Bishop McNamara head coach Adrian Provost picked up his 200th career win with the Fightin' Irish's 67-39 victory over Reed-Custer, moving the Irish to 3-0 on the year, and more in Friday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Plainfield East and Bolingbrook were among boys basketball winners in Saturday's Herald-News roundup.

Minooka beat Joliet Central in boys basketball and more in the Herald-News roundup.

Take a look at this year's Daily Journal Boys Golf All-Area team.

Powered by Trinitee Thompson's double-double and red-hot starts to each half, Bishop McNamara prevailed past Coal City on Tuesday.

Bishop McNamara opened the boys basketball season with a win at the Herscher Thanksgiving Tournament, beating the host Tigers 53-36, and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Brady Pettigrew netted 20 points, and TJ WIllimas added 18 as Bolingbrook won in downstate Decatur to open the boys basketball season. Plus more scores from around the area in Tuesday's Herald-News Sports roundup.

Seneca defeats Serena in boys basketball and more in the Herald-News Roundup.

Coal City got 17 points from Carter Nicholson in a 44-39 win over Gardner-South Wilmington and Morris fell to Southland Prep in the Coal City/Manteno Thanksgiving Tournament

Here are five boys wrestlers to keep an eye on this season in the Herald-News area.

Joliet Central girls basketball got its first win of the season and more in the JHN Prep Roundup.

Kankakee ran away with a 64-17 win over a shorthanded Wilmington team in the championship game of the Reed-Custer Comet Classic on Friday, improving to 4-0 on the season.

Check out preview capsules for the Daily Journal area's 20 prep girls basketball teams.

See how the girls wrestling teams around the Will and Grundy county area are expected to do this year.

Kankakee and Wilmington cruised to wins in the Reed-Custer Comet Classic to set up a meeting in Friday's tournament championship game and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

Molly Finn scored 25 points and netted her 1,000th career points as Lincoln-Way West improved to 2-0. Plus more girls basketball scores in Thursday's Herald News Sports Rounup.

Here is a look at the boys basketball teams in the Herald-News area for the 2025-26 season

Providence beats Tinley Park in girls basketball and more in the Herald-News Wednesday roundup

The Herald-News prep football preview for Week 13 of the 2025 season, featuring key showdowns across the greater Will and Grundy county area as the IHSA playoffs continue.

Powerhouses remain prominent in Class 4A, with three of the four teams no stranger to deep playoff advancements. Steve Soucie breaks down the semifinal round of the 2025 IHSA Class 4A Playoffs.

Cissna Park got 25 points from Addison Lucht and Watseka/Milford got 20 points from Noelle Schroeder, with each player leading their team to comfortable wins in the Timberwolf Tipoff, and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Bishop McNamara, Kankakee and Reed-Custer each picked up their second win in as many days and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Seneca and Reed-Custer improved to 2-0 plus more scores from around the area in Tuesday's Herald News Sports Roundup.

Providence, Reed-Custer and Seneca were among girls basketball teams to win their season openers, and more in Monday's Herald-News roundup.

Mia Ceballos, a Plainfield Central senior, earned all-state honors Saturday at the IHSA State Finals, plus more in the Herald-News Saturday Roundup.

Montini started slow but finished strong in its Class 4A quarterfinal with Coal City, topping the Coalers 35-0 to advance to face Morris next weekend.

The Montini and Coal City football teams met Saturday in a quarterfinal playoff game.

A preseason look at the girls basketball teams across the greater Will/Grundy county area.

With the winter sports season right around the corner, the Coal City community took a little more time Wednesday to celebrate the boys soccer team's first-ever run to state.

The Herald-News prep football preview for Week 12 of the 2025 season, featuring key showdowns across the greater Will and Grundy county area as the IHSA playoffs continue.

There are some programs in the 4A draw that we aren't used to seeing there and many of them are shaping the quarterfinal round of the 4A playoffs. Steve Soucie breaks down the quarterfinal round of the 2025 IHSA Class 4A Playoffs.

Coal City visits Montini in Class 4A and Wilmington welcomes Tri-Valley in Class 2A in the Daily Journal's quarterfinal football previews.

The Herald-News area was well represented on the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association's All-State teams.

One of the city's most successful seasons came to a collective end, Wilmington and Coal City marched on, and more in this week's Daily Journal 2-Minute Drill.

Mount Carmel and Lincoln-Way East are set to square off in the Class 8A state quarterfinals. Defending champions Nazareth and Montini are still in the hunt after two rounds. Here are all of the quarterfinal matchups featuring CCL/ESCC programs.

Lincoln-Way East, Morris, Coal City, Lincoln-Way East, Dwight and Wilmigton all scored more than 40 points in second-round wins

Coal City's Carter Nicholson had nine saves in the soccer team's sectional championship win over Manteno.

The Plainfield North boys cross country team won the Class 3A state championship, Plainfield South was sixth and Morris boys were seventh in Class 2A. That and more in the Herald-News roundup.

After Dixon erased a 14-point deficit to take the lead, Coal City answered with three long pass plays to pull out a 49-42 victory in the teams' Class 4A second-round playoff game Friday night at A.C. Bowers Field.

Coal City wrapped up the longest postseason run in program history with a 6-1 win over Chicago Academy in the IHSA Class 1A State Tournament third-place game on Friday, finishing the year 24-4 and sending off its 12 seniors on a high note.

The Coal City boys soccer team beat Chicago Academy 6-1 Friday to earn a third-place finish at the IHSA Class 1A state finals.

Dixon hosts Coal City, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Round 2 of the 4A football playoffs. Coal City took the slugfest 49-42.

Mendota pulled away late Thursday for a 3-0 win over Coal City in the IHSA Class 1A State Tournament semifinals, advancing to the state title game for the first time in program history.

The Mendota and Coal City boys soccer teams met Thursday in an IHSA Class 1A state semifinal game at Hoffman Estates High School.

The Herald-News prep football preview for Week 11 of the 2025 season, featuring key showdowns across the greater Will and Grundy county area as the IHSA playoffs begin.

The Class 4A field was chock full of perennial powers on pairings night and most of them are still there as we head into Round 2. Steve Soucie breaks down the second round of the 2025 IHSA Class 4A Playoffs.

Kankakee, Bradley-Bourbonnais and Bishop McNamara all clash with CCL/ESCC powers, Wilmington and Coal City face familiar postseason faces and more in the Daily Journal's second-round playoff previews.

Providence and Lemont both won at the Class 3A Kankakee Sectional and will play each other in Thursday's title match. That and more in Tuesday's Herald-News Roundup

The All-City schools made local history, Clifton Central's Brady Shule made school history and more in this week's Daily Journal 2-Minute Drill.

Coal City secured a 1-0 win over Williamsville in the Class 1A Maroa-Forsyth Super-Sectional on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, to advance to state for the first time in program history.