Prairie Ridge's Reese Mosolino tossed nine shutout innings, and Emma Dallas hit a walk-off RBI double to score Karsyn Ledgerwood as the Wolves outlasted Kaneland 1-0 Friday in nine innings to win the Class 3A Belvidere North Secitonal title.

Prairie Ridge faces Kaneland in the IHSA Class 3A Belvidere North Sectional softball final game on May 29, 2026, at Belvidere North High School.

Ellie Peck tossed her third complete game of the postseason and Madi Kossakowski collected extra-base hits in her first three at-bats Wednesday to lead Kaneland past Woodstock North 7-4 in the teams' Class 3A Belvidere North Sectional semifinal.

The Kaneland and Woodstock North softball teams traveled to Belvidere North High School Wednesday to meet in a Class 3A sectional semifinal.

Taylor Vescogni struck out 12 in a one-hit shutout, Addie Piecha drove in three runs and the La Salle-Peru softball team beat Sycamore 3-0 to win the Class 3A Sterling Regional for the Cavaliers' first regional title since 2013.

DeKalb's defense was making big plays early and bats were bopping. But once Harlem's pitcher found her changeup and the Barbs defense lost its footing, a four-run lead became a season-ending 5-4 loss Tuesday.

The DeKalb softball team took on Harlem Tuesday in a Class 4A regional matchup at DeKalb High School.

Bella Jacobs was a walk away from a perfect game, and Jill Carpenter picked up her 400th win on the same NIU field where she played collegiately as Sycamore softball picked up a rivalry win against DeKalb on Thursday.

The Sycamore and DeKalb softball teams continued their rivalry Thursday night at Mary M. Bell Field at Northern Illinois University.

The DeKalb boys track team put in a strong showing at its home meet as the postseason starts gearing up, Maddie Swanson and Jessie Fredrickson had a record-setting Saturday for Genoa-Kingston and other top performances in the Weekend Rewind.

Alyanna Johnson's two-run, two-out single in the fourth proved pivotal in DeKalb's 3-2 win over Kaneland on Saturday. The Knights scored a run in the seventh and had two on and no outs, but Jasmine Rodriguez escaped the jam to finish the complete game.

Genoa-Kingston slugs its way into the North Boone Regional, Kaneland take its big wins into its home regional, Sycamore gets a bye into a regional final and DeKalb hopes to be at full health. We look at what each Daily Chronicle area softball team heading into the postseason.

Sycamore senior pitcher Bella Jacobs, despite a blister on the thumb of her pitching hand, fired a four-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts against Ottawa at Peck Park on Tuesday to help the Spartans clinch the outright Interstate 8 Conference championship.

Sycamore defeated Ottawa 2-0 on Thursday, May 5, 2026 at Peck Park in Ottawa.

Thanks to a rainout earlier in the week, Mother Nature gifted Kairi Lantz a game on her 18th birthday Thursday. The Sycamore senior catcher gifted herself and Spartan softball teammates a two-run home run, her 11th of the year, in a 7-0 win over La Salle-Peru.

The LaSalle-Peru softball team traveled to Sycamore Thursday to take on the Spartans in a rainy Interstate 8 Conference matchup.

Emma Hart scored the tying run for DeKalb after reaching on a bunt single in the fourth, then scored the go-ahead run for the Barbs on a crazy play in the sixth after reaching on a bunt single in their 4-3 win over Metea Valley on Wednesday.

The DeKalb High School softball team hosted Metea Valley Wednesday afternoon in a matchup of two DuPage Valley Conference teams.