If St. Charles East wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Wheaton-Warrenville South, they should've done a better job of containing Owen Yorke. The Wheaton-Warrenville South Tigers really took it to the St. Charles East Fighting Saints for the full four quarters, racking up a 31-0 win thanks in part to Yorke, who rushed for 208 yards and three touchdowns. Wheaton-Warrenville South is 3-1 when Yorke posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise.

In one of the most highly anticipated matchups of the season, Naperville Central fell to Lincoln-Way East in a meeting of two undefeated teams on Oct. 25. Within the first minute of the game, a fumble was recovered by senior Daniel Nussbaum, causing an early turnover. Capitalizing on this play, quarterback Sebi Hayes immediately threw to wide-open senior Deshaun Williams for the touchdown. An extra point bumped the score to 7-0, and marked the first time that Lincoln-Way has trailed all season.

With a passion to match their male counterparts on the gridiron, two inaugural girl’s flag football games kicked off on October 18th, with Naperville North hosting Metea Valley and DeKalb, while Naperville Central played its first game on Saturday, October 19th. This story is sponsored by Fair Oaks Ford and Fair Oaks Lincoln.

The West Chicago Community High School girls’ swim team delivered an impressive performance at the Upstate Eight Conference Championships on October 26, securing first place overall. With standout results at both the JV and Varsity levels, the team demonstrated depth, dedication, and strategic focus across multiple events, from relay...

Central’s girls volleyball team has experienced large challenges due to injuries and illnesses. Yet the team has shown growth as they move into the late stages of the season, especially in their serve-receive game. “I think the challenge for us is consistency,” head coach Brie Issacson said. “We have...

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...

Fourth-seeded West Aurora faces Naperville North boys soccer on a windy evening with a spot in the sectional final on the line. The Huskies won their regional championship, 5-0, against Oswego East, while the Blackhawks outlasted Bolingbrook, 2-1. This highlight is sponsored by BMO. Naperville North creates a handful of...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (CBS) – The Hersey High School football team is preparing for the IHSA playoffs after another successful regular season being led by UCLA-commit Colton Gumino.Not only is the local quarterback unique for being recruited by the Bruins in California, but for being selfless, using football to give back to his Arlington Heights community.Hersey football is 26-5 with Gumino as its starting quarterback. A lot is asked of the position from head coach and former NFL safety Tom Nelson in a pro-style offense he called "sophisticated," much like the senior signal caller."First of all, I think obviously, his...

Emanuel Herman Lugo, 13, took top honors — and the heavy championship belt that comes with it — at a national boxing championship tournament in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Emanuel, an eighth grader at Brooks Middle School, is the middle son of a Venezuelan immigrant family that settled in Oak Park after being sheltered there a year ago. He remained undefeated at the 2024 King of the Jungle National Championships held Oct. 18 to 20 at the Devos Place in Grand Rapids.

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.

Complete Game Notes (PDF) Setting the Scene: Entering the regular season’s final stretch with the first of two straight home games, the Cardinals look to extend their winning streak in conference games to 40 as they face a Carroll team coming off two straight wins. Series History: This is...

The nerves built as diver Brynn Krantz ‘27, walked out on the diving board. Less than five seconds later, it was over. On Oct. 3, Krantz broke LT’s diving score pool record that had not been touched since 2014. “It was unreal,” Krantz said. “It’s always been my...

NAPERVILLE – The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) announced its Football Student-Athletes of the Week on Monday for games played during week eight of the 2024 season. Offense: Luke Lehnen, North Central, Fifth Year (Chatham, Ill.) Lehnen had a hand in all seven North Central touchdowns, driving...

Three-seed Metea Valley girls volleyball and 14-seed Bartlett meet up in the IHSA Regional Semifinals. The Mustangs enter winners of two straight, while the Hawks have won eight matches in a row. This highlight is sponsored by BMO. The Mustangs and Hawks can’t separate early on in the first set...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. – The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) announced its 2024-25 Men's Wrestling Coaches' Poll on Tuesday morning. The Falcons are projected to finish in fourth place and collected 53 points. North Central collected the highest possible total with nine first-place votes and 81 points. Millikin...

Katie Yonan earned two solo wins and a relay victory to power the Thunder women’s team on Saturday Bourbonnais, Ill. — Eight months after the last taste of competitive action, a new swimming and diving season finally began for Wheaton’s programs on Saturday afternoon as the Thunder headed to Olivet Nazarene University for a tri meet. The hosting Tigers and the Illinois Institute of Technology Scarlet Hawks represented Wheaton’s opposition in the weekend curtain-raiser. The University of Chicago Maroons were originally slated to compete in the quad meet but pulled out of the event last week. The Wheaton women’s team…

With the Riverside Brookfield High School football team’s season about to end Friday, seniors Max Strong and Kaleb McCottry left their mark one last time on the final two plays. On back-to-back Glenbard East rushing attempts, the de fensive standouts delivered tackles for losses of two (Strong) and four...

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...

ROCKTON — Hononegah heads into the IHSA 7A football playoffs with confidence, a fairly clean bill of health and a home-field advantage. Now it just comes down to taking care of business and that seems to be one of the Indians’ specialties this season. The seventh-seeded Indians (8-1) are heavy on preparation, light on excuses and just not likely to take any team for granted. Particularly not in the playoffs....

Senior forward Mitchell Sowa has faced plenty of adversity throughout his Lemont career. Sowa has had a long list of injuries that kept him sidelined for most of the last the three years, but this season, he’s healthy and thriving at last. “Freshman year, I had a bad back,” Sowa said. “Sophomore year, in the first game of the season, I broke my kneecap. The spring of my sophomore year I had a ...