Montini junior quarterback Israel Abrams, who threw for over 4,000 yards and 40 touchdowns in leading the Broncos to a 14-0 season and second straight state championship, is the Suburban Life Player of the Year.

Pat New, a Benet alum who won 92 games and made 10 IHSA playoff appearances as the school's head football coach, is retiring after 16 seasons. "It was difficult at first... but I knew that I made the right decision.”

Downers Grove North's Adam Flowers scored his 1,000th career point in a win, York boys basketball edged Oak Park-River Forest and Josh Abushanab scored 31 to lead Glenbard West past Willowbrook in Wednesday's roundup.

After going 31-3 last season, Nazareth has begun the year 8-0 with a 68-32 win over Joliet Catholic on Wednesday being the latest win.

Geneva sank 10 3-pointers, including five from senior Nathan Palmer and three from Gabe Jensen, to surge ahead to a 51-41 victory over Wheaton Warrenville South.

Proposal 19 is on the ballot with a submission that proposes that the playoff field be expanded by 16 teams in each classification with a total of 384 teams qualifying for the postseason. Steve Soucie's uses 2025 data to project what the format could look like.

The CCL/ESCC announced its new alignment for the 2026 and 2027 seasons with many of the league's 24 teams finding themselves in different division than before.

Grant Smith scored 19 points as unbeaten Lyons boys basketball rolled past DeKalb and Lemont, Glenbard South and Riverside-Brookfield boys basketball and Glenbard South, St. Francis and Willowbrook girls basketball were all winners in Tuesday's roundup.

Benet used a fourth quarter run to fend of Prospect at the Lake Zurich Exam Jamm on Tuesday evening.