Dixon's Owen LeSage won the IHSA state shot put title to lead the Dukes' medalists on Saturday. Sterling's 4x400 relay took third.

The Morrison boys repeated as IHSA state track and field champions in Class 1A and set multiple records on Saturday. Amboy, Forreston-Polo, Erie-Prophetstown and Oregon also earned hardware.

Bishop McNamara junior Malachi Lee won the 1A high jump title and Bradley-Bourbonnais senior Lyzale Edmon won three medals on Saturday in the 3A meet.

Fulton's Braedon Meyers pitched a two-hitter in a 5-0 win over Orion as the Steamers won a fifth straight regional title. Forreston also won a Class 1A regional title after beating South Beloit 22-2.

Despite things not going Newman's way for most of the game, the Comets baseball team still battled its way back and brought the tying run to the plate before falling 9-7 to Boylan in the Class 3A Belvidere Regional final. 'We never gave up.'

Winnebago scored in four of the first five innings and kept the pressure on Rock Falls all game long in a 9-3 win in the 2A Rock Falls Regional championship game Saturday at Hinders Field.

Crystal Lake Central defeats Woodstock North in the IHSA Class 3A Regional Championship baseball game on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at Crystal Lake Central High School.

Riverdale defeated Byron 11-8 to win the 2A Byron Regional on Saturday, May 30, 2026, and advance to the sectional.

Lincoln-Way Central upsets Lincoln-Way East to win regional title and more in the Herald-News Saturday Roundup.

Blake Chandler and Brayden Meents combined on a shutout as Clifton Central won the rubber game with conference rival St. Anne/Donovan 2-0 in the Class 1A Clifton Central Regional final for the program's first regional championship since 2019.

Minooka continued its dominating play in the postseason breezing to an 11-1, five inning win over Plainfield Central in the championship game of the Class 4A Bradley-Bourbonnais Regional on Saturday.

Wilmington's baseball team downed Coal City 9-0 to win its third straight regional title, Manteno came back to beat Sandwich 9-7 to claim its second straight regional crown and Milford had its season come to an end with a 5-2 loss to Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley.

Marquette claimed a 4-3 victory over Bishop McNamara with a walk-off two-run home run in the IHSA Class 2A Bishop McNamara Regional championship on Saturday, May 30, 2026.

Down to their last out, Marquette's Anthony Couch delivered a walk-off two-run home run to give the Crusaders a 4-3 win over host Bishop McNamara in Saturday's Class 2A regional title game.

The Sterling Golden Warriors fell to Belvidere North 3-2 at Gartner Park on Saturday, ending their season at 14-19.

After losing to Herscher in the regular season, the Lisle girls soccer team responded with a 1-0 win over the Tigers in the IHSA Class 1A Lisle Sectional championship game on Saturday, winning its first sectional title since 2019.

Liz Smith scored two goals in the first 20 minutes, Lila Konrad posted 13 saves and Johnsburg's perfect season continued with a 2-1 win over Willows Academy in the IHSA Class 1A sectional championship girls soccer game at Cristo Rey St. Martin on Saturday.

Seneca overcame a seventh-inning Beecher rally for a 6-5 victory in the IHSA Class 2A Pontiac Sectional championship on Friday, May 29, 2026.

Plainfield North headed up the list of area Class 3A and Class 2A athletes that qualified for Saturdays boys state track finals and more in Friday's Herald-News Roundup.

This year's Fulton softball team raised the bar after the Steamers finished in the Sweet 16 for the first time and won back-to-back regional titles. Fulton fell 8-2 on Friday to a Dakota team that took fourth at state last year.

After Beecher turned a three-run deficit to a one-run lead with a two-out rally in the top of the seventh, Seneca's Emma Mino delivered the walk-off single in the Class 2A Pontiac Sectional championship to give the Fighting Irish their first sectional title in program history.

Host Crystal Lake Central co-op fell behind 5-0 in the first 10 minutes against Barrington and couldn't recover in an 11-6 loss to the Fillies at the Crystal Lake Central Sectional championship on Friday afternoon.

In the Class 2A and 3A prelims at the IHSA Track and Field State Championships, Bradley-Bourbonnais' LyZale Edmon advanced to the finals in the 200 meters and as part of both the 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams while Manteno's Briggs Cann qualified in the 400 meters.

Prairie Ridge faces Kaneland in the IHSA Class 3A Belvidere North Sectional softball final game on May 29, 2026, at Belvidere North High School.

Senior midfielder Brooke Grabs scored in the fourth minute, twin sister Ashlyn Grabs recorded 12 saves and Huntley went 100 minutes with No. 1 seed Warren, falling 2-1 in double overtime during Friday's IHSA Class 3A sectional girls soccer final at Harlem.

