Rob Oesterle

After 10 years in the program, Matt Adler will enter his first season as the Joliet Catholic Academy girls basketball coach.

The 32-team Morris Boys Shootout, scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, has been canceled due to the expected heat

Morris won the title of its own Ladies Shootout for the first time in the event's 28 years

Former Joliet West basketball standout and 1984 Olympic gold medalist Cathy Boswell has returned to the area and will be an assistant girls basketball coach at Minooka.

Providence Catholic fell 3-2 in eight innings to Chatham Glenwood in the Class 3A state championship softball game, but still produced the best finish in program history

Barrington scored the first run against Lockport in the postseason and advanced to the Class 4A title game with a 1-0, 10-inning win

Providence Catholic's softball team took a 4-1 lead in the third inning and never looked back in a 5-2 win over St. Laurence in the Class 3A state semifinals

The 16-team Morris Ladies Shootout will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, June 17-18.

With only two seniors on its roster, the Providence Catholic softball team will be one of the youngest clubs at the IHSA Class 3A state finals this weekend in Peoria.

Providence rallied from a three-run deficit Monday to defeat defending Class 3A state champion Pontiac 5-4 in nine innings in the Illinois Wesleyan Supersectional.

Morris managed just four hits against Washington's Gavin Lawrence and fell 4-1 in the Class 3A Metamora Sectional final Saturday.

Kelcie McGraw shut out Lincoln-Way Central over 10 innings and RJ Slavicek delivered an RBI triple to lead Lockport to a 2-0 win in the Class 4A Lockport Sectional

Morris baseball rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat Dunlap 8-4 in the Class 3A Metamora Regional, while Joliet Catholic dropped a 5-1 decision to Washington.

Lincoln-Way Central's Bella Dimitrijevic threw a one-hitter with 16 strikeouts and teammate Teagan Berkshire put the finishing touches on a 5-0 win over Lincoln-Way West with a two-run homer.

Ottawa will host Lemont at 6:30 Tuesday in the second Class 3A Ottawa Sectional semifinal, following the 4:30 game between Tinley Park and Providence Catholic