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.

York senior Hunter Stepanich, a rare three-sport athlete committed to play both football and volleyball at Princeton, is poised for an expanded role this season. The 6-foot-7 Stepanich and the Dukes are looking to build off last year's Class 8A championship game appearance.

Here is the 2025 Suburban Life All-Area baseball team.

Here is the 2025 Suburban Life All-Area softball team.

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

Nazareth senior Jaden Fauske and junior Landon Thome, York senior Josh Fleming, Downers Grove North senior Brady Schallmoser and Glenbard East senior Josh Ziemer were among those named Class 4A All-State by the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association just announced.

An early lead didn't hold up as York dropped a 4-3 decision to South Elgin in the title game of the Willowbrook Class 4A Sectional on Saturday.

Drew Gami was part of a four-run second inning and later showed off his lethal arm from center field as York prevailed past Glenbard West in sectional semifinal action Thursday.

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.

Josh Fleming set the tone with his solo home run in the first inning, his ninth of the season, and York put the game out of reach with a four-run fourth in an eventual 8-3 win over St. Charles East for the Dukes' fourth straight regional title.

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

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.

York didn't control much of the possession in its Class 3A Downers Grove South Sectional title matchup with Hinsdale Central, but it did manage a first half goal that stood up in a 1-0 win for York that sends then to the super sectionals for the first time since 2011.

Will Downers Grove North go for a repeat in the 4x800 relay? Can Benet's Finn Richards get the distance double with a 3,200 title? And what about football stars from York and Wheaton Warrenville South? Here are 5 storylines to watch for Suburban Life-area athletes this weekend.

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.

York's tennis team won its second consecutive sectional title but only after a third tiebreaker with Glenbard East was needed at the Class 2A Willowbrook Sectional.

York sophomore Izzy Voirol knocked in a shot from nine yards out in the final minute of the first half to break a scoreless tie, and the Dukes went on to defeat Downers Grove South 2-0 in Friday's Class 3A York Regional final.

York senior Jack Bodach threw a two-hitter with five strikeouts, overcoming a bloody bister in the fifth inning, to lead the Dukes to a 3-1 win over Downers Grove North.

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.

Riverside-Brookfield freshman pitcher Amelia Pytel starred for the Brookfield Little League 12-Under All-Star team that won a state championship in 2023. Now she's the ace for a Bulldogs' team that just won seven in a row. That plus notes on Wheaton North and York.

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.

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.

Sonia Ruchala lost most of her junior season with a freak injury – she broke her tibia and ankle in a home run celebration. Now the Willowbrook senior shortstop is back, as good as ever. That, plus notes on Nazareth and York in Joshua Welge's softball notebook.

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.

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.

Stevenson used a strong second half to beat a short-handed York on Thursday.

Lyons' Emma O’Brien and York’s Anna Filosa both reached 1,000 career points during Tuesday's West Suburban Conference Silver Division battle in Elmhurst. The Lions came out on top 58-35.

A swarming defensive performance by Glenbard West junior TJ Williams pestered York ball-handlers all night long, leading Glenbard West to an impressive 59-25 victory.

Connor Fitzgerald hit two 3-pointers in the final 15 seconds of regulation to force overtime, hit another three to force a second overtime and made the winning free throws with 5.9 seconds left in York's 59-57 three overtime win over visiting Lyons.

Led by Michigan football recruit Nathaniel Marshall, Fenwick is 13-3 heading into January with a number of eye-opening wins. That, plus York three-sport star Hunter Stepanich among the other football standouts making waves on the basketball court in Suburan Life notes.

York freshman Karlin Janowski, who took second at the Class 3A state meet in leading the Dukes to second as a team, is the Suburban Life girls cross country Athlete of the Year.

Fremd proved to be too much for York to handle as the Vikings breezed to a 71-33 victory in the quarterfinal round of the Montini Tournament on Thursday.

Riverside-Brookfield senior Vince Dockendorf's steady play at point guard is a good sign for the Bulldogs as they head into holiday tournament season. That, York a work in progress heading into Jack Tosh Holiday Classic and more in Bob Narang's boys basketball notes.

Here is the 2024 Suburban Life All-Area football team.

With some familiar and new faces, Downers Grove North passed its toughest test so far Tuesday by beating rival York 43-39 in the Silver opener in Downers Grove.

Loyola entered the final game of the IHSA football season hoping to claim its third consecutive state championship and as a heavy favorite to do so. The Ramblers got it with a 35-14 Class 8A win on Saturday night at Illinois State University, but York made them work for it.

New-look Palatine handled short-handed York to advance to the championship game of the 15th annual Ed Molitor Thanksgiving Classic.

York coach Don Gelsomino’s blueprint for Jimmy Conners’ workload management had long-term vision that worked to perfection. The two-way senior star at running back and linebacker is a key reason why the Dukes are in the state championship for the first time.

Glenbard West boys basketball won the District 87 title, Cam Mercer scored 25 points to lead Riverside-Brookfield past Hinsdale South, and York, Wheaton Warrenville South and St. Francis boys basketball were all winners in Wednesday's roundup.

Loyola is a regular resident in the Class 8A state title game while York is making its first ever appearance in the title game. Steve Soucie previews Saturday's Class 8A title game.

York senior and Illinois recruit Lizzie Isyanov, who went 29-1 this season and took second place in the Class 2A state singles tournament, is the Suburban Life Player of the Year for girls tennis. Here is her Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

York quarterback Bruno Massel ran backwards 43 yards and took an intentional safety as time expired to help the Dukes hold off Naperville Central 20-15 to advance to the Class 8A state championship game for the first time in program history.

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