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The Kankakee baseball team lost its season opener on Tuesday as St. Anne-Donovan's Carter Ponton flirted with a no-hitter, and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

After capping off her sophomore season with a state silver medal, Central-Iroquois West's Payton Temple is this year's Daily Journal Girls Wrestler of the Year.

The 2024-25 Daily Journal All-Area wrestling team.

Payton Temple's headed to the state semifinals in girls individual wrestling and Coal City's in the semis for boys team wrestling in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.

Behind Ray Lee's 37 points, Manteno got past rival Peotone in double overtime while Bishop McNamara earned a regional championship rematch and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

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

The IHSA Boys Wrestling Individual State Finals get underway Thursday, and 25 wrestlers representing five local teams will be among the competitors.

The Cissna Park and Bishop McNamara girls basketball teams advanced to the championship games of the perspective regionals and more in the Monday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Central-Iroquois West's Payton Temple qualified for the IHSA Girls Wrestling State Final and more in the Daily Journal Weekend Roundup.

Check out photos from Saturday's IHSA Class 1A Coal City Boys Wrestling Sectional.

The Coal City wrestling team hosted sectionals over the weekend and had 13 wrestlers advance to state, seven with first-place finishes. Reed-Custer advanced five and Wilmington and Seneca three.

The Coal City wrestling team hosted sectionals over the weekend and had 13 wrestlers advance to state, seven with first-place finishes, to lead a handful of area teams.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais boys basketball team won their seventh game in a row and more in Friday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The Tri-Point girls basketball team beat Central on Thursday to win the River Valley Confernce title outright with a 16-0 conference record, keeping Central in second at 14-2.

The Central Comets fell to Tri-Point 46-44 in the River Valley Conference title match on Thursday, Feb 13.

The St. Anne and Beecher boys basketball teams advanced to Friday's RVC Tournament title game and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup

Mason Schweizer looks at the girls basketball regional fields ahead of the postseason, as well as a few boys basketball players making historic marks on their programs.

The Kankakee girls basketball team dropped a tough game on the road Monday and more in Monday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The Coal City boys wrestling team won the Herscher Regional with relative ease on Saturday, with all 14 wrestlers finishing in the top three of their weight class.

The Coal City boys wrestling team will serve as sectional hosts on Feb. 14, where 14 Coaler wrestlers will compete in their home gym.

Sectional qualifiers from the wrestling teams for Kankakee and Bradley-Bourbonnais and more results in the Daily Journal Weekend Roundup.

The Coal City boys wrestling team won the Herscher Regional with all 14 wrestlers finishing in the top three of their weight class. Seneca is sending six to sectionals.

Several boys wrestling teams competed in IHSA Class 1A Herscher regional on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. Coal City, Reed-Custer, Central-Iroquois West, Bishop McNamara, Manteno, Peotone, Wilmington, Dwight, Seneca and Herscher wrestlers aimed to advance.