Lemont baseball won two games in Florida, Nazareth baseball scored two runs in the seventh to improve to 8-0 on the season, and Montini softball rolled in Monday's roundup.

St. Charles East senior Kyli Dunn pitched 3⅔ scoreless innings of relief, while also laying the first of two consecutive RBI bunts to help her team to a 2-1 victory in a pitching duel against Downers Grove North.

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St. Charles East hosted Downers Grove North in varsity softball on Friday, March 28, 2025.

Ashlynn Durkin struck out 12 in a one-hit shutout for Downers Grove North softball, and Nazareth and Wheaton North softball and Riverside-Brookfield baseball were also winners in Friday's roundup.

The 2025 high school softball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

York's Avery Kanouse struck out 17 in a two-hit shutout of Hinsdale South, and Nazareth and Riverside-Brookfield baseball both won their season openers in Monday's roundup.

Presenting the 2024 Suburban Life All-Area Softball Team.

Analisa Raffaelli is the 2024 Suburban Life Softball Player of the Year.

Senior shortstop and Colgate recruit Analisa Raffaelli of sectional champion IC Catholic Prep was named Class 2A All-State first team by the Illinois Coaches Association, leading area players earning All-State recognition in voting released this past weekend.