Kathlyn Bainbridge put up 16 points, including all seven of St. Charles East's points in overtime, while adding nine rebounds and six steals in a 43-39 OT victory over York.

There's a prominent addition to the Class 8A field in Mount Carmel, but there's plenty of teams that are hoping than can keep the Caravan from collecting 8A hardware. Steve Soucie breaks down the opening round of the 2025 IHSA Class 8A Playoffs.

Although no matchups between undefeated teams will occur in the last week of the regular season, there are plenty of critical matchups that will shape the playoff field. Steve Soucie looks at the top games of Week 9.

Get ready for Week 9 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Suburban Life coveragea area.

Looking for a game of consequence in Week 8? You won't have to look far in a loaded slate of high impact contests. Steve Soucie looks at the top games of Week 8.

Get ready for Week 8 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

Downers Grove North hosted York Friday night on the gridiron.

There aren't any games in Week 7 that pair two currently undefeated teams. But the week doesn't lack games that have major consequences for teams on both sidelines. Steve Soucie looks at the top games of Week 7.

Get ready for Week 7 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Suburban Life area.

Get ready for Week 6 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

There's over 50 teams that have already made themselves playoff eligible with their fifth win. But there's an extensive list of interesting games that don't involve any of those squads. Steve Soucie looks at the top games of Week 6.

Join hosts Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz as they preview Week 6 in the western suburbs in Illinois high school football.

Get ready for Week 5 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Suburban Life area.

Get ready for Week 4 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Suburban Life coverage area.

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

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

Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz break down Week 1 in Illinois high school football for Kane, DuPage, and Kendall counties and preview Week 2

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

Join hosts Steve Soucie and Josh Welge as they preview an exciting Week 1 in Illinois high school football on the Friday Night Drive podcast

Join hosts Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz as they preview Week 1 in Illinois high school football for Kane and DuPage counties on the Friday Night Drive podcast.

With the kickoff of the high school football season days away, here is the Friday Night Drive preseason Top 25. Who is No. 1?

Here are Gary Duncan's photos from York's football practice on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.

The Illinois high school football season gets underway Monday, Aug. 11, with the start of preseason practices. Here are some of the top storylines to watch in the Suburban Life area this season.

Friday Night Drive’s Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz discuss what the IHSA football schedule will look like in the western suburbs for the 2025 season, games they are looking forward to, and more

After a scoreless regulation and overtime, the York girls soccer team lost to Lane Tech in penalty kicks in the Class 3A Dominican University Supersectional on Tuesday

Wheaton Warrenville South senior Amari Williams broke 37 seconds for the first time to defend his Class 3A state title, Downers Grove North broke the Class 3A 4x800 state record to defend its title and Glenbard South junior Kyle Quaid-Bowman won the Class 2A pole vault.

York girls soccer face Hinsdale Central in the Class 3A Downers Grove South Sectional final on Friday, May 30, 2025 in Downers Grove.

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

York hosted Downers Grove North varsity baseball on Monday, May 19, 2025 in Elmhurst.

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.

Batavia used a combination of lockdown defense and the hot shooting from behind the arc of seniors Kaidyn King and Natalie Warner to get a 50-32 victory over York for their fourth straight regional title.

Batavia faced York girls basketball in the Class 4A Geneva Regional final on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025 in Geneva.

Junior Olivia Silkaitis put up a game-high 16 points to help lead seventh-seeded York to a 53-29 victory over No. 10 Geneva in a Class 3A regional semifinal.

Geneva faced York girls basketball on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 in the Class 4A Geneva Regional semifinal in Geneva.

York hosted Lyons Township in girls basketball on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 in Elmhurst.

An Elmhurst native with experience as both a coordinator and position coach, Rob Harley has joined the Northern Illinois University football coaching staff as defensive coordinator.

York hosted Lyons Township in boys varsity basketball on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 in Elmhurst.

Congrats to all of the players who made Friday Night Drive's 2024 Team of the Year

Downers Grove North girls basketball hosted York on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 in Downers Grove.

Loyola entered the final game of the IHSA football season hoping to claim its third consecutive state championship and as a heavy favorite to do so. The Ramblers got it with a 35-14 Class 8A win on Saturday night at Illinois State University, but York made them work for it.

The York and Loyola football teams squared off in the Class 8A state championship Saturday in Hancock Stadium at Illinois State University in Normal.

York faces Loyola in the state title game of the 2024 Class 8A IHSA football playoffs. Friday Night Drive editor Steve Soucie will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Join hosts Steve Soucie, Michal Dwojak and Josh Welge as they get you ready for the exciting matchups in the state title games of the IHSA football playoffs

Join hosts Matt Rodewald and Steve Soucie as they break down the semifinals of the IHSA football playoffs and look ahead to the state title games

Join hosts Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz as they preview the state title games of the IHSA football playoffs in the western suburbs

Naperville Central hosted York football in a Class 8A state semifinal game on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 in Naperville.

Join hosts Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz as they preview the semifinal round of the IHSA football playoffs in the western suburbs

Join hosts Matt Rodewald and Steve Soucie as they break down the quarterfinals of the IHSA football playoffs and look ahead to the semifinals

York faced Oswego East girls basketball in a York Thanksgiving Tournament game on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 in Elmhurst.

York hosted Warren in a Class 8A quarterfinal on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 in Elmhurst.