The Cubs offense failed to accomplish much and their season ended with a 3-1 loss at Milwaukee in Game 5 of the National League Division Series.

Stevenson’s girls golf team tried to knock two-time reigning Class 2A champion Glenbrook North off its perch Saturday in Decatur.

The Chicago Blackhawks had a long list of alumni on hand for the home opener of the organization's centennial season. Hall of Famers Chris Chelios, Denis Savard and Jeremy Roenick walked the red carpet with the current players ahead of the team’s game against Montreal.

The Chicago Wolves opened the 2025-26 American Hockey League season with a 4-1 victory over the Wild on Saturday night in Iowa.

Girls Tennis Saturday, Oct. 11 Girls volleyball De La Salle Invite Chicago University d. Lisle 23-25, 25-22, 15-11 Kenwood d. Lisle 25-17, 24-26, 15-12 Lisle d. Argo 24-26, 27-25, 16-14 Huntley Invite Dundee-Crown d. McHenry 25-20, 25-13 Dundee-Crown d. Mundelein 25-18, 25-23 Fremd d. Crystal Lake Central 25-17, 27-25 Fremd d. Eastland 25-13, 25-20 Glenbrook South d. Fremd 21-25, 25-20, 26-24 Huntley d. Crystal Lake Central 17-25, 25-15, 25-20 Huntley d. Glenbrook South 25-22, 10-25, 25-17 (Championship) Huntley d. Harvest-Westminster 25-12, 25-16 Johnsburg d. Barrington 25-20, 25-14 Mundelein d. Johnsburg 25-21, 25-21 Woodstock North d. Harvest Christian 25-23, 25-21 Schaumburg Invite Cary-Grove d. East Peoria 25-13, 25-15 East Peoria d. Elgin 25-11, 25-11 East Peoria d. Elgin 25-16, 25-20 Grayslake North d. East Peoria 25-20, 25-22 Schaumburg d. East Peoria 25-20, 22-25, 15-12 Schaumburg d. Elgin 25-18, 25-21 Schaumburg d. Grant 25-22, 24-26, 15-11 Schaumburg d. Grayslake North 25-20, 25-15 St. Viator d. Addison Trail 25-13, 25-7 St. Viator d. Cary-Grove 25-15, 25-11 St. Viator d. Grant 25-10, 25-18 St. Viator d. Schaumburg 25-9, 25-8 St. Charles East Invite Edwardsville d. Naperville North 25-20, 25-20 Edwardsville d. St. Charles East 25-11, 25-20 Lincoln-Way East d. Rosary 25-12, 25-17 Lincoln-Way East d. Waubonsie Valley 25-19, 25-21 Naperville North d. Plainfield East 25-22, 25-15 Naperville North d. St. Charles East 25-19, 25-16 Naperville North d. Waubonsie Valley 25-23, 25-22 Normal West d. Naperville North 25-17, 25-20 Normal West d. St. Charles East 25-20, 25-17 Romeoville d. Rosary 27-25, 25-22 St. Charles East d. Plainfield East 25-27, 25-15, 15-6 St. Charles East d. Romeoville 20-25, 25-23, 17-15 Waubonsie Valley d. Romeoville 25-13, 25-13 Others Timothy Christian d. IC Catholic Prep 25-10, 25-17 Glenbard South d. Herscher 25-13, 25-22 Naperville Central d. Dixon 21-19, 14-21, 16-14 Boys soccer Bartlett 2, Larkin 1 Belvidere North 2, Benet 1 Boylan 3, Metea Valley 0 Carmel 2, Nazareth 0 Conant 2, Mundelein 0 Crystal Lake South 2, Rolling Meadows 0 Elk Grove 4, Elgin 1 Glenbard South 2, Elmwood Park 0 Grayslake North 7, Richmond-Burton 1 Hampshire 5, St. Charles North 3 Harvest-Westminster 9, St. Edward 0 Hersey 1, Geneva 0 Huntley 2, Barrington 2 Kenosha Bradford 5, Antioch 1 Lake Forest 2, Vernon Hills 0 Lake Park 8, Willowbrook 4 Leyden 5, Downers Grove South 1 Maine South 2, Lemont 1 Naperville North 5, Oswego East 1 Oswego 2, Marmion 1 Palatine 2, Lake Zurich 1 Plainfield Central 3, Neuqua Valley 2 Round Lake 1, Dundee-Crown 0 Schaumburg 3, Prospect 2 South Elgin 2, West Aurora 0 Wauconda 1, Crystal Lake Central 0 West Chicago 8, Ridgewood 1 Wheaton Warrenville South 3, Aurora East 1 Joliet Catholic at St. Viator, 12 p.m. Lakes at Cary-Grove, 10 a.m. Boys cross country 48th annual Wheeling Wildcat Invitational Glenbrook