Stories about St. Francis high school sports
Here are previews and picks for Week 4's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.
Headlined by a battle of the last two DuKane conference champions in St. Charles North and Batavia, check out all of the Week 4 matchups for Kane County teams here.
While St. Francis players and coaches were happy to move to 3-0 after a win over Loyola on Friday, the program knew the importance winning on the road against the Ramblers. Plus more CCL/ESCC notes on St. Rita, St. Viator, Mount Carmel and Nazareth.
Congratulations to these 22 high school football players who made the Friday Night Drive Team of the Week for Week 3 of the 2024 season
Sophomore Bennett Konkey has emerged as a player that Geneva can rely on in an already stacked wide receiver room. Plus notes on successful Week 3s from St. Charles North's Aidan McClure, tri-city running backs and some notable teams going 3-0.
At 6-foot-1 and 185 pounds, Timothy Christian senior Peter Buikema blends his size, athleticism and deep reservoir of playing experience to be among the top goalies in the state. Let by Buikema and a talented back line, the Trojans have five shutouts in seven games so far.
Mia Wanserski beat the heat and the rest of the field at Jacobs’ second annual Eagles Cup held Saturday at Golf Club of Illinois. Wanserski, from Downers Grove South, Amelia Tan of Chicago U-High and Downers Grove North’s Madeline Quirk all shot 77′s. Wanserski won a tiebreaker.
St. Francis senior Addy Horner, who had 68 kills, 55 assists, 32 digs and eight aces over six matches to lead St. Francis to second place at the Peggy Scholten Tourney, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.
Here are previews and picks for Week 3's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.
Record-setting senior middle hitter – and world traveler – Olivia Zamis, and junior setter Aurora Zingales, a foreign exchange student from Italy, are two reasons why Wheaton North is eyeing its second 20-win season in three years. That and more in Bill Stone's volleyball notes.
Here is a previews and picks for Week 2's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.
Saturday was a special moment for Marist head coach Mike Fitzgerald as he returned to the RedHawks sideline. Plus more CCL/ESCC notes on St. Francis' defense, Carmel's Trae Taylor, Mount Carmel's and Loyola's defense and Brother Rice's young offense.
Here is the schedule of upcoming games and matches for the week of Sept. 2 in the Kane County coverage area.
Here is the schedule of upcoming games and matches for the week of Sept. 3 in the Suburban Life coverage area.
Batavia's girls won the team title at the Kane County Cross Country Meet, led by a first-place finish from Avery Hacker, and Kaneland's Evan Nosek won the boys race.
In EdgyTim's over 30 years of covering football recruiting in Illinois, he can’t remember a time when we saw more talented and more in-demand underclassmen quarterbacks from the Land of Lincoln’s Class of 2026 and the Class of 2027. Who are the names to watch?
Here is a previews and picks for Week 1's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.
Batavia and Glenbard West meet in a battle of some of the top football programs over the last decade. Plus, a look into Week 1 matchups for the other schools in the KCC area.
Here is a look into the boys soccer teams in the Kane County Chronicle coverage area heading into the 2024 season
The 2024 girls volleyball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.
With volleyball teams about ready to hit the court for the 2024 season, here is a preview of how teams look around the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.
With the kickoff of the high school football season days away, here is the Friday Night Drive preseason Top 25. Who is No. 1?
There's still a lot of consistency in the year-to-year playoff field's qualifiers. But there's also been some recently injected variability into the equation which makes trying to projected the 2024 field even more chaotic.
The 2024 boys soccer season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.
Here is the schedule of upcoming games and matches for the week of Aug. 26 in the Suburban Life coverage area.
The 2024 girls golf season is underway. Here are previews of teams from around the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.
Nazareth will try to win a third straight state championship for the first time in program history while IC Catholic, St. Francis and St. Rita look for deeper runs in the postseason.
High school football practices are officially underway. And with it comes a new set of challenges for each of the Kane County Chronicle area teams. From program rebuilds to superstar’s potential swan songs, here are five storylines to look forward to during the 2024 season.
Can Nazareth three-peat? Can York keep its resurgence going with a new head coach? Can Downers Grove North and Montini build off big seasons? And who are players to watch? Here are Joshua Welge's top football storylines to watch in the Suburban Life area for the 2024 season.
St. Francis alum Kelsey Robinson-Cook, in her third Olympics, is embracing her role with a ‘gritty’ U.S. women's volleyball team. The 32-year-old Bartlett native won gold just three years ago in Tokyo, and bronze at Rio 2016.
With the release of the 2024 statewide football schedule, here are the top games week by week to watch in the Suburban Life coverage area.
The IHSA revealed the 2024 regular-season schedule Thursday. Here are the top games to watch, week by week, in the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.
Illinois high school football teams and fans can finally set their falls schedules now that the IHSA released its statewide football schedule. These will be the top matchups to watch in the CCL/ESCC over the nine-week regular season.
Gavin Mueller has not played a down of high school football, and yet the St. Francis junior already holds 11 scholarship offers from the likes of Florida and Wisconsin. High school tight ends his size don’t grow on trees.
Naperville North hosted a 7-on-7 football tournament that included Plainfield East, St. Francis, Hinsdale Central, Glenbard West and Lincoln-Way East football teams on Thursday, June 27, 2024.
Headlined by four selections from St. Charles North, including player of the year Josh Caccia, here’s the Kane County Chronicle 2024 All-Area team.
Presenting the 2024 Suburban Life All-Area Softball Team.
Marist defensive lineman will choose among Michigan State, Iowa and Kansas when he makes his announcement Tuesday. Plus plenty of more CCL/ESCC recruiting notes.
Meet the 2023-24 Kane County Chronicle All-Area Girls track and field team, featuring standouts from across the area.
About a decade ago, 7-on-7 was a little-known sport that some of the Chicago area's top athletes competed in. Ten years later, the sports has completely transformed into what some call a whole new industry.
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.
While the Spartans rallied to win the second set in the quarterfinal, they couldn’t keep up in the third. Loyola emerged with a 25-21, 23-25, 25-15 victory in the third state quarterfinal on Friday afternoon at Hoffman Estates.
Westmont's Abraham Johnson, Wheaton Warrenville-South's Amari Williams, Hinsdale Central's Aden Bandukwala, and Downers Grove North's Philip Cupial and 4x800-meter relay team each came away from Saturday's meet with a state title.
Wheaton Academy turned two Elly Andrews free kicks into goals, and went on to a 3-0 win over St. Francis in Saturday's Class 2A Lemont Sectional final.
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.
Batavia, Rosary and St. Francis each had three all-state finishes, St. Francis taking the Class 2A state championship in the 4x800 relay, while St. Charles North had two all-state finishes on Saturday at Eastern Illinois University.
Aidan Wyzard and Dylan Hodges each won four events, while Eli Crome qualified in three to help lead Sycamore to a sectional title. Dale Johnson qualified in two distance events for Sterling, and 11 1,600 runners qualified.
Superb late-inning defense, a clutch two-run home run, and an RBI infield single in the sixth inning enabled Marmion’s baseball team to a 5-3 victory over St. Francis Monday afternoon in Aurora.
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.
For York senior Katherine Klimek, the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is happening again. She’s among the Dukes’ 13 girls track and field athletes and three returnees headed to the annual Oregon Relays Friday and Saturday at the University of Oregon. That and more in track notes.