DuPage County Sports
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Schaumburg native Chris Mueller retires from professional soccer for health reasonsSep 04, 2026 6:11 pm - Chicago Fire forward Chris Mueller, a Schaumburg native, announced his retirement from professional soccer Friday afternoon. “Goodbyes are never easy,” Mueller wrote in a...
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Why the suburbs will be the focus of Division III college football SaturdaySep 04, 2026 7:00 am - Wheaton College football coach Jesse Scott would love to go to Saturday’s game in Naperville between No. 2-ranked Bethel College and No. 1 North Central. “From a fan pers...
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Schmit: A fascinating prep football season heats up with the start of conference playSep 03, 2026 5:08 pm - Kevin Schmit takes a look at what’s already been a fascinating prep football season.
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Freshman phenom Lani Akenten powers up for Burlington Central, leaving Jacobs to ask, ‘How do we defend that?Sep 02, 2026 12:40 pm - Burlington Central’s Lani Akenten came into her freshman season with a pretty high pedigree, but you never really know how a younger player will adapt to the varsity leve...
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For one last time, couple welcomes four-legged phenoms to NapervilleSep 02, 2026 10:00 am - Naperville couple Tom and Chris Wehrli are directing the Ashley Whippet K-9 Frisbee World Championships one last time Saturday and Sunday in Naperville.
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Flying starts: Round Lake, Elk Grove top list of notable 2-0 teamsSep 01, 2026 5:19 pm - Round Lake and Elk Grove lead the list of area teams off to surprising 2-0 starts this season.
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After ‘freaking out’ at first, Division I receiver prospect Colin McEniry becomes Marmion’s QB due to injurySep 01, 2026 10:09 am - This isn’t how Colin McEniry envisioned his final football season playing out at Marmion. Hardly. McEniry, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound senior receiver, was the CCL/ESCC Red’s o...
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Girls volleyball: Waubonsie Valley’s Zoe Kraslen improves by ‘leaps and bounds’ at new positionSep 01, 2026 10:00 am - Zoe Kraslen was a bit surprised when Waubonsie Valley volleyball coach Noel Soto asked her to play outside hitter last season. Kraslen, then a sophomore, had been a middl...
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Following in brother’s footsteps, Simon Hayes shows ‘unbelievable perseverance’ to lead Naperville CentralSep 01, 2026 9:39 am - The path that senior Simon Hayes has taken to become Naperville Central’s starting quarterback is about as far as one can get from a yellow brick road. But he’s golden no...
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Schmit: Who had the area’s top prep football performances of Week 2?Aug 31, 2026 3:49 pm - This edition of the High Five honors the area’s top prep football performances of Week 2.