Manteno Preps

Bradley-Bourbonnais' Nick Allen, Grant Park's Blake Brown and Manteno's Ray Lee all set the career scoring records at their schools this season.

Seven area girls basketball players earned all-state recognition by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association.

Despite Ray Lee's pair of first-half buzzer beaters and a halftime lead, Manteno's bid for back-to-back regional titles came up short to Southland College Prep, who won its first-ever regional Friday.

Behind Ray Lee's 37 points, Manteno got past rival Peotone in double overtime while Bishop McNamara earned a regional championship rematch and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Seneca girls basketball team beat Manteno 50-34 in the championship game of the Class 2A Beecher Regional on Friday.

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

The Manteno and Watseka-Milford girls basketball teams advanced to the title game of their regionals and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais boys basketball team won their seventh game in a row and more in Friday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Manteno senior Ray Lee broke the program's scoring record on Tuesday against Peotone while helping lead the Panthers to a dramatic comeback victory.

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.

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.

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.

The Streator boys basketball team clinched the Illinois Central Eight title with a 41-33 win over Manteno on Friday, a matchup between the top two teams in the conference.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

Wednesday’s matchup of two of the area’s top girls basketball teams lived up to the hype in Watseka Wednesday

Ahead of Tuesday’s boys basketball game at Bishop McNamara and Manteno, the two schools came together to raise money and stuffed animals for Comer Children’s Hospital in Chicago

The Coalers picked up their sixth win in a row to improve to 13-5 and 6-1 in the ICE

Manteno improved to 11-6 on the season overall and 5-1 in conference play while Herscher fell to 4-11 overall and 1-5 in conference

Manteno held a five-point lead at halftime before Herscher cut it to three midway through the third

Manteno girls basketball held on to win 51-36 and move to 15-0 overall and 6-0 in conference play. The Tigers fell to 10-7 (4-2).

The Panthers ran away with a 31-point win at home on Monday

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. 

Manteno placed third as a team at the Eisenhower Rookie Rumble on Friday

The greater Kankakee area continued to make waves in the sports scene in 2024

Manteno senior Ray Lee had a Kankakee Holiday Tournament to remember

Manteno’s Ray Lee dazzled for much of the title game of the blue bracket title game

The Panthers got into the Christmas spirit with a win to open tournament play on Monday. Their 19-point win improved their overall record to 10-0 on the season

The Streator boys basketball team scored the final six points in a 54-48 Illinois Central Eight Conference win over Manteno on Friday at Pops Dale Gym in a battle of unbeaten league squads.

Herscher was led by Anistin Hackley with a game-high 13 points. Elsie Hoffman finished with 12 points and RyLyn Adams had eight

Kash Goranson’s high school soccer journey was not always the smoothest

The Boilers improved to 5-0 while the Panthers dropped to 1-4.

On a perfect day for racing, Manteno freshman Klarke Goranson took full advantage