A schedule of upcoming high school sporting events in the Herald-News coverage area.

No. 3 Coal City knocked off the two teams ranked ahead of it – flipping the script in the Class 1A final to beat No. 1 Vandalia – to win the program's second state title in three seasons. Meanwhile, Joliet Catholic placed third in Class 3A for its third trophy in four seasons.

Plainfield Central’s Alicia Tucker and Lockport’s Claudia Heeney each claimed championships at Saturday's IHSA Girls Wrestling State Finals on Saturday at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.

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Images from the 2025 IHSA girls wrestling state championships in Bloomington on Saturday, March 1, 2025.

Lemont won a boys basketball regional, Joliet Catholic and Coal City advanced at state team wrestling, plus swimming and girls wrestling in Friday's Herald-News Roundup.

Regional host Joliet Catholic rolled past Westmont and into the regional finals, while Lemont and Lincoln-Way East also won in Wednesday's The Herald-News sports roundup.

Sterling's Kaedon Phillips scored 30 points and the Warriors fought off a spirited Morris team to secure a 68-49 win in the Class 3A Morris Regional semifinals on Wednesday night.

Sectional action in boys dual team wrestling and girls basketball in Tuesday's Herald-News Roundup

Bishop McNamara broke a tie at halftime with a second-half run to end Seneca's season in the 2A Herscher Sectional semifinals.