High School Sports

With all-arounders Sam Phillip, Ava Sullivan and Veda Haake leading the way, the Oswego co-op gymnastics team is en route to perhaps its first state appearance in 23 years. The team made a strong statement Wednesday, winning the program's third straight regional title.

Luke Robinson scored a game-high 20 points, Ryan Wisniewski hit two clutch shots, and Richmond-Burton's boys basketball team got back in the Kishwaukee River Conference race with a 57-48 win over Woodstock on Wednesday night.

Wednesday's prep sports scores and results.

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

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.

Marengo is on path to win its third straight Kishwaukee River Conference title, Crystal Lake Central junior Ruby Macke has a career night, Harvard is having its best season since the 1990s and more in this week's Northwest Herald girls basketball notes.

Lyons' Emma O’Brien and York’s Anna Filosa both reached 1,000 career points during Tuesday's West Suburban Conference Silver Division battle in Elmhurst. The Lions came out on top 58-35.

Tuesday's prep sports scores and results.

York boys basketball beat Lyons in double overtime and Downers Grove South girls basketball clinched the West Suburban Gold title in Tuesday's roundup.

Senior forward Darius Harrington became Dixon's new all-time leading scorer after passing Beau Bailey with a 25-point performance in a 62-40 win over Oregon on Tuesday at the Blackhawk Center.

A secpnd half surge led by senior Zion Gross helped Joliet West to a 62-50 win over Plainfield South on Tuesday.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais boys swimming team hosted Kankakee for the All-City meet on Tuesday, with the Boilermakers taking the win on what was also their senior night.

Caleb Jett scored nine of his game-high 27 points in overtime, and McHenry stayed undefeated in the Fox Valley Conference with a 64-57 win over Burlington Central on Tuesday night.

The Morris boys basketball team used an 11-0 run at the end of the third quarter and into the fourth to grab the lead against Ottawa, then held on for a 42-38 Interstate 8 Conference victory at Kingman Gymnasium on Tuesday night.

Josiah Mitchell scored 19 points off the bench to lead Sycamore, which was playing without Isaiah Feuerbach, to a 62-53 wire-to-wire win over La Salle-Peru on Tuesday.

But even on a night where the offense wasn’t at its best, Batavia made up for it with some excellent defense, holding off the St. Charles North late in a 43-39 victory Wednesday night.

Eddie Jones eclipsed 1,000 career points in an Amboy win, Sterling and Eastland won, Fulton boys beat Morrison, Newman girls fell, Eastland beat Rock Falls and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The Kankakee boys basketball team shut out Crete-Monee in a pivotal second quarter that led the Kays to their 21st win of the season Tuesday night.

Senior Nolan Roper scored Jacobs' first nine third-quarter points and finished with 20 as the Golden Eagles caught fire down the stretch and pulled out a 58-49 win against Cary-Grove on Tuesday.

Highly-touted freshman Cole Kelly came two assists short of a triple double and David Taiwo scored 30 points, as visiting Neuqua Valley started fast and pulled away from Yorkville Christian late for a 94-64 nonconference win.

The Tigers started hot and only got hotter as the game went on. Three players finished in double figures and the clock ran the whole fourth quarter as Plainfield North delivered a massive statement, beating Oswego East 69-42.

Rock Falls finished strong in a 63-56 BNC win over Winnebago on senior night as Ryken Howard and Kuitim Heald each scored 21 points and Cole Mulnix added 14 off the bench. The Rockets have won six straight games.

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.

Congratulations to The Times Athlete of the Week, Streator boys basketball's Nolan Lukach!

Harvard senior Adam Cooke hopes to be a firefighter like his dad one day, but in the meantime he shows his leadership qualities on the basketball court for the Hornets.

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.

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.

In Monday's girls/boys basketball doubleheader, the Ottawa girls used a late burst to post a 54-49 win over the Tigresses, while the Tigers boys raced to a 20-point lead early in the second quarter in an eventual 54-38 triumph over the Pirates.

Despite 28 points from Joliet Central's Erick Contreras, Lockport cruised to a 63-47 win over the Steelmen.

Montini's Nikki Kerstein scored 22 points, including her 2,000th career point, in a win at the GCAC Tournament, Stella Sakalas had 17 points and 10 rebounds in Nazareth's win over Marian Catholic and Sara Abdul scored 26 in a Wheaton North win in Monday's roundup.

Dixon girls basketball won, Newman fell at No. 2 Stillman Valley, E-P beat Morrison, Sterling girls bowling took second at the Big 6 Meet and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Brendan Sanders of Lincoln-Way East has a big night, Lockport is looking good and more in this week's The Herald-News boys basketball notebook.

A schedule of upcoming high school sporting events in the Herald-News coverage area from Feb. 2 through Feb. 8, 2025.

Gen Herion captured three more individual titles and Downers Grove co-op scored a school-record 147.825 points in winning yet another West Suburban Conference Gold Division Meet and overall title in the meet held at Downers Grove South.

A schedule of high school sporting events in the Ottawa/Streator/Seneca area for Feb. 2 through Feb. 8, 2025.

Rock Falls, Amboy and Eastland boys basketball won, Cam Jones scored 29 in a Polo win, Sarah Doughty helped Sterling bowling win the Dixon invite, a number of girls wrestlers advanced to the sectional round and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Dixon battled but fell short as 3-point misses and a late turnover were costly in a 67-63 Big Northern Conference setback to Rockford Lutheran at home on Saturday night.

Lemont held Fenwick to just one basket over the last six-plus minutes, rallying for a 55-46 win in the finale of the Lincoln-Way West Showdown on Saturday in New Lenox.

Izzy Paz got pinned twice a year ago during regionals in her first season wrestling at Wheaton North. On Saturday, she became a regional champion, pinning her first two challengers before earning a 12-1 major decision against Schaumburg’s Mia Phelps.

Palatine rallied from down seven points in the third quarter to beat Cary-Grove 58-52 on Saturday. Adam Bauer scored 16 points and AJ Berndt tossed in 15 for the Trojans.

The La Salle-Peru girls basketball team led after the first quarter Saturday but Ottawa pulled away for a 55-36 victory in an Interstate 8 Conference game.

Led late by Isaiah Weibel - who had quite the Saturday both on and off the court - the Streator Bulldogs held off Washington in overtime at Pops Dale Gymnasium.

Senior forward Dayna Carr returned from injury Saturday and helped Marengo's offense get back on track in the third quarter en route to a 42-26 win over Johnsburg in their Kishwaukee River Conference game.

As his years at Watseka High School have continued to pile up, longtime athletic director, girls basketball and softball coach and PE teacher Barry Bauer has seen it more times than he can remember

Dance teams performed during the IHSA State Dance competition on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025 at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.

After its worst offensive output of the season on Friday night, it would have been easy for Lincoln-Way Central to doubt its capabilities on Saturday against Neuqua Valley, but no such signs were detected as the offense flowed easily in a 71-53 Knights win.

Bradley-Bourbonnais (15-7, 8-4 SouthWest Suburban Conference) won their third straight game

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

Vincas Buzelis scored 13 of his 18 points in the second half and Dillon Orozco hit a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minutes as visiting Hinsdale Central avenged its last loss by beating Glenbard West 54-51 in a matchup of West Suburban Silver leaders for its 19th straight win.

Sandwich senior forward Dom Rome sank a critical free throw with 2.4 seconds remaining and finished with a game-high 25 points for the Indians, who built a double-digit lead in the first half and held off a late surge to beat Johnsburg 64-60.