Gymnastics

Cirque du Soleil returns to northern Illinois for the first time since 2019, presenting “Corteo” from June 1 to 4.

It was a first-rate performance by Lake Park Saturday at the boys gymnastics team and individual finals in Hoffman Estates.

Cary-Grove’s Alexander Riley averaged a 9.25 on the vault to take third place at the IHSA Boys Gymnastics State Finals on Saturday in Hoffman Estates. Plus much more boys tennis, baseball, softball, girls soccer, boys and girls lacrosse scores.

Downers Grove co-op sophomore Genevieve Herion, who took third in the all-around and third in the uneven parallel bars, leading Downers Grove Co-op to its first state gymnastics title, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Downers Grove co-op won its first IHSA state gymnastics title and Geneva was third, while DuKane Conference gymnasts swept the vault, balance beam and floor exercise at Saturday's state finals in Palatine.

Downers Grove co-op is in first place and in position to win its first state gymnastics title and Geneva is in third place after Friday's first day of the state gymnastics meet. Downers Grove's Genevieve Herion took third in the all-around

Gymnasts compete in the IHSA Girls State Final Gymnastics Meet, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, at Palatine High School.

The Downers Grove co-op gymnastics team, which posted the top team score at the sectional meet, is in the hunt for the program's first state championship at the state meet that gets underway Friday. Geneva was the top at-large team to qualify

Praire Ridge gymnasts compete in the IHSA Stevenson Gymnastics Sectional on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, during at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire.

Hinsdale South hosted a sectional gymnastics meet in Darien on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023.

Led by all-around champion Genevieve Herion, the Downers Grove co-op gymnastics team won the Hinsdale South Sectional title to qualify for the state finals. Geneva was a close second with Oswego co-op fourth.

DeKalb-Sycamore scored 2.1 points better on beam than it did at the regional while all four of its all-arounders outscored last week’s totals to edge host Lake Park and win the Lake Park Sectional title. Glenbard West was third.

Geneva High School hosted a regional gymnastics meet on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.

Geneva finished with 142.175, well ahead of runner-up Batavia’s 132.375, to take the regional title at home Wednesday night. Riverside-Brookfield had a 128.85 and Naperville Central finished its season with a 123.9.

Sycamore senior Leah Benson won beam and took second in the all-around to lead DeKalb-Sycamore to the regional title at Wheaton Warrenville South Monday while Wheaton Warrenville co-op junior Haylie Hinckley was the all-around champ.