February 06, 2025
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Bishop McNamara High School sports scores, news, information and more from the Daily Journal and Shaw Local News Network

BBCHS takes first at All-Area girls bowling meet

The Bradley-Bourbonnais girls bowling team won the All-Area meet on Wednesday while Kankakee senior Serena Birr placed first as an individual.

By Adam Tumino●

Photos: All-City girls bowling

Check out photos from Wednesday's All-city girls bowling meet, which included BBCHS, Kankakee, Bishop McNamara, Herscher and Peotone.

By Mason Schweizer●

Area boys wrestling teams gearing up for regionals

Area boys wrestling teams will be competing at regionals on Feb. 8, with several local schools being represented by some of the top-ranked wrestlers in Illinois.

By Adam Tumino●

Allen becomes Boilers all-time scoring leader: Daily Journal Tuesday roundup

Tuesday's prep sports scores and results.

By Mason Schweizer and Adam Tumino●

Irish overcome slow start to pick up conference win over Chicago Christian

The Bishop McNamara boys basketball team emerged victorious from a hard-fought Chicagoland Christian Conference game against Chicago Christian on Friday

By Adam Tumino●

Boilermakers retain All-City wrestling crown with dominant performance

The Bradley-Bourbonnais wrestling team will retain its All-City crown for yet another year

By Mason Schweizer●

Photos: All-City Wrestling meet won by Bradley-Bourbonnais

The Boilermakers cruised to their 19th All-City title in a row on Wednesday, beating Bishop McNamara, Manteno and host Kankakee by a combined score of 192-55.

By Mason Schweizer●

‘The top thing is buy-in’: Streator selects Jay Slone as next head coach

Streator High School this week hired Jay Slone, a Bishop Mac, Valparaiso University and international former player, to become the Bulldogs' next head varsity football coach.

By J.T. Pedelty●

Christ the King explodes in second half for comeback win at McNamara

The Gladiators improved to 14-7 and 3-0 in the conference as the Irish dropped back-to-back games to slide to 17-4 (1-2)

By Mason Schweizer●

McNamara continues surge with monster win over Aurora Christian

It was the second win in as many days for the Irish

By Mason Schweizer●

McNamara, Manteno come together for a good cause

Ahead of Tuesday’s boys basketball game at Bishop McNamara and Manteno, the two schools came together to raise money and stuffed animals for Comer Children’s Hospital in Chicago

By Mason Schweizer●

Year in review: Top sports stories in Kankakee County for 2024

The greater Kankakee area continued to make waves in the sports scene in 2024

By Mason Schweizer●

Silent no more: Bishop McNamara erupts in Silent Night game

Bishop McNamara’s student section prepares to celebrate as the 10th point nears the rim Friday night during the annual Silent Night game

By Tiffany Blanchette●

Bishop McNamara's Zinanni Stadium torn down; To be rebuilt ahead of next school year

It’s been almost 70 years since a group of parents and some of their friends in the construction business began to build the football stadium at then-St. Patrick Central High School

By Mason Schweizer●

Basketball: Kays boys keep state ranking; Mac, Watseka, Cissna Park girls in top 10

The second week of the IHSA AP Basketball Polls were released Wednesday, with four area boys and girls teams earning the distinction of being state-ranked

By Shaw Local News Network●

Basketball: Kays boys and girls both ranked; Mac, Watseka, Cissna girls all ranked

Kankakee is the lone school in the area to see its boys and girls teams both in the top 10

By Shaw Local News Network●