Watseka's Tom Schroeder was honored April 13 with a Distinguished Service Award from the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Association for his decades of volunteer work at track meets.

The Bishop McNamara baseball team scored 18 runs for the second straight game as the Fightin' Irish defeated Marian Central 18-3 at home Friday, April 17, 2026.

Bishop McNamara continued its dominant start to Chicagoland Christian Conference play with an 18-2 win, Beecher ace Taylor Norkus had 23 strikeouts in 12 innings in a doubleheader sweep of Gardner-South Wilmington and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.

For the second straight game, the Fightin' Irish tallied 18 runs while Callaghan O'Connor was sharp on the bump to allow Bishop McNamara an 18-3 home victory Friday.

In what we her first at-bat of the year following offseason shoulder surgery, Bradley-Bourbonnais' junior Liv Woolman ended Friday's game with a pinch-hit, two-run single in the bottom of the fifth to give the Boilermakers a 10-0 win over Andrew.

Callaghan O'Connor belted three home runs and Nick Pignatiello had two, including a go-ahead grand slam in the top of the seventh, to lead Bishop McNamara to a wild 18-14 conference win and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

In a pitchers' duel with Wilmington's Cooper Holman for the second time this season, Coal City's Lance Cuddy struck out 13 Wildcats in a three-hit shutout, while Gavin Berger scored both runs in the Coalers' 2-0 victory on Wednesday.

Lydia Hammond struck out 11 batters in six shutout innings as the BBCHS softball team won on the road in SWSC play, Milford's baseball team picked up its second straight blowout win and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Preston Harrington-Dewitt's grand slam tied things up for St. Anne/Donovan, who bested Kankakee in 10 innings on Tuesday.