Seniors Lauren Curran and Jayda Dixon hope to be celebrating even more this season with their Downers Grove South teammates. In 2024, the Mustangs reached the Class 4A supersectional after winning their first sectional title 2004. “Were trying to get one game further, to state."

Here are previews and picks for all the Week 3 games from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Downers Grove North junior Kevin Jay ran for three touchdowns and also threw for a score in relief of Minnesota recruit Owen Lansu, and the Trojans beat Downers Grove South 55-13 for their 11th straight win in the crosstown series.

The Downers Grove South and Downers Grove North football teams met Friday night in a crosstown rivalry matchup.

Get ready for Week 2 of the 2025 season with previews and picks for all the game from around the Suburban Life area.

Here are previews and picks for all the Week 1 football games from around the Suburban Life area.

Here are team-by-team breakdowns, five players to watch, five can't miss games and Steve Soucie's predictions for the West Suburban Conference.

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

The 2025 girls volleyball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Downers Grove South senior Joseph Vieyra has prided himself on playing a multitude of positions, and last season played strong safety, but also played running back, long snapper, holder, kick returner and even punted a few times. He's a key returner for the Mustangs this fall.

Here are Gary Duncan's photos from Downers Grove South's 7-on-7 football event held on Saturday, July 12.

Here is the 2025 Suburban Life All-Area baseball team.

Oswego East baseball rallied past Downers Grove South 5-3 in eight innings in a regional semifinal, and Plano softball lost its regional opener in Wednesday's Record Newspapers roundup.

Westmont junior Kyla Babb pulled off an impressive distance double on Saturday at the state track and field meet, taking second in the Class 1A 3,200 meters and third in the 1,600. Downers Grove North, Downers Grove South and Wheaton North were among other schools with medals.

York faced Downers Grove South girls soccer in the 3A York Regional Final on Friday, May 23, 2025 in Elmhurst.

York sophomore Izzy Voirol knocked in a shot from nine yards out in the final minute of the first half to break a scoreless tie, and the Dukes went on to defeat Downers Grove South 2-0 in Friday's Class 3A York Regional final.

Oswego sophomore Dontrell Young, after missing all of indoor season recovering from a torn meniscus, swept the 100, 200 and 400 titles at the Class 3A East Aurora Sectional, while Oswego East won its first team sectional title and NIU football recruit Zach Morrisroe swept throws.

How will St. Francis' record-setting distance crew line up in Charleston? Can Westmont's Kyla Babb pull off the distance double? Here are five storylines to watch for Suburban Life area athletes at the IHSA girls state track and field meet.

Wheaton Warrenville South softball beat Wheaton North 1-0 in a wild ending, Sophia Rosner struck out 11 and homered for Benet softball, plus the rest of the baseball, softball soccer and volleyball results in Wednesday's Suburban Life roundup.

Solecki showed off her improvement by winning the discus (36.53 meters) and the shot put (11.17) at the Class 3A Downers Grove South Sectional to stamp her ticket to next weekend’s state track and field meet in Charleston. Both winning tosses were personal bests for Solecki.

Downers Grove South's Lamb twins are following in their family's soccer footsteps at the school, Westmont on a roll, plus regional finals to watch and Wheaton Warrenville South controls its destiny in the DuKane race in Chris Walker's soccer notebook.

Downers Grove North girls varsity soccer hosted crosstown rival Downers Grove South on Saturday, May 10, 2025.

Freshman Jordyn Sashin scored two goals, including the game-winner, to lead Downers Grove North to a 3-0 victory over Downers Grove South at Carstens Field for the Trojans' first crosstown win since 2013.

Downers Grove South senior Kailee Rodeck soars to record pole vault, Vanderbilt commit Finn Richards chasing Benet track records from 50 years ago, and Willowbrook's Amelie Ojeda breaks her school 3,200 record. That and more in Bill Stone's track and field notebook.

Addison Yurchak plans to attend college at one of the country’s elite academic institutions, MIT, a career in medicine in mind. The Downers Grove South junior shortstop also has designs to keep playing softball. Meanwhile she leads the Mustangs as a third-year varsity player.

Wheaton Warrenville South is among a handful of Class 3A teams that remain undefeated this season heading into a challenging week. That, plus notes on Downers Grove South, Montini, Westmont and more in Chris Walker's soccer notebook.

Hinsdale Central posted its fourth straight shutout and won for the fifth time in sixth games on Monday night. That, Hinsdale South coach Jen Belmonte earns her 100th win plus notes on Lyons, Wheaton Warrenville South and more in Chris Walker's Suburban Life soccer notebook.

Here are previews of boys track and field teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Seniors Sienna Thurston and Isa Okuku scored six minutes apart in the first half and that was all the Downers Grove South needed to beat Riverside-Brookfield 2-0.

Downers Grove South hosted Riverside-Brookfield girls varsity soccer on Thursday, April 10, 2025 in Downers Grove.

The track and field season is heading outdoors and here are previews of girls teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

NIU recruit Aubriella Garza slugged her third homer of the year, a two-run shot, and sophomore Leah McKenzie went deep with a three-run shot as Oswego stayed unbeaten with a 19-4, four-inning win at Downers Grove South.

Here is the 2024-2025 Suburban Life All-Area boys wrestling team.

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

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

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

Led by all-around champion Genevieve Herion, who won beam and was second on vault, Downers Grove co-op wrapped up its second state gymnastics title in three years on Saturday. Uneven bars champ Nora Terhaar’s winning mark helped Prairie Ridge edge Lincoln-Way co-op for second.

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.

Marmion had 11 of its 14 wrestlers punch their ticket to the Class 3A state meet, with five wrestlers winning sectional titles at the Class 3A Hinsdale Central Sectional. West Aurora and Glenbard West each had four wrestlers qualify for the state meet.

On senior night and seniors Andrew Waterman and Daniel Sveiteris were responsible for multiple four-point plays during a 77-58 victory against Proviso East.

The Downers Grove South boys basketball team welcomed Proviso East Friday for a matchup on the hardwood.

Nora Ezike had 18 points and eight rebounds to lead Lyons Township to a win over Downers Grove South in the West Suburban Conference championship game Thursday.

Downers Grove South faced Lyons Township girls basketball in the West Suburban Conference championship game on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 at Willowbrook High School.

Genevieve Herion won the all-around, vault and beam, tied for first on floor and took second in bars to lead Downers Grove co-op to the Hinsdale Central Sectional title Monday and advance to state for the fifth straight season. Lincoln-Way co-op was second and Oswego co-op third.

Gen Herion captured three more individual titles and Downers Grove co-op scored a school-record 147.825 points in winning yet another West Suburban Conference Gold Division Meet and overall title in the meet held at Downers Grove South.

Sophomore Ellie Noble scored a career-high 20 points to lead Glenbard West to a 50-35 West Suburban Conference crossover victory over host Downers Grove South.

The competition was tough when four of the top five girls gymnastics teams in the state met Saturday afternoon at the Mari-Rae Sopper Invitational hosted by Fremd. Downers Grove co-op finished first, while St. Charles co-op was fifth.

Hayven Harden never played basketball before high school – in fact, she didn't do any sports. Now the Downers Grove South senior post is putting up huge numbers, three games of over 30 points in the last week. That and more in Joshua Welge's girls basketball notebook.

Downers Grove South couldn't overcome a cold first half of shooting Friday night as the Mustangs fell to Schaumburg 55-30 at the MSL-WSC Challenge in Buffalo Grove.

Downers Grove South boys basketball faced Palatine on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024 in the Jack Tosh Holiday Tournament in Elmhurst.