With Forreston’s loss in sectional baseball, it’s a wrap for another high school sports season in Ogle County and also for this column. Both will return in August.

Glenbard West volleyball and Wheaton Academy boys lacrosse won state championships, Fenwick softball won the Class 3A third-place game behind Sofia Kateeb's one-hit shutout and Michael McMahon's three-run homer paced Fenwick baseball to a sectional title.

It has become very difficult to contain the Minooka baseball team's offense as Edwardsville found out on Saturday as the Indians pounded out 14 hits in a 15-1 win to claim the Class 4A Normal Community Sectional title.

Downers Grove North Oliver Gibson capped off a strong first varsity season – and stellar playoffs – by tripling in the Trojans' first run, but Naperville Central got out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh to win the Class 4A Lockport Sectional final, its first title since 2012.

St. Charles North's postseason run came to an end in the sectional finals after Barrington scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to secure a 4-3 victory for its first sectional title since 2009.

Lincoln-Way Central saw its season come to an end with a 7-1 loss to Sandburg in the title game of the Class 4A Lincoln-Way Central Sectional.

Nazareth sophomore catcher Marco Fiore drove in Landon Thome with the tie-breaking and eventual winning run in the sixth inning, Connor McKay struck out 10 and the Roadrunners – no-hit for five innings – edged De La Salle to win the Class 3A Nazareth Sectional title.

Dane Chock missed almost the entire baseball season for Crystal Lake South, and then his uncle died last week. Saturday, his key at-bat in the sixth inning helped the Gators rally for a 3-2 win over the host school in the Class 3A Grayslake Central Sectional final.

In the biggest game in school history, the Geneva baseball team went small to get things started in an 11-7 win over Rockford Boylan on Saturday in the Class 3A Sycamore Sectional championship game. Josh Frieders was 3 for 3 and scored in both the third and fourth innings.

Crystal Lake South defeats Grayslake Central in an IHSA Baseball Class 4A Sectional Championship game on Saturday, June 6, 2026 at Grayslake Central High School.

The Marquette baseball team racked up 16 hits in an 11-2 win over Wilmington in Saturday's IHSA Class 2A Herscher Regional championship, clinching the 11th sectional title in program history and third in a row following a pair of 1A titles.

Marquette pulled away from Wilmington for an 11-2 victory in the IHSA Class 2A Herscher Sectional championship on Saturday, June 6, 2026.

Sterling baseball player Eli Penne is the Sauk Valley Athlete of the Week, presented by Loescher Heating and Air Conditioning. He pitched a one-hitter in a 2-0 win over Dixon in the regional semifinals. Here is a Q&A with Penne, who will attend UW-Plateville.

St. Charles North baseball senior Ben Auer, who pitched nine innings and allowed just one run and struck out 11, while also driving home two runs off three hits in the regional final, is the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week.

Forreston fell behind early and never recovered in a 10-7 loss to Galena at the 1A Forreston Sectional on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. Galena plays Dakota for the sectional title on Saturday, June 6, at Forreston High School.

Harvest Westminster Academy scored a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to edge Riverdale 2-1 at the 2A Byron Sectional on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.

Wilmington is now a game away from its third straight sectional championship after defeating rival Manteno 6-2 in a Class 2A Herscher Sectional semifinal Wednesday, June 3, 2026.

Kam Alikhan's standout play in center field helped lead Nazareth past Montini 5-2 in the Class 3A Nazareth Sectional semifinals Wednesday.

Geneva swiped 10 bags on the way to a 12-1 win over Belvidere North and Wheaton Academy saw its season end to Boylan in the Class 3A Sycamore Sectional semifinals Wednesday.

The Forreston baseball team got off to a tough start and just could not get over the hump in a 10-7 loss during Wednesday’s Class 1A Forreston Sectional baseball semifinal matchup against Galena.

Colin Doyle struck out 11 and Downers Grove North held off a late Lockport rally to capture a 7-6 win in the Class 4A Lockport Sectional nightcap. In the first semifinal, Naperville Central's Grant Umbright shut out Hinsdale Central in a 2-0 affair.

After quickly falling behind in Wednesday's Class 2A Herscher Sectional semifinal against Manteno, Wilmington quickly responded, anchored by highlight days from seniors Ryan Kettman and Dirks Geiss in a 6-2 win.

Joliet Catholic lost to Dunlap in the Washington Sectional semifinals on Wednesday. “It’s only up from here. ... We’re only going to keep getting better.”

Crystal Lake South faces Deerfield in the IHSA Class 3A Grayslake Central Sectional semifinal baseball game Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at Grayslake Central High School.

Crystal Lake Central faces Grayslake Centralin the IHSA Class 3A Grayslake Central Sectional semifinal baseball game Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at Grayslake Central High School.

