Downers Grove North Preps

Downers Grove North hosted crosstown rival Downers Grove South in girls varsity basketball on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023.

Downers Grove North freshman Campbell Thulin played with the savvy of an upperclassman Saturday, scoring a career-high 15 points while holding Downers Grove South star Allison Jarvis to two baskets in the Trojans' 43-25 crosstown win.

Downers Grove North hosted crosstown rival Downers Grove South in boys varsity basketball on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023.

Here is the Suburban Life All-Area football team.

Downers Grove North senior Hope Sebek, who scored a game-high 19 points in Downers Grove North’s 38-28 win over defending Class 3A champion Nazareth, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

An imposing rim protector with the bulk to cause problems for opponents at both ends, 6-foot-8 Downers Grove North senior center Jake Riemer has worked to add elements to his game. That, plus notes on Downers Grove South and Benet from Bob Narang.

Owen Thulin scored a team-high 15 points, all in the first half, to lead Downers Grove North to a 56-47 victory over Hinsdale Central in West Suburban Silver Division action.

Makenna Yeager led three Glenbard West players in doubles figures with 19 points, and the Hilltoppers led from start to finish in beating Downers Grove North 54-34 in the West Suburban Silver to remain unbeaten on the season.

Glenbard West hosted Downers Grove North in girls varsity basketball in Glen Ellyn on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023.

Downers Grove North senior Hope Sebek, back on the court eight months after surgery on a torn ACL, scored a game-high 19 points, and the Trojans pulled off a stunning 38-28 upset of Nazareth at the Chicagoland Invitational Showcase to snap the Roadrunners' 34-game winning streak.

Downers Grove North's season ended with a 35-10 loss to Mt. Carmel in Saturday's Class 7A state title game, but the memories, bonds and more will remain for the Trojans.

Mount Carmel used a full-team performance to beat Downers Grove North 35-10 on Saturday to win the Class 7A state title, an IHSA record-tying 15th for the program.

Friday Night Drive reporter Jake Bartelson has live updates and scores from Saturday’s IHSA Class 7A state title football game between Downers Grove North and Mount Carmel.

The Downers Grove North girls basketball team beat Wheaton Warrenville South to finish 4-1 and in second place at the Schaumburg Tournament, Wheaton North's girls advanced to the championship game at Lyons, and York and Morton boys basketball were winners in Friday's roundup.

What will it take for Downers Grove North to pull off the upset against Mount Carmel? Steve Soucie previews Saturday's Class 7A title game.