Summer was almost perfect for Benet’s boys basketball team. The Redwings, who return four of five starters, won 24 of their 25 games in June, absorbing the transfer of star Gabe Sularski.
Batavia hosted teams from Oswego East, Downers Grove North and Wheaton Warrenville South for a 7-on-7 tournament on Thursday, July 18, 2024.
Riverside-Brookfield junior guard Cameron Mercer's dad, Ron, was a star at Kentucky and played in the NBA from 1997-2005. Now Cameron Mercer is looking to make his own mark and is the leading returning scorer for a Bulldogs' team coming off a 26-5 season.
Cooper Malamazian, who helped lead Nazareth to back-to-back state championships in 2022 and 2023 and an unbeaten regular season this spring, was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday in the 17th round of the Major League Baseball Draft.
Jude Warwick, who hit a walk-off home run in a sectional final in May to give Downers Grove North its first sectional championship since 2004, was drafted on Tuesday by the Detroit Tigers in the 12th round of the Major League Baseball Draft.
Ryan Sloan, a hard-throwing right-handed pitcher who led York to back-to-back state tournament appearances in 2023 and 2024, was selected on Sunday night by the Seattle Mariners in the second of the MLB Draft with the 55th pick.
Downers Grove South High School hosted a 7-on-7 football tournament on Saturday, July 13, 2024.
After a promising sophomore season, Glenbard West’s TJ Williams is making a big splash in a breakout summer for a Hilltoppers' team that returns four starters and adds transfer Josh Abushanab.
The York boys basketball team graduated eight seniors from last year's sectional finalist, but led by senior guard Connor Fitzgerald and junior forward Hunter Stepanich the new-look Dukes had a strong June capped off by a 3-1 finish at the Riverside-Brookfield Shootout.