After a dominant first-half performance by Loyola, Benet was unable to stop let alone slow down the Rambler juggernaut. Loyola bolted to its second straight state title and third in four springs in a 14-5 win.

Yortk outlasted Downers Grove 16-7 to bring back that championship and invite back to Elmhurst and needed to withstand a pair of comeback attempts to gain their first Elite Eight bout next week with another WSC Silver team, Hinsdale Central.

Loyola scored the game's first four goals en route to a 13-8 victory over Hinsdale Central in the girls lacrosse state championship Saturday.

Shannon Earley scored four of her game-high five goals in the first half and Madeline Jensen made 13 saves, and Benet showed its 'grit' in beating Neuqua Valley 14-13 in Friday's St. Francis Sectional final.

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Benet Academy parents, alumni and supporters demonstrate outside the Lisle Catholic school in response to administrators rescinding an employment offer to the new girls lacrosse coach after learning that she was gay. The school reportedly hired Amanda Kammes, a Benet alum and head girls varsity lacrosse coach at Montini Catholic High School in Lombard, but rescinded the offer when her paperwork included her wife’s name as her emergency contact.

Avery Secola scored a game-high four goals, and Hinsdale Central's girls lacrosse team beat Benet 18-6 in the third-place match at state Friday.

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Hinsdale Central defeated Benet 18-6 in lacrosse during the state girls lacrosse third place game at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview Friday, June 18, 2021.

The Benet girls lacrosse team's best season yet ended Thursday with a state semifinal loss to Glenbrook South.

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Here are Joe Lewnard's photos of Thursday's girls lacrosse state semifinal between Benet and Glenbrook South.