Coal City's Cooper Morris, Brody Widlowski, Aidan Kenney and John Keigher are the area's four boys wrestling state semifinalists and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Watseka-Milford girls basketball team beat Hoopeston Thursday to win the IHSA Class 2A Watseka Regional, the fourth regional championship in a row for the Warriors.

After Kankakee's furious rally to open the fourth quarter put the Kays in the driver's seat of Thursday's Class 3A Kankakee Regional championship, Ottawa came back to force overtime, snapping a 13-year regional drought in the extra frame.

Senior Leah Grace had a game-high 23 points to lead Reed-Custer to a 51-42 win over Joliet Catholic to capture the Class 2A Coal City Regional title, the first regional crown for the program since 2005-06.

Mason Schweizer previews the local boys basketball scene ahead of regional play, which begins with quarterfinal action Monday.

The Peotone boys basketball team beat Herscher in the Illinois Central Eight Conference finale for both teams, and Gardner-South Wilmington fell to Dwight.

In the final AP Boys Basketball Polls until the postseason, Kankakee tied its highest state ranking of the season while BBCHS, Bishop McNamara and St. Anne all received votes.

The Manteno and Watseka-Milford girls basketball teams advanced to the title game of their regionals and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The Kankakee girls basketball team took down Pontiac on Tuesday to advance to the title game of the IHSA Class 3A Kankakee Regional.