Lincoln-Way Central saw its season come to an end with a 7-1 loss to Sandburg in the title game of the Class 4A Lincoln-Way Central Sectional.

Lincoln-Way West's softball team upset top-ranked Marist 2-1 and advanced to the IHSA Class 4A state championship game behind a gutsy performance from pitcher Abby Brueggmann and the rest of the Warriors.

Colin Doyle struck out 11 and Downers Grove North held off a late Lockport rally to capture a 7-6 win in the Class 4A Lockport Sectional nightcap. In the first semifinal, Naperville Central's Grant Umbright shut out Hinsdale Central in a 2-0 affair.

Joliet Catholic lost to Dunlap in the Washington Sectional semifinals on Wednesday. “It’s only up from here. ... We’re only going to keep getting better.”

Minooka's potent offense continued its torrid postseason, and Zane Caves pitched masterfully as Minooka topped Normal Community 8-2 in the semifinal round of the Class 4A Normal Community Sectional on Wednesday.

The Providence softball team was known for getting it done in late innings last year on the way to a Class 3A runner-up finish, but the Celtics couldn't do it again Monday in a 1-0 loss to Dunlap in the East Peoria Supersectional.

Seneca junior pitcher Hayden Pfeifer scattered four hits, walked one and struck out 11 in leading the softball Fighting Irish to a 3-0 Class 2A supersectional victory over Brimfield at EastSide Centre on Monday.

With their 2-0 upset of Macon Meridian in the Class 1A Illinois Wesleyan Supersectional on Monday, the Gardner-South Wilmington softball team is enjoying something no other GSW softball team has enjoyed before. They’re heading to state.

Aiden Connors, who helped Plainfield North win the Class 3A cross country title last fall, won the Class 3A 3,200-meter run at the IHSA state track and field meet Saturday, while Dwight's Graham Meister three-peated in the Class 1A shot put with a record throw and won discus.