Downers Grove Sports
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Softball: Benet shakes off slow start to win 1st supersectional since 2011Jun 05, 2023 1:00 am - After the first inning of Monday's Class 3A supersectional at Benedictine University, the Benet Academy softball wanted a mulligan, a chance to do things over. When the ...
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Girls soccer: Benet falls short of state championship for second year in a rowJun 03, 2023 1:00 am - Benet senior defender Sadie Sterbenz slumped to her knees, putting her hands on her face at the 44-yard line on Saturday afternoon at Benedetti-Wehril Stadium. A few yar...
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Girls soccer: Benet shuts out Crystal Lake Central, one step away from Class 2A state titleJun 02, 2023 1:00 am - One goal had more than one meaning for Rania Fikri and Benet on Friday afternoon. The Redwings' one goal this season was to return to the state championship match after ...
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Boys lacrosse: Wheaton Academy shakes off slow start, reaches state title game for 1st timeJun 01, 2023 1:00 am - Wheaton Academy's march to the state championship game hit an early snag on Thursday night. Wheaton Academy had rarely experienced a deficit in a dominant regular season...
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Baseball: Flynn pitches Oswego East past Downers Grove North into sectional finalMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - Patrick Flynn pitched in a howling wind his first playoff start, and in a steady drizzle his second on Wednesday. That's just fine with him. Oswego East's junk-balling s...
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Boys volleyball: Lyons keeps grinding, sweeps Downers Grove North to win sectional titleMay 30, 2023 1:00 am - Senior outside hitter Sam Levinson can pinpoint the moment Lyons Township improved from being a good team into a great one. "The second half of the year, we changed our ...
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Softball: Montini falls short to Beecher, freshman phenom in supersectional, but playoff run 'something to be proud of'May 29, 2023 1:00 am - Taylor Utrata knew she got good wood on it, or aluminum as it were. When Montini's senior third baseman made contact with two outs in the seventh Monday, she hit a rocke...
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Baseball: Janicki's walkoff homer leads Downers Grove North past Hinsdale CentralMay 27, 2023 1:00 am - Downers Grove North's record-setting season was down to its final two outs Saturday. One swing from Jimmy Janicki changed all that. The junior cranked a two-run walk-off...
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Abbott draws kudos in Benet's sectional championship victoryMay 26, 2023 1:00 am - Bailey Abbott doesn't always affect the game in a way that shows up in the box score. Her strong defense, continued growing confidence and leadership propelled the Benet...
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Girls soccer: Lyons Township downs Downers Grove South; Hinsdale Central takes out YorkMay 23, 2023 1:00 am - Lyons Township senior Chandlar Lay played in Tuesday's Class 3A Reavis Sectional semifinal with a noticeable large bandage on her right thigh. "I have hamstring tendinit...