Downers Grove South Preps

As the girls basketball season tips off this week, here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here are the semifinal pairings for the IHSA playoffs.

Downers Grove South girls volleyball faced Lockport on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024 in the Class 4A Riverside-Brookfield Supersectional in Riverside.

Lockport came back from a set down to beat Downers Grove South 23-25, 25-9, 25-22 in Monday's Class 4A Riverside-Brookfield Supersectional to punch the Porters' first trip to the state volleyball tournament in 28 years.

Here are the quarterfinal pairings for the IHSA playoffs.

If there was a thrown football Friday at Lyons Township, chances are senior Travis Stamm caught it.The Lions’ starting wide receiver and cornerback had three touchdown catches and also three interceptions, including his second pick-six of the season, in their 63-20 win.

Lyons Township hosted Downers Grove South in the second round of Class 8A football on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024

Downers South captured its first sectional since 2004 by outlasting rival Downers Grove North 25-13, 23-25, 25-21 in the Class 4A Willowbrook Sectional title match.

Downers Grove North faced Downers Grove South girls volleyball on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in the Class 4A Willowbrook Sectional final in Villa Park.

Here are previews and picks for all the second-round games for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here are the second round pairings for the IHSA playoffs.

Dominic West threw a touchdown pass to Keon Maggitt, Daniel Mensah scored on a go-ahead TD run in the third quarter and Gavin Powels returned a blocked field goal 81 yards for a score as Downers Grove South beat Plainfield South 31-27 for its first playoff win since 2011.

Here are previews and picks for all the first-round games for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Morton turned a couple of surprises into a 2-0 victory over Lyons in the Class 3A Reavis Sectional semifinals. The Mustangs advance to face Hinsdale Central, a 3-1 winner over Downers Grove South, in Friday's sectional final.

Here are the opening round pairings for the Class 8A playoffs.

Addison Trail hosted Downers Grove South on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 in Week 9 Football.

Kayden Smith ran for 90 yards and two touchdowns in two-plus quarters of action and Keon Maggitt caught two TD passes from Dominic West as Downers Grove South beat Addison Trail 38-14 to wrap up the West Suburban Gold title.

Here are previews and picks for Week 8's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

There is only one week left to earn a spot in the postseason, and plenty of Suburban Life area teams still are battling for a spot. Here are where teams stand before Week 9 kicks off.

After narrowly dropping the first set, Downers Grove South dominated the second set and jumped off to a massive lead in the third before fending off a furious rally attempt by the Celtics.

Here are previews and picks for Week 8's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

There are only two weeks left to earn a spot in the postseason, and plenty of Suburban Life area teams still are battling for a spot. Here are where teams stand before Week 8 kicks off.

Here are previews and picks for Week 7's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Downers Grove South senior Syliva Masiulionis, who had a team-high 10 kills to lead Downers Grove South past Willowbrook and snap Willowbrook’s 29-match conference winning streak, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Glenbard South's Joey Villa had the size and experience to play quarterback. One problem? The Raiders were set there. Here's how they found a way to get the 'game changer' on the field. That, plus Northwestern-bound Michael O'Connell just scratching the surface for Glenbard West.

Morton hosted Downers Grove South in boys varsity soccer on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024 in Berwyn.

Enrique Ayala had scored three goals in a game before, but he topped that by bagging four to lead Morton to a convincing 5-0 victory over Downers Grove South in a key West Suburban Conference Gold Division match.

Here are previews and picks for Week 6's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Downers Grove South hosted Willowbrook in girls volleyball on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.

Sylvia Masiulionis had back-to-back kills, the second for set point, to turn away Willowbrook's late comeback, and Downers Grove South went on to beat the visiting Warriors 27-25, 25-18 to snap Willowbrook's 29-match West Suburban Gold win streak.

Led by senior and four-year varsity starting setter Alex Barcenas, Downers Grove South's volleyball team is on track for its winning season, and potentially regional title, since 2019. That and more in Bill Stone's volleyball notes.

Here are previews and picks for Week 5's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Coming on in relief after starting quarterback Aidan Kanazawa was shaken up on a hit, Dominic West led Downers Grove South to a come-from-behind 18-16 West Suburban Gold conference win over Willowbrook in Villa Park.

Willowbrook hosted Downers Grove South on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024 in Week 4 football.

Here are previews and picks for Week 4's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Mia Wanserski beat the heat and the rest of the field at Jacobs’ second annual Eagles Cup held Saturday at Golf Club of Illinois. Wanserski, from Downers Grove South, Amelia Tan of Chicago U-High and Downers Grove North’s Madeline Quirk all shot 77′s. Wanserski won a tiebreaker.

York senior quarterback Bruno Massel threw for three touchdowns and ran for two scores in a 54-21 win over Downers Grove South on Friday.

Here are previews and picks for Week 3's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Record-setting senior middle hitter – and world traveler – Olivia Zamis, and junior setter Aurora Zingales, a foreign exchange student from Italy, are two reasons why Wheaton North is eyeing its second 20-win season in three years. That and more in Bill Stone's volleyball notes.

Caden Chiarelli ran for a career-high four touchdowns on just five carries, and Downers Grove North's defense held Downers Grove South to four first downs in a 42-0 win, the 10th straight in the crosstown rivalry.

Downers Grove North hosted Downers Grove South in the second week of football on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.

Here is a previews and picks for Week 2's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here is the schedule of upcoming games and matches for the week of Sept. 3 in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Keon Maggit Jr. returned a kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown, and Daniel Mensah stepped in after an injury to rush for three TDs in Downers Grove South's 33-15 win over Metea Valley.

Here is a previews and picks for Week 1's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2024 girls volleyball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2024 boys soccer season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Can Downers Grove North build off a 2023 season that ended in the state championship game? Can York keep rolling with a new head coach? Can Downers Grove South three-peat in the Gold? Team breakdowns, five players to watch, five can't miss games and Steve Soucie's predictions.

Here is the schedule of upcoming games and matches for the week of Aug. 26 in the Suburban Life coverage area.

With James Pieropoulos and Keon Maggitt among several talented players back from a 6-4 team, and added depth, Downers Grove South is eyeing a deeper playoff run this season.