South 15, Waubonsie Valley 56, Wheeling 100, Benet Academy 115, Rolling Meadows 123, Hoffman Estates 126, Maine West 188 Belvidere Black Sail Invite Sycamore 53, Lemont 59, Glenbard East 95, Rockford Lutheran 114, Belvidere 118, West Chicago 177, St. Viator 187, Marian 225, Freeport 266, The Lincoln Academy 294, Genoa-Kingston 298, Harvard 336 Sterling Invite Conant 43, Fenwick 60, Alleman 92, Rockford Guilford 98, Harlem 102, East Moline United 153, Rockford East 159, Rockford Jefferson 200 Girls cross country 48th annual Wheeling Wildcat Invitational Benet Academy 43, Schaumburg 63, Wheaton North 64, Stevenson 73, Conant 101, Wheeling 183, New Trier 204 Belvidere Black Sail Invite St. Viator 56, Lemont 63, Sycamore 89, Glenbard East 133, Genoa-Kingston 142, Elgin 158, Belvidere 174, Richmond-Burton 174, Rockford Lutheran 183, Freeport 229 Sterling Invite Zion-Benton 58, DeKalb 64, Hoffman Estates 80, Sterling 92, East Moline United 115, Princeton 118, Rockford Guilford 146, Rochelle 225, Lanark Eastland 240 Boys golf IHSA finals Class 3A (The Den at Fox Creek, Bloomington), par 72 Team final standings T1. New Trier 589, T1. Evanston 589, 3. York 607, 4. Hersey 611, 5. Geneva 617, 6. Hinsdale Central 619, 7. Moline 620, 8. Barrington 624 Local individual finishers T5. Michael Jorski (HC) 144, Owen Spokas (Her) 144, Caden Petersen (Benet) 144, T8. Nolan Adamczyk (Hampshire) 145, 12. Finn Sullivan (Libertyville) 147, T13. Tyler Samaan (Burlington Central) 148, Rayden Tee (Fremd) 148, Sal Purpora (York) 148, T20. Grant Hickman (York) 151, T23. Colin Lockwood (Her) 152, T25. Gabe Garron (Downers Grove S) 153 Michael Johansen (Wheaton Warrenville S) 153, Sam Uutala (Barr) 153, T29. Cori Lee (Buffalo Grove) 154, Ben Clairmont (Gen) 154, Logan Henning (Jacobs) 154, Brian Huber (York) 154, T34. Ryan Augustine (Batavia) 155, Trenton Kurtz (Stevenson) 155, Eli Havens (HC) 155, T38. Logan Novay (Gen) 156, Luke Ginsberg (Prospect) 156, T42. Graeme Cavanagh (Naperville Central) 157, Matt Trimble (Gen) 157, T50. Colton Woodring (Downers Grove N) 158, Charlie Blomquist (Barr) 158, Nick Torence (Gen) 158, Collin Adelsbach (York) 158, Charlie Hulsebosch (Palatine) 158, Gage Jacobs (York) 158, T57. Kyle Carlson (Her) 159, Tucker Hemminger (Her) 159, Thomas Plumpe (HC) 159, Blake Makowski (Gen) 159, Trevor Naughten (Barr) 159, 63. Henry Esposito (Her) 161, T64. Sam Schauenberg (Barr) 162, Darrin Dick (Palatine) 162, T71. Blaze Burt (HC) 164, Jonathan Radosh (Barr) 164, T75. Anthony Solare (St. Charles East) 165, Ben Bundrant (Barr) 165, T77. Drew Wyent (HC) 166, T81. Will Geiersbach (HC) 168, Colin Pittman (York) 168, T83. Robbie Keller (Gen) 169, 85. Drew Allen (Neuqua Valley) 170, 86. Ben Merdalo (Stevenson) 171, 87. Tyson Daube (Stevenson) 172 Class 2A (Weibring Golf Club, Normal), par 71 Team final standings T1. Normal U 596, T1. Washington 596, 3. Wheaton Academy 604, T4. Lake Forest 609, T4. St. Viator 609, 6. Quincy Notre Dame 610, 7. St. Anthony 616, 8. Ottawa 623, 9. Prairie Ridge 629 Local individual finishers 5. Owen Coniaris (WA) 142, 6. Brady Cross (Lakes) 144, T7. Nick Ratini (WA) 147, T17. Jake Levitan (Vernon Hills) 150, T23. Zak Roesch (StV) 152, Oscar Marzec (StV) 152, T28. Mac Dean (StV) 153, T36. Ben Patel (WA) 156, T51. Charlie Paciga (Montini) 158, T59. Clayton Barnett (WA) 159, T65. Cullen Hughes (StV) 161, Matthew Wallace (StV) 161, T81. Joe Lang (StV) 168 Class 1A (Prairie Vista Golf Course, Bloomington), par 72 Team final standings 1. Teutopolis 623, 2. Fulton 634, 3. Riverdale 637, 4. Harvest