Crystal Lake Central faces Belvidere North in IHSA Class 2A Crystal Lake Central Sectional final girls soccer match on Friday, May 29, 2026, at Crystal Lake Central High School.

Sterling and Dixon both had big performances in Friday's preliminaries at the IHSA state boys track and field meet.

Kaneland's 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams took second in both races to reach Saturday's finals at the Class 2A state finals, Drake Gay qualified in the 3A long jump, and more.

Tommy Stokke, a 2009 Minooka graduate who has coached basketball, both boys and girls, from middle school through varsity assistant, has been hired as the next Yorkville High school girls basketball coach.

Belle Curley of Fulton softball is the Sauk Valley Athlete of the Week, presented by Loescher Heating and Air Conditioning. She led off with four hits in the win over top-seeded Morrison to help the Steamers win back-to-back regional titles for the first time. Here is her Q&A.

Congratulations to The Times Athlete of the Week, Streator girls track and field's Kinslee Sweeden!

A wealth of area track and field athletes in Class 1A advanced to the IHSA State Meet's finals, Coal City and Wilmington baseball set up another regional championship rivalry matchup and more in the Herald-News Thursday Roundup.

Bishop McNamara's Malachi Lee, Cale Hamilton and Brock Clott were three of six area boys track and field athletes to advance to Saturday's state finals from the Class 1A prelims at Eastern Illinois University. This and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

Crystal Lake Central faces Wauconda in IHSA Class 3A Regional baseball on Thursday, May 28, 2026 at Fred Tipps Field on the campus of Crystal Lake Central High School.

After getting an out at home plate to end the top of the sixth inning, Bishop McNamara saw Nick Pignatiello deliver the go-ahead, two-run single in the bottom of the inning as the Fightin' Irish scored a 7-5 win in Thursday's regional semifinal battle.

Parker Murry and Marshall Ledbetter were among the Indian Creek and Hinckley-Big Rock track athletes to make Saturday's finals, Sycamore upset St. Francis to reach a baseball regional final and more in the roundup.

Newman junior Joel Rhodes and Sterling sophomore Aron Rivera both went 1-2 on Thursday in singles play to wrap up the season at the IHSA state tennis meet. Sterling's Micah Peterson and Jacob Prevo fell after a close doubles match in consolation.

The Sandwich baseball team got a one-hit shutout from senior Nick Michalek, with help from timely defense, in a 9-0 win over Beecher in Thursday’s IHSA Class 2A Manteno Regional semifinal.

Bud Shanahan went 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs, Wade Ozment held Wauconda to three hits in just over five innings pitched and Niklas Thorsen secured the save as Crystal Lake Central topped Wauconda 6-3 in IHSA Class 3A regional semifinal baseball action Thursday.

The table setters of the Plainfield Central lineup took their job seriously on Thursday setting the stage for an 13-1 five-inning victory over Peoria Richwoods in the semifinal round of the Class 4A Bradley-Bourbonnais Regional.

Morrison's 4x200 relay broke its own state record in Thursday's Class 1A preliminaries. Here is a roundup of area competitors from the opening day of the IHSA state boys track and field meet.

Teams throughout Illinois competed in the 2026 IHSA Boys State Tennis Meet at multiple schools in the northwest suburbs on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

Yorkville sophomore Aiden Kolkmeyer, who won the 110 high hurdles, 300 low hurdles and high jump at the Class 3A Moline Sectional to help lead Yorkville to the sectional title, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Joshua Welge

Sterling grabbed the lead in the top of the first and rode Eli Penne’s gem to a 2-0 victory over rival Dixon in their Class 3A Sterling Regional semifinal Wednesday at Gartner Park.

Rock Falls scored in each of the first five innings, and Carter Hunter pitched 4 2/3 innings of scoreless relief in a 9-5 win over Erie-Prophetstown in Wednesday night’s Class 2A Rock Falls Regional semifinal.

Chase Dykstra pitched a perfect game with 15 strikeouts to send Fulton baseball to Saturday's regional final. Forreston baseball won, Eastland beat Milledgeville and Oregon softball fell against North Boone in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Richmond-Burton faces Johnsburg in a Class 2A Johnsburg Regional semifinal baseball game on Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at Johnsburg High School.

Alex Panos' no-hitter highlighted Lincoln-Way Central's regional win and more in Wednesday's Herald-News roundup.

Maddie Simms had 17 strikeouts to lead Gardner-South Wilmington softball to a win in the IHSA Class 1 Indian Creek Sectional semifinals, Clifton Central baseball walked off Momence in the 1A Clifton Central Regional semifinals and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Boilermakers got home runs from Elise Munsterman and Avery Moutrey, but a pair of Mea Johnson homers and a three-run sixth inning helped East Moline United upset Bradley-Bourbonnais in Wednesday's Class 4A Bradley-Bourbonnais Sectional semifinal.