Adam Tumino

Manteno alum and former Illinois football right guard Josh Gesky is trying to make the most of his new life as an NFL player after signing an undrafted free agent deal with the Green Bay Packers a little under a month ago.

Peotone's girls soccer team beat Beecher 2-1 in the IHSA Class 1A Manteno Regional championship, earning its fifth straight regional title, while Herscher beat Reed-Custer 3-1 for its 10th straight regional crown. That and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Beecher softball team secured the program's fourth straight regional title and 11th in the last 12 seasons with a 14-6 win over Manteno in Friday's IHSA Class 2A Manteno Regional championship game.

Wilmington's McKenna Van Tilburg advanced to Saturday's state finals in four events and Milford/Cissna Park's Addison Lucht advanced in three to lead a group of Class 1A girls track and field athletes in Thursday's prelims. That and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

Bishop McNamara's Malachi Lee, Bradley-Bourbonnais' Lyzale Edmon and Kankakee's George Noble are all headed to boys track and field state next week, with all three schools qualifying multiple relay teams as well. That and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Iroquois West's softball team will try and secure its first-ever regional title on Friday after beating Milford/Cissna Park 9-5 in Wednesday's IHSA Class 1A Iroquois West Regional semifinals, rallying for eight runs in the third inning to take control.

Alina Mkhwanazi had a hat trick while Yailen Torres and Rachel Sanchez-Aguilar also scored in Kankakee's regional semifinal shutout, Bradley-Bourbonnais' postseason softball journey began and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

After going scoreless for seven straight innings, Bishop McNamara's softball team belted four home runs in the top of the ninth inning of Tuesday's IHSA Class 2A Seneca Regional semifinal against Wilmington, going on to win a wild extra-inning game 9-4.

Seneca's softball team opened play in its home regional with an 11-0 win over Reed-Custer in Tuesday's semifinals, advancing to Friday's championship game where the Irish will play for their third straight regional title.

The Iroquois West and Momence softball teams opened regional play with commanding quarterfinal wins, with Iroquois West beating Hoopeston 18-8 and Momence beating Illinois Lutheran 10-1, and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Clifton Central softball team opened postseason play with a 9-3 win over St. Anne in the IHSA Class 1A Dwight Regional quarterfinals, giving the Comets their sixth win in the last seven games following a 3-18 start to the season.

The Beecher softball team got a one-hitter from Taylor Norkus in its regular season finale Saturday, downing Lemont 3-1 to finish off the first undefeated regular season (29-0) for the program since 2006, and more in Saturday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais softball team wrapped its regular season with a 15-5 win over Stagg in SouthWest Suburban Conference play, giving the Boilermakers their most conference wins in a season since 2019, and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.

Beecher won its River Valley Conference finale 13-5 over host Momence on Thursday, locking up second place in the conference standings and winning for the 13th time in the last 14 games.

Kankakee cross country coach Rich Olmstead and soccer coach Vincent Mkhwanazi, though not originally from the Kankakee area, have seen the community they love and now call home come together in an inspiring way following March's devastating tornado.