High School Sports
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The Cissna Park girls basketball team earned a 48-38 win at Manteno in a state-ranked showdown Monday, Jan. 19, 2026.
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Meet this week's Daily Journal Athlete of the Week, Bradley-Bourbonnais junior swimmer Eli Swafford.
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Reed-Custer hosted over 25 teams across the region for its Comet Classic Wrestling Invite on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026.
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Reed-Custer hosted the Comet Classic Invite on Friday and Saturday, where 28 teams from across the state got a vital tuneup for the upcoming postseason.
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Coen Demack went for 30 points to lead Bishop McNamara to victory, Kankakee's Lincoln Williams had 27 points in a Kays win and more in Saturday's Daily Journal roundup.
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Playing all 32 minutes, Brennen Stillwell scored 22 of the Bulldogs’ 30 second-half points for a 55-49 Illinois Central Eight Conference victory. The Bulldogs held off a second-half charge from the Tigers and put an end to a seven-game losing streak.
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Bradley-Bourbonnais' boys bowling team advanced through the IHSA LaSalle-Peru Regional, as did Kankakee's Carson Meister and Reed-Custer's Mason Vasil. That and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.
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Powered by 24 points from Braden Campbell and some clutch second-half 3-pointers from Dylan Polito, Manteno went to Wilmington and knocked off the Illinois Central Eight co-leaders on Friday.
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Momence led by as many as 35 points in the third quarter of an eventual 50-31 road win over Grant Park in River Valley Conference play Friday night, its third win in the last four games.
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