Downers Grove Sports
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DuPage County All-Area Girls Basketball Captain: Lenee Beaumont, BenetMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - Near the midpoint of her career, Lenee Beaumont hit a crossroads that would change the arc of her future. After a promising first two seasons playing on the varsity, Bea...
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Hot-shooting Downers Grove North headed to state for 1st timeMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - Jack Stanton found himself in the middle of a movie scene Monday night. The Downers Grove North junior decided to watch the movie "Hoosiers" the night before his team pl...
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Benet's bound for state in style after supersectional routMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - It took a game-winning shot at the buzzer for Benet to reach Monday's Class 4A NIU supersectional game against Rockford Auburn. The Redwings were well on their way to ea...
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Downers Grove North takes down Hinsdale C. to win sectional championshipMar 04, 2023 12:00 am - Senior Jacob Bozeman was on the verge of helping the Downers Grove North boys basketball team against Hinsdale Central with a fast-break dunk in the first quarter of Fri...
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Benet digs out of early hole, but falls short to O'Fallon in state final thrillerMar 04, 2023 12:00 am - NORMAL - Lenee Beaumont slowly walked backed down the court, a solitary figure alone in her thoughts after her last shot. Beaumont willed Benet to a gutsy comeback from ...
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Trimberger's last second free throws lift Benet over Geneva in state semifinalsMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - NORMAL - Samantha Trimberger chose to focus on the positive potential of an outcome, rather than the pressure of the situation. One shot, and she'd be a hero. The Benet ...
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Benet survives Geneva on Fagbemi's last-second shotMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - He just had to grab the ball and put it back up and in. Benet Academy's Brayden Fagbemi made the biggest play of the game to save the top-ranked Redwings' season and sta...
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Benet, Geneva, Hersey take different paths - but all still eye 4A titleMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - Rilee Hasegawa knows the tough hurdle in front of Geneva. Benet (23-7) and Geneva (29-3), both No. 1 sectional seeds who emerged from tough supersectional matchups Monda...
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Rockford Lutheran ends Montini's surprise runMar 01, 2023 12:00 am - Before the start of the second quarter of Wednesday night's Class 2A Johnsburg boys basketball sectional semifinal between first-seeded Rockford Lutheran and seventh-see...
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Benet follows familiar formula, eases past Lake Park into sectional finalFeb 28, 2023 12:00 am - At the appropriate time, Benet can look back on its budding, dominant season in a reflective mood. It still has a sectional and state championship to potentially capture...