Rob Oesterle

Morris junior Mylie Hughes threw a five-hit shutout and drove in all of her team's runs in a 4-0 win over Kaneland on Wednesday.

Minooka's baseball team improved to 17-2 with a win over Oswego, plus other area action in Tuesday's Herald-News Roundup.

Morris' Colin Pfeifer hit a go-ahead, two-run homer and struck out nine in five innings in a 14-4 win over Ottawa

Despite losing 10 players to graduation from last year, Lockport's boys volleyball team has gotten out to an 11-7 record, plus more in this edition of the Herald-News Boys Volleyball Notebook.

Plainfield Central's baseball team improved to 12-3 with a big win over Westmont and other area action in Friday's Herald-News Roundup.

Adam Gieser, one of just two returning players for the Lockport volleyball team, helped lead the Porters to a 28-26, 25-16 win over Providence Catholic

Domonic Krejci was the male lead in Plainfield South's school musical, and led the Cougars to a 17-25, 25-19, 25-21 win over Joliet Catholic Academy in his first volleyball match of the season.

After an 0-8 start to the season, the Joliet West softball team scored 13 runs in the first inning and beat Joliet Central 19-1 on Tuesday for its second straight win.

Jalese Hays, who had homered earlier in the game, reached on a dropped third strike in the bottom of the seventh to spark the winning rally for Lincoln-Way Central in a 3-2 win over Marist

The Coalers saw their lengthy winning streak snapped in Saturday's nonconference meeting with Plainfield North.

Plainfield North's Brendan Handerson had a double and three RBIs, while pitcher Jackson Schlott struck out eight in five innings to lead the Tigers to a 10-5 win over Coal City.

After earning back-to-back shutout wins Tuesday and Wednesday, the Coal City softball team was stymied in Thursday's nonconference clash with Plainfield South.

Sparkling defensive play highlighted Plainfield South's 9-3 win over Coal City on Thursday.

Colin Baikie moved from the back row to the front row and led Lincoln-Way West with seven kills in a 25-18, 25-19 win over Providence Catholic.

Minooka collected 15 hits and gunned down the potential tying run to end the game in a 10-9 win over Joliet Catholic Academy