Christian Academy 641, 5. Timothy Christian 646, 6. Father McGivney 656, 7. Pittsfield 658, 8. Prairie Central 662 Local individual finishers T4. Liam Lodding (HCA) 148, T6. Mile Van Prooyen (TC) 149, T14. Joshua Smerek (HCA) 153, T32. Peter Huizenga (TC) 162, T38. Mitchell Keith (TC) 164, T56. Ryan Foster (HCA) 170, T60. Jayden Zwemke (HCA) 171, T66. Will Vogelzang (TC) 173, T69. Jackson Raffel (HCA) 175, T80. Nathan Foster (HCA) 180, 81. Cole McQuade (TC) 184, 82. Aidan Brighty (TC) 185 Girls golf IHSA finals Class 2A (Hickory Point Golf Course, Decatur), par 72 Team final standings 1. Glenbrook North 604, 2. Stevenson 609, 3. New Trier 626, 4. Lincoln-Way East 631, 5. Normal U 634, 6. Hinsdale Central 644, 7. Benet Academy 646, 8. O'Fallon Local individual finishers T2. Miah Wanserski (Downers Grove S) 141, 5. Reese Wallace (Barrington), T7. Alia Brazeau (Fremd) 146, Courtney Beerheide (Buffalo Grove) 146, T9. Madeline Gutierrez (Conant) 147, Lauren Gauss (BA) 147, T12. Kayla Beu (St. Charles N) 149, 14. Nanette Zong (Stev) 151, T15. Ava Alimissis (Stev) 152, Teagan Carden (Barrington) 152, T19. Abigail Gizewicz (St. Charles N) 153, T24. Naya Shirsat (HC) 155, Victoria Shao (Stev) 155, T29. Isha Patel (Lake Park) 157, T32. Sophia Joeng (Stev) 158, Merritt Bell (Fremd) 158, T36. Campbell Ray (Stev) 159, Maya Shah (Metea Valley) 159, Samantha Rottinger (Lake Park) 159, T42. Mina Shyam (Waubonsie Valley) 160, Charlotte Labianco (Downers Grove N) 160, T48. Amelia Gambla (HC) 161, Lexi Fertig (Downers Grove N) 161, T52. Ansley Ellis (Metea Valley) 163, Madelyn Maldonado (BA) 163, Olivia Zhang (HC) 163, T59. Reina Maceren (BA) 164, Maya Patel (York) 164, T63. Sara Han (HC) 165, T66. Amaani Patel (Lake Park) 166, 72. Kate Lewis (BA) 172, T74. Anika Danda (HC) 176, T79. Emily Busche (BA) 182, 84. Lauren Busche (BA) 199 Class 1A (Red Tail Run Golf Course, Decatur), par 72 Local individual finishers T29. Nora Schwartz (Aurora Central Catholic) 169, Aiya Ladero (Schaumburg Christian) 169, T50. Alexa Henry (Rosary) 175, T64. Ava Mendez (Montini) 181 Girls swimming 47th annual Trevian Relays Stevenson 184.6, Loyola Academy 168.2, Neuqua Valley 161.6, New Trier 157.7, Fremd 151.0, Evanston 148.1, York 146.6, Lane Tech 141.2, Naperville North 135.7, Fenwick 129.3, Barrington 117.1 Friday's late results Football Hope Academy 64, St. Edward 0 Leyden 31, Morton 22 Palatine 35, Hoffman Estates 21 Boys soccer Timothy Christian 5, Hope Academy 1 Girls swimming New Trier 342, Maine South 201 Hinsdale Central 364, Downers Grove North 106 Upcoming Monday, Oct. 13 Girls volleyball Downers Grove South at Plainfield Central, 5:30 p.m. Latin at IC Catholic Prep, 6:30 p.m. Maine South at Deerfield, 6 p.m. Prospect at Carmel, 6 p.m. Boys soccer Fenton at Downers Grove North, 10 a.m. Glenbard South at Proviso East, 6:30 p.m. Hinsdale South at Nazareth, 4:30 p.m. LaSalle Peru at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m. Boys cross country Aurora Central Catholic at Amboy Invite (Shady Oaks), 11:15 p.m. Girls cross country Aurora Central Catholic at Amboy Invite, 10:30 a.m. Girls Flag football at Buffalo Grove Sectional (1) Carmel vs. Libertyville, 5 p.m. (2) Glenbrook South vs. (6) Fremd, 6:30 p.m. at Lane Sectional (1) Maine South vs. (4) Lane, 5 p.m. (2) Evanston vs. (3) Loyola Academy, 6:30 p.m. at McHenry Sectional (8) Round Lake vs. (5) Antioch, 3 p.m. (7) Harlem vs. (3) Cary-Grove, 5 p.m. at South Elgin Sectional (1) Willowbrook vs. (5) Naperville Central, 5 p.m. (8) Oswego East vs. (3) West Aurora, 6:30 p.m.

