Rob Oesterle

Joliet West led Bloom 27-21 at halftime in the Class 4A Joliet Central Regional, but the Tigers couldn't sustain the lead and dropped a 50-46 decision.

A lot of things went right for Providence in the Class 3A Marian Catholic Sectional, but the thing that mattered most, the score, did not as the Celtics fell 33-29 to the host school.

Sterling's Kaedon Phillips scored 30 points and the Warriors fought off a spirited Morris team to secure a 68-49 win in the Class 3A Morris Regional semifinals on Wednesday night.

Sectional action in boys dual team wrestling and girls basketball in Tuesday's Herald-News Roundup

Molly Finn hit a driving layup with 2 seconds remaining to give Lincoln-Way West a 49-48 win over Lockport in the Class 4A Rich Township Sectional

Two brothers, Judah and Justus Heeg, won state championships while wrestling for Lemont and Providence Catholic, respectively

She is only a junior, but Morris' Landrie Callahan recently became the school's all-time leading scorer in girls basketball.

Lemont's Judah Heeg and Providence Catholic's Justus Heeg each won a Class 2A state championship

A total of 21 Herald-News area wrestlers placed between third and sixth to earn medals at the IHSA boys state wrestling finals at the University of Illinois on Saturday.

Seneca's Raiden Terry takes third while teammate Jeremy Gagnon claims fourth in the Class 1A Individual State Wrestling meet on Saturday.

Coal City used strong defense in the first half and hot shooting in the third quarter to get its 20th win in a 56-25 victory over Gardner-South Wilmington.

Coal City used strong defense in the first half and hot shooting in the third quarter to get its 20th win in a 56-25 victory over Gardner-South Wilmington.

Senior Leah Grace had a game-high 23 points to lead Reed-Custer to a 51-42 win over Joliet Catholic to capture the Class 2A Coal City Regional title, the first regional crown for the program since 2005-06.

Senior Leah Grace had a game-high 23 points to lead Reed-Custer to a 51-42 win over Joliet Catholic to capture the Class 2A Coal City Regional title, the first regional crown for the program since 2005-06.

In the Class 2A Coal City Regional semifinals Tuesday, Reed-Custer scored an upset of the host Coalers before Wilmington's comeback came up just short to Joliet Catholic.