Downers Grove Sports
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Baseball: Rossi’s pitching, 4 early runs send Benet to state for first time since 1989Jun 09, 2025 9:56 pm - The Benet baseball team is confident it has the best pitching staff in the state. After a third straight different starting pitcher came through in the biggest game of th...
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Softball: Montini starts strong but can’t hold on in 3A supersectional loss to St. LaurenceJun 09, 2025 9:28 pm - The magical postseason run by the Montini softball team came to a heartbreaking end Monday at the Class 3A Benedictine supersectional. The Broncos, who had outscored thei...
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Five fascinating IHSA recordsJun 09, 2025 2:50 pm - This week’s High Five looks at a handful of fascinating Illinois High School Association records.
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Baseball: Lambert leads Waubonsie Valley to sectional championship over Downers Grove NorthJun 07, 2025 5:42 pm - Nick Lambert caught the comebacker, saw he had time and walked the ball over to first base himself for the final out. And why not? Lambert, Waubonsie Valley’s senior righ...
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Zagorac, Sullivan pace Benet to first sectional title since 2017 in win over St. FrancisJun 07, 2025 5:06 pm - Gino Zagorac was ready to keep things scoreless on the mound for Benet. After three straight games where the Redwings hadn’t found the scoreboard until at least the fifth...
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Softball: Montini’s bats stay hot in sectional championship win over St. FrancisJun 06, 2025 9:56 pm - Montini stampeded its way to a Class 3A sectional softball championship on its home field with a 13-2 run rule victory over St. Francis in five innings on Friday evening ...
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For local athletes in the White Sox’ NIL program, the first pitch is the first stepJun 06, 2025 6:52 pm - Western Michigan hockey player Zack Sharp, a national champion and Naperville native, is one of the local athletes involved in the White Sox’ NIL program.
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Baseball: Shallmoser, Reilly lead Downers Grove North past Plainfield NorthJun 06, 2025 8:37 am - The skies were obscured by smoke from Canadian wildfires, but somewhere Ted Williams would be smiling if he could have seen Downers Grove North senior Brady Shallmoser hi...
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Baseball: Benet wins 9-inning thriller over Burlington Central; St. Francis cruises in its semifinalJun 05, 2025 10:02 pm - All Merrick Sullivan knew was that he wanted to start something. As the leadoff man for Benet in the top of the ninth inning of a 0-0 game against Burlington Central, he ...
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‘I enjoyed the classroom and I enjoyed the ballfield,’ hall of famer recallsJun 04, 2025 6:21 pm - The College of DuPage inducts its Class of 2025 into the Glen Ellyn junior college’s Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday.