Here are previews of boys tennis teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Nazareth senior Stella Sakalas, who led the Roadrunners to the Class 4A state championship earlier this month, was named Illinois Media Class 4A co-Player of the Year along with Naperville Central senior Trinity Jones in voting released Monday.

Here is the 2025-2026 Suburban Life All-Area boys basketball team.

Benet senior guard Jayden Wright, who led the Redwings to a 36-2 season and second place in Class 4A a year after winning the state championship, is the Suburban Life Player of the Year.

The 2026 girls soccer season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2026 baseball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2026 softball season is underway this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The Benet, Kaneland and York boys basketball teams traveled to Champaign this weekend to represent their schools in the IHSA state championships.

Marist shut out Benet in the entire second quarter, and for nearly the first seven minutes of the fourth quarter, denying the Redwings' bid for a repeat title with a 44-28 win in the Class 4A final for the RedHawks' first state championship.

Benet lost to Marist in the IHSA Class 4A boys basketball state championship game Saturday night in the State Farm Center at the University of Illinois in Champaign.

Colin Stack's free throw with 1.1 second left lifted Benet past DePaul Prep 39-38 in Friday's Class 4A semifinal in Champaign. The Redwings will play East Suburban Catholic Conference rival Marist – in the last year of the league – in a bid for a repeat title Saturday night.

Here are Brian Hill's photos from the Class 4A state semifinal between Benet and DePaul Prep in the State Farm Center at the University of Illinois in Champaign.

Ethan MacDermot arrived in Illinois from Australia just nine months ago to chase his basketball dreamd. Now the 6-foot-3 Benet guard and the defending Class 4A champion Redwings are playing in a Class 4A state semifinal Friday against three-time defending champion DePaul Prep.

Here is the 2025-2026 Suburban Life All-Area girls basketball team.

Benet senior guard Jayden Wright's floor game was masterful with 16 points and eight assists, and the Redwings shook off Rockford Auburn's fast start for a 69-42 win in the Class 4A NIU Supersectional to return to state – and a showdown with DePaul Prep Friday.

The Benet boys basketball team met Auburn Monday night in a Class 4A supersectional in the Convocation Center at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

Colin Stack had dunks for the first two baskets of Tuesday's game, and it set the tone in No. 1-ranked Benet's dominating 67-30 win over 13th-seeded Yorkville in the Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional semifinal.

Defending state champion Benet rolled out to a dominant 24-point halftime lead and went on to beat regional host West Aurora 67-25 in Friday's Class 4A West Aurora Regional final.

Waubonsie Valley scored the first 12 points of the fourth quarter and held Benet scoreless for nearly the first seven minutes of the fourth to beat the Redwings in a sectional final for the third straight year, 45-37 in the Class 4A East Aurora Sectional final.

Benet forced a Bolingbrook turnover in the closing seconds to reach the finals of the Class 4A East Aurora Sectional, in which they will face Waubonsie Valley in a sectional final for a fourth straight year.

A three-time Big Ten champion at Wisconsin and a three-time Super Bowl winner with the New England Patriots, former NFL veteran James White is ready to embark on his next chapter as Benet's next head football coach.

Can Benet navigate a gauntlet of a road and repeat in Class 4A? Can Glenbard East make a return to Champaign? How far can York take its magical season? And what about Class 3A? Here are storylines to watch as the boys basketball postseason tips off next week.

Furman commit Emma Briggs scored Benet's first 17 points and finished with a career-best 36 points – and the top-seeded Redwings needed every last one to overcome eighth-seeded Oswego East 58-50 in the Class 4A Benet Regional final.

Lyons made a habit of mounting impressive comebacks all season – and did it again Tuesday, rallying past Hinsdale Central to clinch a share of the West Suburban Silver title with York. That, plus notes on Riverside-Brookfield and Benet from Bob Narang.

Benet boys basketball won at Marist to clinch the East Suburban Catholic Conference title, York and Lyons both won to clinch shares of the West Suburban Silver, and Benet, Nazareth, Lyons, Downers Grove North and York were among girls basketball winners in regional semifinals.

It was smooth sailing for Bridget Rifenburg and Benet for two months during a 20-game winning streak. And then bad luck came in waves, injuries to four of their top seven players and three losses. Now the Redwings look to ramp back up for the postseason that starts next week.

Grant Smith's 32 points powered Lyons past Glenbard West, his sister Gwen Smith scored 26 as the Lyons girls team also beat Glenbard West, the St. Francis' boys edged Fenwick and Benet and Hinsdale Central boys were also winners Friday.

