York (Elmhurst) Preps

Paced by Shane Delaney and Clare Lopatka’s successful defense of their doubles championship, Benet's tennis team won the Class 1A state title on Saturday. Meanwhile Jessica Kovalcik of Plainfield North beat York’s Lizzie Isyanov to repeat as Class 2A singles champion.

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.

Downers Grove North defeated York 25-19, 25-19 Tuesday to complete a perfect West Suburban Conference Silver Division championship run.

With Downers Grove North's girls cross country team winning the West Suburban Silver title for the first time since 1997, the Trojans swept the girls and boys team titles. Trojans' junior Philip Cupial and York freshman Karlin Janowsk were race winners.

Danny Carroll rushed for 159 yards and three touchdowns and the defense forced three turnovers as unbeaten Lyons defeated York 24-7 to clinch the program's first outright West Suburban Silver championship since 1987.

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.

Jimmy Conners rushed for 91 yards and two touchdowns, and visiting York shut out Glenbard West into the fourth quarter of a 24-14 win, bouncing back from a loss the previous week and giving the Dukes' seniors their first win over the Hilltoppers.

Timothy Christian, which on Tuesday became the first outright winner in the Chicagoland Christian Conference, on Friday will face York in the "Battle of Elmhurst" under the Friday night lights. That, IC Catholic Prep's big win and Morton forward's four-goal night in soccer notes.

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

Minnesota recruit Owen Lansu threw for 246 yards and two touchdowns, Jake Gregorio ran for two and led a hard-hitting defensive effort and Downers Grove North rolled at York 35-14 in West Suburban Silver action

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

Notre Dame recruit Joe Reiff's work on both sides of the ball has been key to York's 5-0 start, and the two-lineman leads the Dukes into a showdown of unbeatens Friday against Downers Grove North. That, plus notes on Nazareth, Glenbard West and Glenbard South from Bob Narang.

Jimmy Conners ran for three touchdowns and had a key late interception to lead York to a 21-13 victory over Hinsdale Central in a West Suburban Silver Division game in Elmhurst.

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

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

York junior Henry Duda said he was shocked to learn he was the starting running back for the opener, but he's making quite an impact through three games. That, Owen Lansu and Downers Grove North's offense just scratching the surface and more in Bob Narang's football notes.

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.

Bruno Massel threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third, and Henry Duda ran for 169 yards and two TDs, and York scored on all five possessions in the first half of a 35-13 win at Plainfield North on Friday

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

With five of the seven girls returning from last year's Class 3A runner-up, led by Lily Eddington, and the addition of IESA state champion Macy Ermitage, Downers Grove North enters the season as the state's No. 1-ranked team.

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

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.

Willowbrook, York and Glenbard South volleyball were all winners in Monday season openers.

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.

York's football program has built a new standard with back-to-back semifinal appearances and an 11-2 record last year. With a new head coach – former defensive coordinator Don Gelsomino – taking over, Notre Dame commit Joe Reiff and the Dukes are eager to build on that success.

Can Nazareth three-peat? Can York keep its resurgence going with a new head coach? Can Downers Grove North and Montini build off big seasons? And who are players to watch? Here are Joshua Welge's top football storylines to watch in the Suburban Life area for the 2024 season.

Ryan Sloan, a hard-throwing right-handed pitcher who led York to back-to-back state tournament appearances in 2023 and 2024, was selected on Sunday night by the Seattle Mariners in the second of the MLB Draft with the 55th pick.

With the release of the 2024 statewide football schedule, here are the top games week by week to watch in the Suburban Life coverage area.

The York boys basketball team graduated eight seniors from last year's sectional finalist, but led by senior guard Connor Fitzgerald and junior forward Hunter Stepanich the new-look Dukes had a strong June capped off by a 3-1 finish at the Riverside-Brookfield Shootout.

Here is the 2024 Suburban Life All-Area baseball team.

Here is the 2024 Suburban Life All-Area girls soccer 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.

When Noah Hughes was called up to throw one playoff game for York two years ago as a skinny sophomore left-hander, little did he know the ride he was about to embark on. In not just one sport, but two. The ride ended Saturday with York's second straight fourth-place finish.

York senior Ryan Sloan was brilliant in his final high school start, striking out eight over six innings, but Conant scored a run in the bottom of the sixth to beat the Dukes 1-0 in Friday's Class 4A state semifinal.

Ryan Sloan's dad was a starter on York's last state baseball champions, in 1993, and Sloan led the Dukes to fourth in Class 4A. Now they're back, led by their senior pitcher projected to be a first-round pick in the July MLB Draft.

McHenry battled back with three runs in the sixth, but then had to face York's Ryan Sloan, a projected first-round pick in the MLB First-Year Player Draft this month in the seventh. Sloan closed with three strikeouts as the Dukes won 9-5.

Playing in its first-ever state title match, York's boys volleyball team battled down to the wire. But in the end, Marist proved too much and emerged with a 25-21, 28-26 victory in the championship match on Saturday evening at Hoffman Estates High School. Glenbard West was third,

Noah Hughes threw six scoreless innings Friday to help York claim its third sectional title in a row with a 2-0 win over St. Charles North.

The York boys volleyball team defeated Lincoln-Way West in two sets in a state quarterfinal Friday in Hoffman Estates.

York defeated St. Charles North in the Class 4A St. Charles North Sectional final baseball game on Friday, May 31, 2024.

Logan Rice had five kills and Jack Bute four kills in the third set as York outlasted Conant 25-18, 20-25, 25-19 in the Lake Park Sectional final for the Dukes' 18th straight win, sending York to its first state tournament appearance since 1999.

York turned an early 2-0 deficit into a 4-2 first-inning lead powered by Josh Fleming’s solo home run and Drew Gami’s two-run single, then added a pair of insurance runs in the fifth on junior catcher Owen Chael’s two-run home run during their 6-4, regional-championship victory.

A short turnaround after Friday night prom didn't affect Lyons at all. Caroline Mortonson gave her team a jolt by scoring two goals in the first seven minutes and second-seeded LT rolled to a 2-0 win over top-seeded York in Saturday's Class 3A Hinsdale Central Sectional final.