Watseka Preps

Manteno baseball made it a 5-0 start to the season with Monday's win over rival Peotone and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

Manteno freshman Klarke Goranson won both the girls Class 2A 800 meters and 1,600 meters at the Illinois Top Times Championships and more in Saturday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Daily Journal 2024-25 All-Area boys basketball team.

The Boilermakers improved to 4-0 on the young season behind Lydia Hammond's 14-strikeout effort and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais baseball team won 17-4 in Alabama to improve to 2-1 on the season and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Daily Journal 2024-25 All-Area girls basketball team.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais boys track and field team competed in the SouthWest Suburban Conference Boys Indoor Meet, placing ninth as a team, and more in Friday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The Kankakee baseball team lost its season opener on Tuesday as St. Anne-Donovan's Carter Ponton flirted with a no-hitter, and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Jacob Onnen had the go-ahead RBI single and earned the win on the mound and more in Monday's Daily Journal Roundup.

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

Trinity Davis' half-court buzzer beater to end the first half gave Bishop McNamara plenty of momentum to pull away from Watseka-Milford and win Thursday's IHSA Class 2A Herscher Sectional championship.

Bishop McNamara claimed a 69-38 victory over Watseka-Milford in the IHSA Class 2A Herscher Sectional championship game on Thursday, Feb. 27.

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.

After Watseka-Milford opened the Class 2A Herscher Sectional semis Tuesday with a 14-0 run over Reed-Custer before never looking back, Bishop McNamara used a second-half outburst to down Seneca and set up Thursday's championship.

Watseka-Milford opened the Class 2A Herscher Sectional semis with a 50-24 victory over Reed-Custer on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, to advance to the championship on Thursday.

Watseka got 15 points from Quinn Starkey and a dozen from Andrew Shoemaker as the Warriors downed rival Iroquois West in the opening round of postseason play Monday.

The Watseka-Milford girls basketball team beat Hoopeston Thursday to win the IHSA Class 2A Watseka Regional, the fourth regional championship in a row for the Warriors.

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

Cissna Park finished an undefeated run to the Vermilion Valley Conference girls basketball title and more in Thursday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The St. Anne and Beecher boys basketball teams advanced to Friday's RVC Tournament title game and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup

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.

In a matchup of the area's only two current state-ranked girls basketball teams, the Timberwolves used a pair of runs to sail past Watseka-Milford Monday night.

Cissna Park claims a 61-40 victory over Watseka-Milford on Feb. 10, 2025.

Friday's prep sports scores and results.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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