Coal City Preps

Minooka boys basketball and Joliet Central and Morris girls basketball were winners in Saturday's Herald-News sports roundup.

Seth Cheney scored 21 and Molly Knight scored 28 as Providence boys and girls hoops win, plus more boys and girls hoops and wrestling results from around the area in the Herald News Sports Roundup.

Coal City went to 7-4 overall this season and 4-1 in ICE play. Herscher dropped to 10-5 (4-1)

Minooka wins girls basketball, Joliet Central wins boys wrestling. That and more in Thursday's roundup.

Reed-Custer boys basketball wins behind 24 points from Jacob Reardon, Lockport and Providence girls teams both win, plus more scores from around the area in Wednesday's The Herald-News Sports Roundup.

Lincoln-Way Central's Korey Cagnolatti hit a shot at the buzzer to give his team a 44-42 win over Lincoln-Way East. That and more in Tuesday's Herald-News Roundup.

Collin Miller scored 30 points in a Lockport boys basketball win, Kazaria Smith scored 37 in a Romeoville girls basketball win and more in Monday's Herald-News sports roundup.

The Lincoln-Way West girls basketball team improved to 9-1 with a win over Hinsdale South. That and more area action in Saturday's Herald-News Roundup

Lockport, Joliet West win boys basketball. That and more in Friday's roundup.

Matt Williamson pointed out after Streator's 46-26 home-opening win at Pops Dale Gymnasium that the team’s focus going into its Illinois Central Eight Conference matchup with Coal City was defense. It showed.

Lockport, Plainfield East girls basketball, Lemont boys basketball triumph. That and more in Thursday's Herald-News Roundup.

The 2024 boys soccer season has come and gone. Now it’s time to recognize the best of the best. Here’s the 2024 Herald-News All-Area Boys Soccer Team.

Wilmington boys hoops wins, Lincoln-Way East girls hoops roll on plus more scores from around the area in our Herald-News Wednesday Roundup.

DJ Porter led Romeoville to a big Southwest Prairie Conference win with 39 points, and more results in The Herald-News Tuesday Roundup.

Coal City beats Streator and more.

We’re proud to present the 2024 Herald-News All-Area Girls Golf Team.

Lincoln-Way West girls basketball gets a win and more in Saturday's The Herald-News roundup.

Lemont, Bolingbrook win boys basketball, Plainfield South wins girls basketball. That and more in Friday's roundup.

Despite some pushes from Peotone, it was Coal City's girls basketball team that came out on top 61-40 to improve to 5-2 overall and 2-0 in ICE play.

Lockport, Plainfield North, Reed-Custer win girls basketball, Joliet Central wins boys bowling. That and more in Thursday's roundup.

Wilmington wins boys hoops season opener, Joliet Catholic improves to 2-0 plus more from girls hoops and boys and girls bowling the Herald News sports roundup.

Plainfield North, Plainfield East and Bolingbrook all opened the Southwest Prairie Conference season with victories. That and more in Tuesday's Herald-News Roundup.

Here is a look at the boys wrestling teams in The Herald-News area for the 2024-25 season

Joliet Central's boys bowling team set a program record, while Lockport and Morris remained unbeaten in girls basketball. That and more in Monay's Herald-News Roundup

Minooka, Lincoln-Way West and Joliet Central all won on the final day of the WJOL Thanksgiving Classic, plus more in The Herald-News Saturday Roundup.

Here is Steve Soucie's Herald-News prep football Class 5A championship game preview, featuring Joliet Catholic and Nazareth.

Romeoville loses a tournament game and more.

Lincoln-Way East and Plainfield South win Thanksgiving Tournaments. Joliet West, Plainfield East and Romeoville with early wrestling wins, plus more scores from around the area.

Lockport girls basketball wins a tournament, Joliet Central a wrestling quad and more in Tuesday's Herald-News sports roundup.

Boys basketball season opened for several area teams, with Minooka and Lemont winning in the WJOL Tournament. Plus, girls basketball and boys bowling results in The Herald-News Monday Roundup

Joliet Central finished seventh, Providence Catholic finished fifth, and more.

DePaul Prep held strong defensively down the stretch, including an Aidan Castette sack of Coalers quarterback Zander Meents as time expired to secure a 21-14 victory that has the Rams in their first state championship game since they were known as Gordon Tech in 1980.

Lockport and Plainfield North were among the winners in girls basketball action Friday night

As the 2024-2025 boys basketball season gets set to tip off, here are team-by-team previews of teams from around the Herald-News coverage area.

Lockport, Coal City, Lemont and Wilmington win in girls basketball. That and more in Thursday's Herald-News roundup.

Here is Steve Soucie's Herald-News prep football preview for the semifinal round of the IHSA playoffs, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

Lincoln Way West and Coal City improve to 2-0, Minooka wins its first game plus more girls basketball scores in the roundup.

Coal City gets a win and more in Tuesday's The Herald-News roundup.

A look at the Herald-News area's girls basketball teams for the 2024-25 season.

Landin Benson nabs a lot of the headlines and for good reason, but it's a whole team effort that has Coal City in the 4A semifinals.

Girls basketball season opened Monday night and we have the results in The Herald-News Monday sports roundup.

Here are quarterfinal results and state semifinal matchups for IHSA playoff teams across the Will and Grundy county area.

Donnie Ladas' late fumble recovery was followed by a fourth-and-inches conversion by Landin Benson to give Coal City a 20-13 win and send the Coalers to the 4A state semifinals.

Coal City faces Dixon in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Class 4A IHSA football playoffs. Friday Night Drive editor Hart Pisani will have live updates, scores and news from the game

The Herald-News prep football preview for the quarterfinal round of the IHSA playoffs, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

Here are second-round results and third-round matchups for IHSA playoff teams across the Herald-News area.

Landin Benson rushed for five touchdowns for the second consecutive game, and went for 168 yards, and Coal City rallied from a three-point halftime deficit to beat Rockford Boylan 33-10 in a Class 4A second-round game.

Plainfield North's boys finished second in Class 3A at the state cross country meet, while Minooka's girls finished sixth. That and more in The Herald-News Saturday Roundup

The Herald-News prep football preview for the second round of the IHSA playoffs, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

Providence volleyball heads to the sectional finals and more.