Callie Hardtke has always known Wade Hardtke as "dad," but also as coach too since 4-year-old park district ball. Now the Glenbard South senior has her dad, the long-time Raiders' boys coach, back on the sidelines as the girls assistant for 22-4 Glenbard South.

Benet suffocated St. Viator defensively, allowing just 12 points in each half on its way to a 52-24 East Suburban Catholic Conference victory Friday night.

Benet senior Jayden Wright, who scored 21 points to lead the Redwings to a win over Warren at the When Sides Collide Shootout, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Sam Austin, part of Nazareth's stellar defense Wednesday, rarely shoots – but her go-ahead 3-pointer with 3:31 left was the biggest shot of the game as the third-ranked Roadrunners beat No. 1 Benet 44-37 to snap the Redwings' 20-game winning streak.

Jayden Wright scored 21 points to lead all five Benet starters scoring in double figures, and the Redwings beat Warren 67-60 in the finale of the When Sides Collide Shootout to take the rematch of last year's state championship game.

Nazareth junior Sam Austin may not fill up the stat line, but she is vital to what the 19-3 Roadrunners do defensively. That, plus Ava Thomas playing key role as one of Benet's 'tater tots' in Joshua Welge's basketball notebook.

Stella Sakalas scored 20 points to lead Nazareth past St. Viator, Benet rolled past Marist to its 20th straight win and Wheaton Warrenville South girls basketball knocked off St. Charles East in Wednesday's roundup.

Furman commit Emma Briggs scored a career-best 27 points, helping No. 1-ranked Benet pull away for a 58-41 win over Young at Monday's Coach Kipp Hoopsfest at Benet.

Cameron Mercer scored 21 points to pace Riverside-Brookfield past Lyons, Emma Briggs tallied 21 to lead Benet past Glenbrook South at the Coach Kipp Hoopsfest and more in Saturday's roundup.

Benet senior wide receiver Luke Doyle, a two-time All-CCL/ESCC player and the 2025 CCL/ESCC Purple Offensive Player of the Year, has committed to play football at Division I FCS Lafayette College.

Benet, the No. 1-ranked team in the Class 4A Associated Press poll, built a commanding 20-point lead after one quarter and rolled past St. Viator 62-29 Tuesday night for the Redwings' 16th straight win.

Danny Snyder scored his 1,000th career point in a Glenbard East win, Joseph Lubbe poured in 30 in a York win, Benet boys basketball rolled at the Pappas Shootout, Stella Sakalas scored 22 in a Nazareth girls basketball win and more in Saturday's roundup.

Ellie Noble played a key supporting role last year for Glenbard West's first sectional champion in 26 years. Now, with seven seniors graduated, Noble is the star for a Hilltoppers team off to a 17-1 start. That, Benet No. 1 in first AP rankings and Coach Kipp's Hoopsfest lineup.

Morton junior power forward Chas Ontiveros is part of a deep but talented rotation, some 12 deep, that has the Mustangs on track for their first winning season in four years. That, IC Catholic's crazy ending in five-overtime ending and Benet on a roll in boys basketball notes.

After being denied in three previous trips to the Pontiac Holiday Tournament's title game, Benet finally got their elusive crown on Wednesday night with a 52-43 win over DePaul Prep.

High percentage shot selection paid dividends for Benet in the second half of its 61-38 win over Peoria Manual at the Pontiac Holiday Tournament on Tuesday.

A stifling defense set the tone for Benet as it breezed into the Pontiac Holiday Tournament's quarterfinal round with a 64-28 win over Plainfield North on Monday.

Benet's Emma Briggs led all players with 22 points, 16 rebounds and four steals to spearhead the Redwings to a convincing 59-38 victory in the Montini Christmas Tournament championship game.

The Redwings took early control and never relinquished it to topple Naperville North in the championship game of the Hinkle Holiday Classic on Friday.

Lucy Tierney beat the third-quarter buzzer to give Benet a lead it held onto all fourth quarter against Fremd in the Montini Christmas Tournament semifinals on Friday.

Benet scored 23 straight points in the first quarter en route to a 72-43 win over Barrington in a Hinkle Holiday Classic semifinal Tuesday.

Junior guard Ava Mersinger scored 10 of her career-high 16 points in the first quarter, helping Benet get an early jump on St. Charles East and move on to the semifinals of the Montini Christmas Tournament with a 70-56 win.

Jayden Wright scored 16 points, including 4 of his team's 13 3-pointers, and Benet beat Crystal Lake South 66-30 in the Day 2 finale of Jacobs' Hinkle Holiday Classic on Monday night in Algonquin.