Westmont Preps

The 2024-2025 boys basketball season tips off this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life area.

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.

St. Francis senior and Wisconsin recruit Addy Horner is a veteran of the big dance in girls volleyball as a four-year starter, and is a pregame dance partner with fellow senior Emma Delaney. They hope to have the defending champion Spartans dancing well into the postseason.

Fieldcrest defeated Westmont 54-0 on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024 in Minonk. Check out photos from freelance photographer MaKade Rios.

Fieldcrest's Eddie Lorton finished with 88 yards and three rushing touchdowns on nine carries and also added an electrifying 64-yard punt-return score late in the opening quarter

Westmont faces Fieldcrest in Week 4 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive editor J.T. Pedelty will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Westmont junior Kyla Babb, who took third place in the Class 1A race at the First to the Finish Invitational in Peoria in a personal-best time of 17 minutes, 29.3 seconds over 3 miles, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Here is the schedule of upcoming games and matches for the week of Sept. 3 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.

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

What looks different for the new high school football season? With the IHSA football schedules now out, Steve Soucie looks at the latest changes in conferences and more.

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.

St. Francis used a strong final leg from freshman Erin Hinsdale to win the Class 2A 4x800 relay in a record time and Downers Grove North took second in the Class 3A 4x800 relay, leading area medalists at the IHSA state track and field meet in Charleston.

Lucas Hicks threw 63 of his 96 pitches for strikes and struck out 13 in a complete-game two-hitter, and Westmont blew open a close game late and went on to a 9-0 nonconference win at Plano Friday.

Westmont senior Abe Williams and sophomore Kyla Babb have both enjoyed record-breaking springs, Williams breaking the school triple jump record and Babb the 1,600. That, plus notes on York, Glenbard West and Montini from Bill Stone.

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.

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

Westmont hosted IC Catholic Prep in boys varsity basketball on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024.

The 2023-2024 boys basketball season tips off this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The girls basketball season starts this week. Here are preview capsules for teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Friday Night Drive reporter Charlie Ellerbrock has live updates and scores from Friday night’s Westmont vs. Marquette football game.

The 2023 boys soccer season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2023 girls volleyball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The road to the state finals at Illinois State University begins Monday. Steve Soucie gives you some of the top storylines to watch during the 2023 season as practices get underway across Illinois.

A look at the eight schools set to begin play in the new Chicago Prairie Football League this fall — Westmont, Walther Christian, Seneca, St. Bede, Riidgewood, Marquette Academy, Dwight and Elmwood Park.

Sage Mardjetko struck out 20 in Lemont softball's win over Shepard and Wheaton Academy baseball banged out 14 hits in a win over IC Catholic Prep in Thursday's prep sports roundup.

The 2023 girls track season is underway and heads outdoors soon, and here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2023 softball season is underway. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2023 high school baseball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Pierce scored 30 points to lead the Angels to a 53-28 win

Hinsdale Central senior Ben Oosterbaan committed to play baseball for the University of Michigan in June 2021 and never gave college basketball a real thought – until recently. Plus notes on Lyons' hot start and Westmont's early growing pains.

The 2022-2023 boys basketball season tips off this week. Here are previews from the Metro Suburban Conference.

The girls basketball season tips off this week. Here are Bob Narang's previews of teams from the Metro Suburban Conference.

Here are previews and picks for all the games from around the Suburban Life coverage area for Week 9 of the 2022 high school football season.

Here are game-by-game previews and picks of Week 8 2022 football games around the Suburban Life coverage area

Here are game-by-game previews and picks of Week 7 2022 football games around the Suburban Life coverage area

Here are game-by-game previews and picks of Week 6 football games around the Suburban Life coverage area

Here are game-by-game previews of Week 4 football games around the Suburban Life coverage area

Waleed Johnson ran for three touchdowns and caught a 65-yard score, and Plano overpowered Westmont 54-0.

Plano hosted Westmont in Week 3 of the 2022-23 football season on Friday, Sept. 9. 2022.

Sports reporter Chris Walker has live updates from Friday night’s Week 3 game between Westmont and Plano.

Here are previews of Week 3 football games around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The boys cross country season is underway, and here are Bill Stone's previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

A look at Week 2's high school football games around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The girls cross country season is underway. Here are Bill Stone's previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

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

The boys golf season is underway, and here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.