A roundup of Saturday’s boys state golf action.

A roundup of conference girls tennis meets from Saturday.

C.J. Carr passed for 342 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 16 Notre Dame pulled away from N.C. State in the second half for a 36-7 victory on Saturday. Carr connected on 19 of 31 passes, including TD tosses of 18 yards to K.K. Smith and 12 yards to Will Pauling in the third quarter.

Drew Pomeranz hadn’t pitched in the majors since 2021, until the Cubs added him to the roster in April. A nice comeback story continued as he started Game 5 on Saturday.

Caleb Komolafe ran for 72 yards and a touchdown and Northwestern held on to beat Penn State 22-21 on Saturday. Preston Stone threw for 163 yards with a touchdown pass to Griffin Wilde, and Jack Olsen kicked three field goals for the Wildcats (4-2, 2-1 Big Ten) who won their third straight.

A roundup of weekend football games from Northwest Cook and Lake counties.

A roundup of weekend football results from DuPage County and the Fox Valley.

MILWAUKEE -- Working as a starting pitcher in the NL Division Series between the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers has been one tough job.

Conant handled the pressure well Saturday, earning a spot in both the first-singles and first-doubles finals for Khrstyna Pivtorak, Advita Deepak and Nidhi Karekar. The trio helped coach Matt Marks' team earn a second straight MSL crown with 55 points to hold off second-place Barrington by 4 at the Mid-Suburban League girls tennis championships.

Head coach Ben Johnson announced Saturday that Theo Benedet would make his first start at left tackle Monday. Benedet earned the job after he replaced Braxton Jones against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 4. Jones had been the team’s starter at left tackle after a competition for the spot during training camp.

LOS ANGELES -- Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of "Annie Hall," "The Godfather" films and "Father of the Bride," whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, has died. She was 79.

Julian Sayin passed for two touchdowns, C.J. Donaldson ran for two more scores, and the Ohio State defense forced three turnovers that resulted in 21 points as the No. 1-ranked Buckeyes defeated No. 17 Illinois 34-16 on Saturday.

A 19-year-old Round Lake man was shot and killed Friday after an argument at a birthday party in Ingleside, police said.

BOSTON -- Colton Dach could have downplayed being promoted to the Chicago Blackhawks' top line going into their second game of the season.

Columnist Bernie Lincicome wonders what will make this a successful season for the Bulls.

It’s a busy sports weekend in Chicago, and there’s reason to hope for good things from the local teams, writes columnist Jim O’Donnell.

Tucked away in Cary are three separate areas of a rare ecosystem created by melting glaciers tens of thousands of years ago called the gravel hill prairies. These dry grasslands are home to many uncommon, threatened and endangered species that volunteers are trying to ensure won’t vanish due to invasive species taking over the land.

Two political newcomers have entered the race for Illinois’ 6th Congressional District seat, a post now held by Democrat Sean Casten of Downers Grove.

Claims about the benefits of cold-water immersion date back centuries. While evidence is building around the positive health effects of swimming in chilly water, bathing in ice or taking cold showers, scientific confirmation is still lacking. But there are strong signs that people can derive mental health benefits from the activity.

Lauren Casey lived with crippling neck and back pain for over 8 years - until doctors at Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights discovered a bone was impaling her brain stem.