St. Charles North's baseball team scored twice in the top of the sixth inning and held off top-seeded Huntley 6-5 in a semifinal of the Class 4A McHenry Sectional on Wednesday.

St. Charles North faces Huntley in an IHSA Baseball Class 4A Sectional Semifinal on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at McHenry High School in McHenry.

Wade Ozment held Grayslake Central to two runs over five innings and Logan Laudadio delivered a two-run single in the fifth for Crystal Lake Central, whose season ended with a 4-3 loss to the Rams in Class 3A sectional semifinal baseball action Wednesday.

Crystal Lake South junior Michael Silvius pitched six innings of two-hit shutout baseball and hit a home run to lead the Gators past Deerfield 6-0 in their Class 3A Grayslake Central Sectional semifinal Wednesday.

Minooka's potent offense continued its torrid postseason, and Zane Caves pitched masterfully as Minooka topped Normal Community 8-2 in the semifinal round of the Class 4A Normal Community Sectional on Wednesday.

Shaylen Kshatriya didn't make Lake Park's team as a junior and opted to be the team manager. But he's worked his way into the Lancers' lineup this year, and on Wednesday hit a tie-breaking two-run double in the sixth to rally Lake Park past York 10-6 in a sectional semifinal.

After each team snapped a regional title drought this year, both Clifton Central and Gardner-South Wilmington had their seasons come to an end Wednesday in the Class 1A Dwight Sectional semifinals.

The Marquette baseball team banged out 15 hits, including four home runs, in a 15-3 victory over IC Catholic Prep in Wednesday's Class 2A Herscher Sectional semifinal. The Crusaders will take on Wilmington at 10 a.m. Saturday in the championship game.

Putnam County defeated Newark 11-1 on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at Putnam County High School. The Panthers will take on Fulton on Saturday at 11a.m. for the Sectional title.

Fulton defeated Parkview Christian 12-1 in five innings on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at Putnam County High School in Granville. Fulton will play for the Sectional title on Saturday at 11a.m.

The Geneva High School baseball team took on Belvidere North Wednesday in a Class 3A sectional semifinal at the Sycamore Community Sports Complex.

The Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp hosted their Little League Night on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Schweickert Stadium at Veterans Park in Peru. Check out photos from the event by MaKade Rios.

Ottawa's Adam Swanson was named the Interstate 8 MVP as Pirates and co-champ Kaneland each had six selections. Sycamore and Morris had three selections each, La Salle-Peru had two and Rochelle had one. Every team had one honorable mention.

Nazareth senior Landon Thome has been named the Gatorade Illinois baseball Player of the Year for the second consecutive year, the school announced in a news release Tuesday.

Fulton's Braedon Meyers pitched a two-hitter in a 5-0 win over Orion as the Steamers won a fifth straight regional title. Forreston also won a Class 1A regional title after beating South Beloit 22-2.

York baseball upset No. 1-seeded Willowbrook in a regional final, IC Catholic Prep softball won a sectional title, Nazareth baseball won its ninth straight regional championship and Hinsdale Central baseball rallied to beat Benet in eight innings, plus soccer and volleyball.

Rocco Szambelan threw a six-hitter with seven strikeouts as JCA beat Morris 8-2 to win the Class 3A Joliet Catholic Regional title

Despite things not going Newman's way for most of the game, the Comets baseball team still battled its way back and brought the tying run to the plate before falling 9-7 to Boylan in the Class 3A Belvidere Regional final. 'We never gave up.'

Colin Shields fired a complete-game two-hit shutout with three strikeouts to lead Newark baseball past Yorkville Christian to a regional title, Crew Staudacher tossed a two-hitter with nine strikeouts as Parkview Christian won a regional, and Sandwich lost a lead late in its one.

No. 9 hitter Emilio Gandarilla's first varsity home run, a two-run shot with two out in the fifth inning, broke a tie, and Downers Grove North went on to a 12-7 win over Yorkville in the Class 4A Oswego East Regional final for the Trojans' fourth straight regional title.

Winnebago scored in four of the first five innings and kept the pressure on Rock Falls all game long in a 9-3 win in the 2A Rock Falls Regional championship game Saturday at Hinders Field.

Wheaton Academy jumped out with seven runs in the first two innings and then held off a Sycamore rally to beat the Spartans and win a regional title on Saturday.

Crystal Lake Central defeats Woodstock North in the IHSA Class 3A Regional Championship baseball game on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at Crystal Lake Central High School.

Riverdale defeated Byron 11-8 to win the 2A Byron Regional on Saturday, May 30, 2026, and advance to the sectional.

Rock Falls battles Winnebago in their Class 2A Rock Falls Regional title game at Hinders Field in RF on Saturday, May 30, 2026. Winnebago won the game and the title 9-3.