Fenwick Preps

Here are the first-round matchups for each CCL/ESCC team. Dates and times will be updated when confirmed.

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

With one week left to earn playoff qualification, there are plenty of CCL/ESCC teams battling for a spot. Here are where teams stand before Week 9 kicks off.

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.

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

There’s two weeks left to earn playoff qualification and there are plenty of CCL/ESCC teams battling for a spot. Here are where teams stand before Week 8 kicks off.

Loyola's defense has turned a corner over the past three weeks, highlighted in a 42-6 win over Providence on Saturday. Plus more CCL/ESCC notes on Marist, Mount Carmel, Joliet Catholic and playoff chances.

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.

Auburn recruit Nate Marshall and the Fenwick defense forced three turnovers in the first half, and the Friars went on to a dominating 42-7 win at Benet in a matchup of 5-1 teams.

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

DePaul Prep rallied in the fourth quarter against St. Viator on Friday to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2015. Plus more CCL/ESCC notes on Brother Rice, Fenwick, Nazareth and St. Rita.

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.

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

The 2024 football season has presented plenty of memorable moments in the CCL/ESCC through five weeks. Here are five of the most interesting numbers from around the megaconference.

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

Jamen Williams threw for 145 yards and two touchdowns, Jalen Morgan ran for 84 yards and picked up three clutch first downs on the final drive and Fenwick chewed up the final 5:18 of the clock to hold off visiting Montini 14-10.

Montini faces Fenwick in Week 4 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive correspondent Melvin Tate will have live updates, scores and news from the game

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

Friday night’s victory by Joliet Catholic over Fenwick, a 14-13 outcome that was every bit as close as the score indicates, gets a place of honor in the Hilltopper Grit Hall of Fame.

Fenwick faces Joliet Catholic in Week 3 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive correspondent Tim Cronin will have live updates, scores and news from the game

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

Fenwick rallied around their coach in the second half to beat St. Ignatius on Friday. Plus more CCL/ESCC notes on DePaul Prep's and St. Laurence's 2-0 starts, Marist's game-tying play, Brother Rice miscues and Jack Lausch set to start, Loyola goes under the lights.

Wheaton Academy senior Jeremy Johanik is the third brother to don the Warriors' uniform, and is a two-way starter for a Warriors' team eyeing another deep playoff run after reaching the Class 4A semifinals. That, plus notes on 2-0 Montini, Benet and Fenwick from Bob Narang.

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

Saturday was a special moment for Marist head coach Mike Fitzgerald as he returned to the RedHawks sideline. Plus more CCL/ESCC notes on St. Francis' defense, Carmel's Trae Taylor, Mount Carmel's and Loyola's defense and Brother Rice's young offense.

Frankie Hosty and Jamen Williams each threw touchdown passes and Jalen Morgan ran for two TDs as Fenwick – making its return to Oak Park Stadium for the first time since 2005 – shut out Oak Park-River Forest 30-0.

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.

Fenwick senior Nathaniel Marshall, one of the top defensive linemen in the nation, announced he changed his commitment from Michigan to Auburn in a post on Instagram on Friday.

Carmel, Montini and St. Laurence will try to build upon deep playoff runs last year while Fenwick will try to make their return in the CCL/ESCC White.

Presenting the 2024 Suburban Life All-Area Softball Team.

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.

Sophie Stone struck out 10 in five innings of relief and Fenwick scored all of its runs in the bottom of the third, as the Friars beat Waterloo 4-2 to capture third place in the Class 3A state tournament for the highest finish in school history.

The Friars prevailed 2-1 in Lisle for the program’s first downstate berth since 1988 and only second overall. Fenwick (17-9) plays Pontiac (29-7) in the 3A state semifinals at 10 a.m. Friday in Peoria.

Westmont's Abraham Johnson, Wheaton Warrenville-South's Amari Williams, Hinsdale Central's Aden Bandukwala, and Downers Grove North's Philip Cupial and 4x800-meter relay team each came away from Saturday's meet with a state title.

Led by senior right-handed pitcher Michael Sosna, Fenwick has won the Chicago Catholic League White Division title and already topped last season’s 17-win total. That, Lyons suffers a tough injury loss plus notes on Nazareth, Downers Grove North and Montini from Bob Narang.

The boys track and field season is heading outdoors, and here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2024 girls track and field season goes outdoors soon. Here are previews of teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Loyola junior Donovan Robinson's belief in himself started to pay off after he earned his first three Power Four offers. Plus more CCL/ESCC recruiting notes on Fenwick's Jack Paris, Mount Carmel's Braeden Jones, Loyola's Drew MacPherson and St. Francis' Ian Willis.

The 2024 high school softball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2024 high school baseball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The stages are set for both the boys and girls wrestling IHSA individual state tournaments. Here is a list of wrestlers from the Suburban Life coverage area who will compete in their respective state tournaments.

Here is a list of CCL/ESCC football players who have committed to colleges at various levels and can sign their letters of intent starting on Wednesday. That is the first day of the regular signing period for NCAA football scholarship schools (Divisions I and II).

Fenwick's Nate Marshall had a day most kids dream about Tuesday when Miami coach Mario Cristobal met with him before flying off on a helicopter, and then the Chicago Bears chose him to represent the team at Nike's Next Ones event set to take place in Las Vegas in February.

The CCL/ESCC conference schedules for the next two seasons are set after IHSA member schools voted down a proposal to move to a district model. The schedules include the megaconference’s new divisions and crossover games.

As schools across Illinois vote whether to approve an IHSA proposal that would move football to a district model, CCL/ESCC coaches voiced their concerns about the proposal.

Here is the Suburban Life All-Area football team.

The CCL/ESCC had plenty of talent that led to three state championships in the megaconference. Meet Friday Night Drive’s 2023 All-CCL/ESCC team.

The CCL/ESCC divisions are set for the next two years and 13 teams will be changing divisions. The new divisions are pending a vote that is set to take place in December on whether to approve a proposal to move the IHSA to a district model.