Adam Tumino

A handful of local volleyball teams earned regional semifinal wins and the Kankakee boys soccer team saw its tremendous season end in sectional semifinal penalty kicks in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Coal City and Manteno will meet in Saturday's IHSA Class 1A Coal City Sectional championship after the Coalers downed Herscher 7-2 in Tuesday's semifinals and Manteno beat Chicago Christian 1-0.

Grace Christian advanced to play Gardner-South Wilmington in the IHSA Class 1A Dwight Regional semifinals with its 25-20, 25-16 win over Clifton Central in Monday's quarterfinals.

Manteno secured back-to-back regional titles for the first time in school history with a 3-0 win over Reed-Custer in Saturday's IHSA Class 1A Momence Regional championship.

Herscher had its boys cross country team and boys soccer team both secure regional titles, Manteno's girls cross country team placed second behind Klarke Goranson's win and more in Saturday's Daily Journal roundup.

Bishop McNamara wrapped up its first undefeated regular season since 1998, Bradley-Bourbonnais had its best offensive night of the year to secure a three-way conference title tie and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.

Wilmington claimed its third straight Illinois Central Eight Conference title with a 44-21 home win over Coal City, rushing for 509 yards and sending the Coalers a second-place finish for the third straight year.

Bradley-Bourbonnais rallied to overcome a late deficit in the third set against Champaign Central on Thursday, picking up a win on senior night and wrapping the regular season at 21-13.

Bradley-Bourbonnais picked up a 3-1 win in the IHSA Class 3A Minooka Regional semifinals, putting it a win away from its first regional title since 2017, and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Manteno picked up an 8-0 win in the IHSA Class 1A Momence Regional semifinal, Peotone won 5-0 in the Class 1A Chicago Christian Regional semifinal and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Herscher and St. Anne are set to meet in the championship match of the IHSA Class 1A Herscher Regional after both picked up semifinal wins Tuesday, with the host Tigers beating Bishop McNamara and the Cardinals besting Clifton Central.

Coal City's boys soccer team picked up a 7-0 win in the IHSA Class 1A Illinois Lutheran Regional semifinals, with seven different players scoring, and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

Beecher continued its reign over the River Valley Conference with a win over Grant Park in Monday's RVC Tournament championship match, the Bobcats 71st win in a row over an RVC opponent.

Ben Zobrist, the 2016 World Series MVP with the Chicago Cubs and former Olivet Nazarene baseball star, was the guest speaker Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Hundred Club of Kankakee County.

Tournament host Bradley-Bourbonnais picked up a win in the third-place game of the Moldenhauer Classic on Saturday, where teams from across the state met to prime themselves for the upcoming postseason.