Wheaton Academy Preps

St. Viator scored early and often in a win over Wheaton Academy on Wednesday.

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

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

Lyons senior Tucker King, an all-conference pitcher last year, is showcasing a different version of himself this spring. And that's bad news for opponents. The Cincinnati commit is leading a strong Lions' staff. That and more in Bob Narang's baseball notes.

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

Trailing most of the game Friday, Kaneland rallied in the fourth quarter to finally get past Wheaton Academy and win the Class 3A IMSA Regional Championship, 66-56, for its recording-setting 30th win. 

Area wrestlers compete in the IHSA 2A Antioch Wrestling Regional and the IHSA 1A Marengo Wrestling Regional on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025.

Tyler Smith scored 13 of his game-high 17 points in the first half while grabbing nine rebounds to help lift Wheaton Academy to a 65-39 Chicagoland Christian Conference triumph over host Aurora Christian.

Hayden Schroeder could dunk in the seventh grade. The Wheaton Academy sophomore is 6-foot-8 with shoes on, and he isn’t done growing. And he’s rated by some as a top four sophomore in Illinois.

Fueled by senior point guard Niko Quaranta, St. Francis rallied from down eight at halftime to beat rival Wheaton Academy 56-49 on Thursday at NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates.

It took Benet a quarter to find the path of least resistance in its opening round game at the Pontiac Holiday Tournament, but once it did things were a breeze in a 70-36 win over Danville.

Only seven rotational players on the Redwings’ roster of 22 played in the majority of their 64-39 victory, but almost everyone listed on that roster had minutes by game’s end.

Here is the 2024 Suburban Life All-Area football team.

Here is the 2024 Suburban Life All-Area soccer team

The 2024-2025 boys basketball season tips off this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life area.

Lyons senior wide receiver/defensive back Travis Stamm and Downers Grove North senior linebacker/running back Jake Gregorio were among Suburban Life area football players named to the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association All-State teams released Wednesday.

St. Francis junior Mackenzie Krzus had to watch from the stands last season as the Spartans won the Class 3A state title. Krzus was very ready and so were her Spartans teammates as they swept Wheaton Academy 26-24, 25-20 Thursday to win the Class 3A sectional title.

Here are previews and picks for all the second-round games for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Northern Illinois commit Kianna Shields made sure not to just defend but to score as Wheaton Academy topped Burlington Central 25-22, 20-25, 25-20 in the semifinals of the Class 3A St. Viator Sectional. The Warriors advance to face St. Francis, who beat St. Viator 25-9, 25-17.

Wheaton Academy only led by eight points at halftime, but a big defensive effort in the second half produced four turnovers and a 55-19 win against Sandwich in their Class 4A first-round playoff game Friday.

Here are previews and picks for all the first-round games for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here are the opening round pairings for the Class 4A playoffs.

Here are previews and picks for Week 8's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

There is only one week left to earn a spot in the postseason, and plenty of Suburban Life area teams still are battling for a spot. Here are where teams stand before Week 9 kicks off.

Ottawa High School’s wait for sporting glory is over, as the boys golf team won the Class 2A final for the school's first state title. Burlington Central was third, while Marmion's Regan Konen won a three-man playoff to repeat as Class 2A individual champion.

Jeremy Johanik's 46-yard interception return for a touchdown highlighted a dominant defensive effort as Wheaton Academy shut out Aurora Christian 41-0 to clinch the Chicagoland Christian Conference title.

Here are previews and picks for Week 8's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

There are only two weeks left to earn a spot in the postseason, and plenty of Suburban Life area teams still are battling for a spot. Here are where teams stand before Week 8 kicks off.

Here are previews and picks for Week 7's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here are previews and picks for Week 6's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here are previews and picks for Week 5's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Wheaton Academy has been a consistently winning soccer program, and the Warriors are once again off to a strong 10-1 start. That and more in Bob Narang's soccer notebook.

Here are previews and picks for Week 4's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here are previews and picks for Week 3's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Wheaton Academy senior Jeremy Johanik is the third brother to don the Warriors' uniform, and is a two-way starter for a Warriors' team eyeing another deep playoff run after reaching the Class 4A semifinals. That, plus notes on 2-0 Montini, Benet and Fenwick from Bob Narang.

Here is a previews and picks for Week 2's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here is the schedule of upcoming games and matches for the week of Sept. 3 in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Hannah Kenny had 12 kills, 16 assists and 11 digs to lead Willowbrook volleyball past Young in three sets, and Nazareth won four of five doubles matches to beat Wheaton Academy tennis in a dual meet.

Here is a previews and picks for Week 1's games for the 2024 season for teams in the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2024 girls volleyball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

The 2024 boys soccer season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Here is the schedule of upcoming games and matches for the week of Aug. 26 in the Suburban Life coverage area.

Who will be the top dog after Aurora Christian, Wheaton Academy and Hope Academy shared the title? Can Wheaton Academy and Hope Academy match their playoff runs? And can Marian get to the playoffs? Team breakdowns, players to watch and more in the Chicagoland Christian preview.

Here is the 2024 Suburban Life All-Area baseball team.

The Sycamore baseball team met Wheaton Academy in the Class 3A Sycamore Sectional semifinal Wednesday at the Sycamore Community Sports Complex.

Glenbard West turned the tables on last year's lacrosse supersectional loss to Wheaton Academy with a 9-2 win in Tuesday night’s Hoffman Estates supersectional.

Burlington Central scored five goals in the second half to break out of a scoreless halftime game, and beat Wheaton Academy 5-0 in the Class 2A Hinsdale South Supersectional to end the Warriors' unbeaten season and reach the state semifinals.

Westmont's Abraham Johnson, Wheaton Warrenville-South's Amari Williams, Hinsdale Central's Aden Bandukwala, and Downers Grove North's Philip Cupial and 4x800-meter relay team each came away from Saturday's meet with a state title.

Wheaton Academy turned two Elly Andrews free kicks into goals, and went on to a 3-0 win over St. Francis in Saturday's Class 2A Lemont Sectional final.