DuPage County Sports
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Softball: Naperville Central suffers narrow loss to Oswego in sectional semifinalMay 27, 2026 10:58 pm - Betsy Jack looked overmatched in her first two at-bats Wednesday, and for the first two pitches of her third plate appearance. But not when it mattered. The Oswego senior...
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Baseball: Bartlett, Downers Grove North, Lake Park take regional semifinals triumphsMay 27, 2026 10:03 pm - Vince Yario pitched four innings of 1-hit ball with two walks and a pair of strikeouts, while helping his own cause with a home run and 3 RBI during Bartlett’s 10-5, 5-in...
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Softball: Big first inning lifts St. Charles East past Glenbard EastMay 27, 2026 9:45 pm - Ari Bigda is not used to getting her first plate appearance of the day in the first inning. Yet with two outs and the bases loaded, the St. Charles East No. 9 hitter came...
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Baseball: St. Charles North’s Paul shuts down Dundee-Crown to win regional semifinalMay 27, 2026 9:28 pm - Two pitches were all Landon Paul needed. Featuring a fastball-sweeper combination, the junior right-hander made quick work of the Dundee-Crown lineup after entering in th...
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Baseball: Buffalo Grove, Libertyville, Mundelein score victories in regional semifinalsMay 27, 2026 8:59 pm - A roundup of Wednesday’s high school baseball regional semifinals.
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Girls soccer: Benet, Naperville Central advance to sectional finalMay 26, 2026 9:28 pm - Benet used their speed to subdue Oswego Tuesday night in a Naperville Central sectional semifinal. The fleet-footed Redwings got two over the line in the first half, then...
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Softball: Kanupke, Fremd stun St. Charles North in sectional semifinalsMay 26, 2026 8:49 pm - Pitching and defense can carry a softball team a long way. Fremd senior pitcher Molly Kanupke stymied a potent St. Charles North offense, firing a 3-hit complete game, wh...
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Pritzker defends potential Bears tax deal amid treasurer report scrutinyMay 26, 2026 6:20 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker’s office Tuesday defended a property tax financing mechanism the Bears would use in Arlington Heights, after Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas released a critical report questioning the special tax arrangement.
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NIU catches fire in MAC tourney, earns first NCAA bid in 54 yearsMay 25, 2026 4:02 pm - Both Northern Illinois and Illinois-Chicago won their conference baseball tournaments over the weekend, with help from numerous area players. The two teams will head to NCAA regionals beginning Friday.
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From art school to soccer pitch: Peter Robinson’s six-decade career celebrated in new exhibition in Glen EllynMay 25, 2026 2:54 pm - “The Saturday Man: At the Edge of the Game” highlights the work of soccer photographer Peter Robinson in an exhibition at the Cleve Carney Museum of Art at the College of DuPage.