Naperville Central hosted Chicago Bears’ Director of Security Pete Spizzirri as the first of three athletic speaker events on Thursday, Oct. 24 during SOAR. The speaker series, made in collaboration with the athletics department and the Postsecondary Advising & Resource Center, is intended to give students a view into their athletic post-secondary options outside of collegiate sports.

Wheaton Warrenville South High School girls varsity volleyball gains another win against Naperville Central High School on August 27. The volleyball teams played at Wheaton Warrenville South’s orange and black gym. This was Wheaton’s second game in their new season. The first point of the game was scored...

It’s a class 2A showdown in the Sectional Semifinals, Benet Academy soccer and Rockford Boylan meet up with a trip to the Sectional Championship on the line. The Redwings enter as the two seed with a record of 14-4-3 after defeating Timothy Christian on penalty kicks to win the regional. Rockford Boylan enters as the top seed with an 18-3-1 record winning the Regional Final against Burlington Central 4-0. This highlight is sponsored by BMO.

The Momence Momence Athletics have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Momence's defense has only allowed 15 points per game this season, so Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington's offense will have their work cut out for them. Last Friday,...

Shane Delaney and Clare Lopatka for Benet Tennis are the 1A doubles champions, as they helped the Wings to a state title. Lopatka had a pair of great shots in the final, and earns our Girls’ Play of The Week! This play is presented by Trunnell Insurance. Clare Lopatka...

Contact: Tyler Bremner , Sports Information Graduate Assistant United Soccer Coaches Regional Rankings CCIW Press Release Oct. 29, 2024 – The North Central College women’s soccer team crept up one slot in the United Soccer Coaches’ (USC) Region VIII rankings from fifth to fourth. Elle Sutter helped this move tallying her eleventh career College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Student-Athlete of the Week Award for offense. Sutter, a graduate student forward from Peoria earned her eleventh career weekly award for her efforts in both shutout wins against Illinois Wesleyan University (6-0) and North Park University (4-0). During these, she…

BENSALEM, Pa. – The craziness has just begun for the Blue Star Media Net 25 girls’ volleyball rankings. With regular seasons ending this week and a majority of the states playing postseason volleyball, it figures a team that was about to cement a perfect regular season and a clear cut favorite to win a state championship went down.

Contact: Clark Teuscher, Sports Information Director, 630-637-5302Oct. 28, 2024 – North Central College quarterback Luke Lehnen has been honored with a selection as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Offensive Football Student-Athlete of the Week for the second time this season after accounting for all seven of the Cardinals’ touchdowns in a win at Augustana College. Lehnen threw for five touchdowns and ran for two more in North Central’s 49-10 victory at Lindberg Stadium Saturday, establishing a single-game program record for most touchdowns responsible for. The graduate student has accounted for 184 touchdowns in his collegiate career (44…

“I love being here. I feel like I just love running against friends,” said Prairie Elementary School fourth grader Jackson Larchey. Nearly 1,000 kids run in the annual Crosstown Classic. Nearly 1,000 elementary school kids took part in this year’s Naperville School District 203 Crosstown Classic races, held at...

Metea Valley’s Patrick Maroney comes up with a hat-trick of saves in the penalty shootout against Marmion. This play is presented by Trunnell Insurance. Metea Valley’s Patrick Maroney denies the Cadets in the Regional Semifinals. First, the Mustang watches the kick, dives left, and secures the catch. Then,...

Metea Valley boys soccer enters the regional championship game against Plainfield Central at Marmion Academy fresh off a victory over Marmion in the semifinals that came down to penalty kicks. The Mustangs face the two seed Wildcats who are in the midst of one of the best seasons in program history with a 17-2-3 record. This highlight is sponsored by BMO.

Who: The Naperville Park District will begin accepting registrations for Naperville Youth Basketball’s winter session next week. Naperville Youth Basketball’s popularity continues to grow, and prospective participants are encouraged to register early. What: Naperville Youth Basketball is a recreational league that introduces participants to the fundamentals of basketball...

JOLIET, Ill. -- The University of St. Francis women's volleyball team got back in the win column following a pair of defeats with a 25-21, 25-17, 25-17 sweep of Trinity Christian College in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference action on Tuesday night. With the victory, the Fighting Saints are now 16-15 overall and 7-4 in the league play.

Do you think Oswego coach Brian Cooney looks at playoff football through much the same lens as kids do Christmas?. Such was my takeaway upon learning last week that Cooney’s Panthers had completed a perfect regular season with a 23-7 victory at crosstown rival Oswego East. Oswego (9-0), seeded...

The MLB Partner Frontier League and the Joliet Slammers are excited to announce the schedule for the upcoming 2025 season, with the league expanding up to 18 teams following the addition of the Mississippi Mud Monsters (Pearl, MS) and the Down East Bird Dawgs (Kinston, NC) in September. The Slammers’ home campaign begins with the home opener on Friday, May 9 where they take on the Schaumburg Boomers.

Hinsdale South was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of the Downers Grove South Mustangs by a score of 2-1. The Hornets were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Mustangs apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in October of 2023.

The post season is here for IHSA girls volleyball with a regional quarterfinal matchup between East Aurora and Neuqua Valley. These two teams have struggled at times this season but hope to use the momentum of a playoff victory to spur a deep run into the sectional. This highlight is sponsored by BMO.

The last game of the regular season for the College of DuPage men’s soccer team was supposed to be all about honoring the team’s sophomore players. But on the field, it was all Prairie State as the Chaps fell 3-0. Prairie State (18-3) came into the match nationally...

This year is the first time girls tennis has had a program-wide pinkout. The event included a JV2 match on Tuesday Oct. 1 against Downers Grove North, a JV1 match on Oct. 7 against Riverside-Brookfield, and a varsity pinkout practice on Wednesday Oct. 2. “The pinkout was super fun,” varsity...

NAPERVILLE – The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) announced its Men’s Soccer Student-Athletes of the Week on Tuesday for matches played between Monday, Oct. 21 and Sunday, Oct. 27. Offensive: Pryse Anderson, Wheaton, Senior (Fort Worth, Texas) Anderson put up his third multi-goal effort of the...