Coal City Preps

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.

Providence wins regional championship in girls basketball, Lincoln-Way West wins boys basketball and state wrestling results. That and more in Thursday's roundup.

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

Bolingbrook girls track and field got an indoor home victory, Dwight boys basketball picked up a "W" plus more in the Herald-News Wednesday 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.

Lockport falls to Bradley-Bourbonnais and more in Tuesday's Herald-News Roundup.

Check out from photos of the IHSA Class 2A Coal City Regional semifinals Tuesday, including Reed-Custer's upset of top-seed Coal City and Wilmington's matchup with Joliet Catholic Academy.

A total of 73 Herald-News area wrestlers will take part in the boys individual state finals at University of Illinois' State Farm Center

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

The Lincoln-Way West and Lincoln-Way East girls basketball teams both won, setting up a regional title matchup Thursday, plus other area action in Monday's Herald-News Roundup

Morris boys basketball falls to Freeport and more.

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.

Lemont and Seneca boys hoops both win conference titles. Providence, Reed-Custer and Gardner-South Wilmington also won, plus wrestling results and more scores from around the area in Friday's The Herald-News sports roundup.

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

Seneca and Gardner-South Wilmington won in girls basketball and more results in The Herald-News roundup.

Who will be the last Herald-News team standing in the girls basketball postseason? That and more postseason storylines to watch.

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

The Lockport girls basketball team clinced the SouthWest Suburban Conference crown with a win over Sandburg, it was the program's first earned league title since 1986. That and more in the Herald-News 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 Manteno girls basketball team beat Coal City 53-40 on Monday to win the Illinois Central Eight Conference title, the first for the program since 1990.

The Manteno girls basketball team beat Coal City 53-40 on Monday to win the Illinois Central Eight Conference title, the first for the program since 1990.

Lincoln-Way East, Providence lose and more basketball results in Monday's The Herald-News 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.

Postseason play for girls basketball teams begins Saturday, and several area teams are hoping to add some hardware to their trophy cases

Here are five Herald-News area players to watch for the 2025 season.

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

The IHSA postseason schedules for girls basketball teams across the greater Ottawa/Streator/Morris area.

Lemont won the Medium Team state cheerleading championship, with Providence second and Morris fourth. That more area action, including boys wrestling regionals, in Saturday's Herald-News 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.

Friday's prep sports scores and results.

KJ Miller hit a school-record eight 3-pointers in Plainfield East's overtime win. Bolingbrook rolled and Lockport, Lemont and Lincoln-Way Central all were winners, plus Lockport girls won the bowling regional and more from around the area in the Herald News Sports roundup.

The Bishop McNamara girls basketball team hit the 20-win mark for the third straight season Thursday night and more in Thursday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Lucy Hynes scored a career-high 30 points in Lockport's win, Alyssa Zellers poured in 32 with nine 3-pointers for Seneca and more in Thursday's Herald-News sports roundup.

Joliet has national champion in boxing in Wednesday's roundup.

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.

Tuesday's prep sports scores and results.

Paxton Giertz hit a school-record 10 3-pointers and scored a career-high 43 points to lead Seneca past Beecher, while Bolingbook got 40 points from Davion Thompson in a win over Oswego. That and more in Tuesday's Herald-News Roundup

Several individuals and teams are hoping to come home with a state medal. Here's a look ahead at the boys wrestling postseason in The Herald-News area.

The Coal City girls basketball team got a 21-point first half from Kylee Kennell, setting the stage for them to comfortable earn their 20th win of the season against Herscher Monday night.

Lockport boys basketball beats Joliet Central, Gardner-South Wilmington girls fall to Donovan and more in Monday's The Herald-News roundup.

In the Class 1A state dance finals, Providence finished first, Morris third and Joliet Catholic sixth. That and more in Saturday's Herald-News Roundup

Providence Catholic, Morris and Joliet Catholic Academy advanced to the Class 1A IHSA Competitive Dance finals, while Lincoln-Way West advanced in Class 2A. Lincoln-Way East's boys bowling team also advanced at the state meet, led by a 300 game from Jacob Przybylinski

Gardner-South Wilmington, Lockport win girls basketball, Seneca wins boys wrestling. That and more in Thursday's roundup.

Jacob Reardon scored 27 points to lead Reed-Custer to the win. Seneca rolls behind 35 from Paxton Giertz, plus more scores from around the area in the Herald News Sports Roundup.

Lockport's girls basketball team beat Homewood-Flossmoor for the first time in 20 years, and more in Tuesday's Herald-News Roundup

Led by Matt Williamson, Streator put a sudden, thudding end to Coal City’s hopes of finishing Tuesday night tied with Streator atop the ICE standings, pulling away in the third quarter for a 55-30 victory.