles East, already bit by injuries at running back, lost starter Xander Salazar late in the first half of Friday's 31-28 nonconference loss to Notre Dame.

We take a look at the football games around the Kane County Chronicle area heading into Week 2 of the 2025 season.

The 2025 girls cross country season is underway. Check out our team-by-team preview with top returners, newcomers and info on each local team for the 2025 season in the Kane County Chronicle area.

The 2025 boys cross country season is underway. Check out our team-by-team preview with top returners, newcomers and info on each local team for the 2025 season in the Kane County Chronicle area.

Miss out on any of the action in Kane County? Listen to the audio versions of our stories from Week 1 of the 2025 season here

We take a look at the football games around the Kane County Chronicle area heading into the first week of the 2025 season.

The 2025 girls flag football season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Kane County Chronicle area.

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 Kane County Chronicle coverage area.

It took the fourth game of the season for St. Charles East to score a goal last year. It didn’t take them nearly as long when the Saints opened their season on Monday at Oswego in a 3-2 win.

Check out our team-by-team girls volleyball preview with top returners, newcomers and info on each local team for the 2025 season in the Kane County Chronicle area.

Catch up on the week’s top Kane County news and sports in minutes. Listen to the week’s 5 most popular stories, read aloud for you

The 2025 boys golf season is underway. Here are previews of teams from around the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.

The 2025 girls golf season is underway. Here are previews of teams from around the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.

St. Charles East running back Xander Salazar's junior season ended with him on the sidelines after suffering a concussion. Now, he's ready to be at the forefront of an experienced offense looking for it's first playoff berth since 2019.

The 2025 football season is just around the corner. Here's a preview of where the teams in the DuKane Conference stand, as well as five players to watch, five can't miss matchups, and Steve Soucie's conference predictions.

With the release of the IHSA 2025 statewide football schedule, here are the top games week by week to watch in the Kane County coverage area.

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