Kankakee Preps

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.

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.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais wrestling team will retain its All-City crown for yet another year

The Boilermakers cruised to their 19th All-City title in a row on Wednesday, beating Bishop McNamara, Manteno and host Kankakee by a combined score of 192-55.

After trailing at the end of both the second and third quarters, the Kays rallied behind a fanbase that energized them to rally in the final frame

It’s been a few decades, but Alex Renchen still remembers the type of player Troy Caldwell was on his late 1988 Kankakee Junior High eighth grade team that made a run to the IESA State Finals

The Kays picked up a Southland Conference win on the road Friday, extending their winning streak to four games. They improved to 16-3 overall and 6-1 in conference play

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

Reed-Custer (151.5 points) picked up a fifth-place finish as hosts of the Comet Classic

Kankakee boys basketball coach Chris Pickett was the first to admit that the start to the Kays' senior night game against Clemente Friday night was “sloppy.”

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

The Kankakee boys basketball team faced one of its biggest tests of the season on Tuesday

It was a close game throughout, but featured just one lead change.

After 10 straight games away from home over the last five weeks, the Kankakee girls basketball team finally set foot on their home court again on Monday

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 team got reinforcements to help take that step when senior guard Jordan Davis moved back to town

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

Kankakee boys basketball coach Chris Pickett felt pretty good about the Kays' chances with the way they’d been playing

The Kays improved to 9-1 on the year with their second dominant showing in as many nights of the tournament

The win was their sixth in a row as they improved to 8-1 and advanced to Friday’s semifinal against Dunlap. The Panthers fell to 4-4

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

Kankakee is the lone school in the area to see its boys and girls teams both in the top 10

Coal City defeated Herscher 53-26 on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 at Coal City High School.