The York boys and girls cross country teams repeated as Class 3A Lake Park Sectional champions Saturday.

York's boys team and Glenbard West's girls team won the West Suburban Silver cross country meet, Morton's boys and Willowbrook's girls won the Gold and Timothy Christian won the Chicagoland Christian Conference volleyball tournament in Saturday's roundup.

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.

Downers Grove North's Philip Cupial and Sandwich's Sunny Weber both defended their individual titles at the Twilight Invite cross country meet, Cupial leading the Trojans to the team title while Batavia used a late surge to win the girls team title in Geneva.

Junior Sam Hill won the St. Charles North Invite on Saturday to lead the North Stars boys cross country team to first place. Sophomore Kara Glenn won the girls race for St. Charles North, and Glenbard West won the team title.

Saturday morning in the Pat Savage Invitational at Niles West, Montini senior Sydney Gertsen rolled to first place in the individual competition with a time of 17:29.39.

In 2024, York delivered its best race at the Class 3A state meet – and nearly won its second state title in three years. York returns two All-Staters in Karlin Janowski and Sophia Galiano-Sanchez and adds an All-Stater in Trinity transfer and Elmhurst resident Molly McGreal.

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.

Downers Grove North's boys cross country team, ranked No. 1 since preseason, ran away with a dominating repeat Class 3A state championship, while in a tight 3A girls race York took second and Downers Grove North third. And Benet's Finn Richards won the Class 2A boys state title.