Chris Walker

Hana Allen scored off a scrum in front of the net to lift Glenbard West to a 1-0 win over Wheaton North on Thursday.

The 2025 high school soccer season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Batavia’s Gianna Reid missed most of her freshman season with a concussion sustained warming up for a JV game, but the sophomore goalkeeper was stellar in her varsity debut Tuesday, shutting out Bartlett 1-0.

Geneva got off to a rough start, surrendering an own goal against Neuqua Valley just a few minutes into the action of Monday’s season opener. The Vikings never recovered, losing 6-0 at Burgess Field in Geneva.

With a state championship, six regional titles and seven conference titles at Kaneland and 399 victories and seven regional titles, Brian Aversa was inducted into the (IHSBCA) Hall of Fame.

Eastland never trailed Aurora Christian during Monday’s Class 1A DeKalb Supersectional at the Convocation Center on the campus of Northern Illinois University.

Aurora Christian kept its cool against Yorkville Christian during Friday’s Class 1A Indian Creek Regional championship game, the first game ever between the two programs. The Eagles overwhelmed the Mustangs with a 17-0 run in the third quarter, blowing the game open to win 68-48.

St. Edward crashed the glass hard against Amboy during Thursday’s Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Sectional championship. Earning multiple second-chance scoring opportunities from such efforts, the Green Wave took down the Clippers 54-44.

Jacsen Tucker certainly chose a great time to have a breakout game, coming off the bench to score 12 points and collect eight rebounds as Oswego East held off Plainfield South 42-36 during Wednesday’s Class 4A Oswego East Regional semifinals.

The Kaneland Board of Education has directed its legal counsel to develop a complaint challenging the Sugar Grove I-88 and IL-47 redevelopment project area TIF district.

Sandwich’s foul trouble and a resilient effort from Hall certainly made things really tough, but not tough enough as Sandwich held on for a 59-53 victory in a Class 2A Princeton Regional quarterfinal Monday night.

Oswego Co-op senior Ava Sullivan wrapped up the most successful state performance by an individual Oswego co-op gymnast on Saturday at Palatine, winning the vault to become the school’s first state champion. She also took second on floor and third on beam.

Downers Grove co-op's Genevieve Herion added to her long list of accomplishments while putting the Trostangs in wonderful position to win a state championship. The senior won the all-around Friday, and her team scored a school-record 148.45 points at the state meet.

Danielle Bulson scored 17 points and Payton Wallin 16, and Yorkville Christian beat Serena 48-41 in the Class 1A Indian Creek Regional final for the first regional championship in the history of the program.

Second-chance points on Wednesday night helped Sycamore get ready for the postseason as the Spartans overwhelmed Genoa-Kingston in its final non-conference game, 66-50.