REDWINGS SOAR: Benet Academy ranked No. 2 in the nation amoung high-school athletic programs

BY LARRY ATSEFF

MaxPreps, the CBS Sports Network website for high-school sports nationwide, recently named Benet Academy in Lisle as the second-best athletic program in the country for 2019.

In 2019, the college prep high school won state titles in girls soccer, girls tennis, girls cross country, boys soccer and girls volleyball. Benet also had state finishers in boys cross country, girls swimming and boys golf. In addition, they had a playoff run in football and girls golf.

Further, seven of the school’s nine fall varsity teams competed on the last days of their seasons. For all sports in the 2019 calendar year, a total of 115 studentathletes earned state letters, which represents nearly ten percent of Benet’s student-body. ■