Cissna Park Preps

The Cissna Park boys basketball team beat Grant Park 55-51 Monday in the quarterfinals of the IHSA Class 1A Milford Regional.

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.

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

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 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.

Check out photos from Monday's IHSA Class 1A Dwight Regional semifinals, including state-ranked Cissna Park's win over Ridgeview and host Dwight's victory over Donovan-St. Anne.

Cissna Park finished an undefeated run to the Vermilion Valley Conference girls basketball title and more in Thursday'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.

In a matchup of the area's only two current state-ranked girls basketball teams, the Timberwolves used a pair of runs to sail past Watseka-Milford Monday night.

Cissna Park claims a 61-40 victory over Watseka-Milford on Feb. 10, 2025.

Friday's prep sports scores and results.

Tuesday's prep sports scores and results.

The Manteno girls basketball team won again to stay tied atop the Illinois Central Eight Conference. Plus more results from around the Daily Journal area.

On the boys side, Kankakee fell slightly in the Class 3A poll, from third to sixth

Despite a 65-63 loss to Class 4A No. 3 Rich Township Tuesday night, Kankakee (12-3) climbed two spots from fifth to third in the Class 3A Poll

Watseka picked up their third win in a row to improve to 5-10 on the year

In boys basketball, Kankakee (11-2) leapt to the fifth spot in Class 3A

The Boilermakers opened up 2025 with a nice home win over Richards, bouncing back from consecutive losses in the process. They improved to 10-4 on the season. 

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

Few area athletes in recent years have been able to put together the kind of career that Cissna Park’s Addison Lucht is in the midst of

Herscher was led by Anistin Hackley with a game-high 13 points. Elsie Hoffman finished with 12 points and RyLyn Adams had eight

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