Benet overcame early deficits in each set to move on to Thursday's Downers Grove South sectional title match with a 25-13, 25-18 win over the host Mustangs on Tuesday.

One goal for big brother and one goal for little brother produced one huge victory for St. Joseph soccer. Both juniors but 11 months apart in age, Marco Gutierrez and Alex Gutierrez notched second-half goals to beat Bremen 2-0 in Tuesday’s Class 2A supersectional at Benedictine University.

Freeport, 5-4 going into Saturday afternoon's Class 5A first-round playoff contest at Nazareth, surprised the Roadrunners out of the gate by scoring two quick touchdowns in the first 3:20 of the game. The Pretzels led 21-7 at the end of the first quarter, but it was all Roadrunners from that point on.
 

The St. Joseph soccer program made a proud return to the rank of sectional champion with a convicing victory Saturday.

Applying a diverse running attack along with posting defensive stops in key situations proved to be too much for Riverside Brookfield as Glenbard South moved on to the second round of the IHSA Class 6A playoffs with a 48-31 win over the Bulldogs on Friday night in Glen Ellyn.

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On January 23, 2001, I walked into the Suburban Life newsroom for the first time.
I remember being ridiculously proud of myself as a recent college graduate who had landed an actual job as a real-life sports writer.

Prior to the start of Riverside Brookfield's football game against Ridgewood on Friday night, junior quarterback Bill VandeMerkt tuned in to hear the weather report.

A pair of Mullaneys anchored the Nazareth boys golf team's 10th-place finish at the Class 2A state tournament Friday and Saturday.

Mike Sullivan shot a pair of 79s during the two-day Class 3A state tournament this weekend in Bloomington.

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In the 1990s and early part of this decade, St. Joseph’s boys soccer team was a regular at the IHSA Class A state tournament, as well as being a force in the East Suburban Catholic Conference.

Sometimes it’s tough heading into a tournament knowing there’s no chance you can win.
However, when you readjust your goals accordingly, a meet can still be a success.

Lyons Township's football team used a gift from Leyden on the very first drive, scoring just a little more than two minutes in as the Lions went on to win 31-13 in their homecoming contest.

In the midst of clinching at least a share of the Metro Suburban Conference title, Riverside Brookfield continued its progression of finding an offensive identity.