Dwight Preps

Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington scored on a rare pass play with 2.8 seconds left to advance to the third round of the playoffs for the first time in school history, 12-6 over Elmwood-Brimfield.

Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington defeated Elmwood Brimfield 12-6 on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024 at Dwight High School.

Elmwood faces Dwight/GSW in Round 2 of the 2024 Class 2A IHSA football playoffs. Friday Night Drive editor J.T. Pedelty will have live updates, scores and news from the game

More than four decades after their first IHSA playoff victory, the Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington football team finally got No. 2, 41-13 at Momence.

A look at the opening round of the IHSA and I8FA playoffs, including games for Sandwich, Seneca, Dwight/GSW, Marquette and Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland.

A look at the first-round football playoff pairing for the teams in The Herald-News coverage area

Dwight/GSW avenged a Week 4 loss and punched its ticket for the playoffs, defeating Marquette 21-20 in Week 9.

Dwight faces Marquette in Week 9 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive reporter Charlie Ellerbrock will have live updates, scores and news from the game

With just one week remaining in the IHSA football regular season and the postseason looming for the top 256 teams, here are where the Herald-News area's football teams stand heading into Week 9.

With just one game remaining in the IHSA football regular season and the postseason looming for the top 256 teams statewide, here are where the Illinois Valley's 11-man football teams stand coming down the home stretch.

Despite graduating nine seniors from last year's sectional championship team, Joliet West has kept up its success

With two weeks remaining in the IHSA football regular season and the postseason looming for the top 256 teams, here are where the Herald-News area's football teams stand coming down the home stretch.

With two weeks remaining in the IHSA football regular season and the postseason looming for the top 256 teams, here are where the Illinois Valley's 11-man football teams stand coming down the home stretch.

A look at the Herald-News area's entrants in the IHSA State Finals golf tournaments being held downstate this weekend.

Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington stopped St. Bede on a late two-point conversion Friday to hold on for a 29-27 win in a Chicagoland Prairie Conference game in Dwight.

Seneca played Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington 52-22 on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 at Seneca High School.

Continuing its undefeated season, Seneca defeated Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington 52-22 Friday, with a standout performance from senior QB/DB Paxton Giertz, who became the school’s all-time scoring leader.

Dwight faces Seneca in Week 6 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive reporter Bill Freskos will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Joliet Township sends three golfers to sectionals and more local action to keep an eye on for next week.

Marquette made enough big plays on both sides of the ball to upend previously unbeaten Dwight 26-21 in a Chicagoland Prairie Conference game Friday.

Dwight faces Marquette in Week 4 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive reporter Charlie Ellerbrock will have live updates, scores and news from the game

There's still a lot of consistency in the year-to-year playoff field's qualifiers. But there's also been some recently injected variability into the equation which makes trying to projected the 2024 field even more chaotic.

Here is a look at The Herald-News area girls volleyball teams for this season

Here are some of the interesting storylines for girls cross country in The Herald-News coverage area for the 2024 season.

Can Seneca run to a third-straight postseason? Can Marquette make the playoffs for the 12th consecutive year, or St. Bede for the fourth time in-a-row, or the Dwight co-op for second straight time? Team breakdowns, players to watch and more in the Chicagoland Prairieland preview.

What does the 2024 season have in store for girls volleyball in the Herald-News area? Here are five story lines to watch

Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington looking for its first back-to-back playoff appearances since the 1980s.

Despite a pushed-up start time due to the wet forecast and increasing rainfall throughout, the mood was light, informal and fun Tuesday evening as the Streator Bulldogs visited the Dwight Trojans for a scrimmage-like 7-on-7.

Eight prep baseball standouts were named all-state in 4A, three in 3A, two in 2A and one in 1A from the Herald-News area.

It wasn’t easy with so much great talent to choose from, but here is the stacked 2024 Herald-News All-Area Baseball Team.

The Tri-County Conference has released its all-league softball teams for the 2024 season, with the Illinois Valley area dominating the selections.

The Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association has released its small-school IHSBCA All-State Teams for the 2024 season, with numerous area standouts receiving honors.

In an area strong with softball talent, it should come as no surprise the Illinois Valley was well-represented on the 2024 Illinois Coaches Association (ICA) All-State Teams, released over the weekend with the completion of the school season.

The top eight 4x800 teams in the 3A race posted season-best times, and the top four – three of them from the Herald-News area – had performances that rank in the top 14 in the nation this season, highlighting a good day for the area at the IHSA State Meet.

Serena's softball club finished with one fewer hit than Dwight on Tuesday, but managed the difficult conditions brought on by the 40-mph winds howling toward the third-base line a little better than the Trojans for a 5-0 sectional semifinal victory.

Serena defeated Dwight 5-0 in the Class 1A Sectional semifinal game on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at Woodland High School. The Huskers advance to the Sectional final game on Friday.

Plainfield South's Josh Cygan seeks the gold while Minooka's Nate George balances double duty.

Plainifeld South's Jahnel Bowman has qualified in Class 3A in four individual events, while Seneca will attempt to defend its Class 1A title

Morris' Todd Kein and Dwight's Jerry McDowell have posted big numbers this season

Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell softball recorded a 3-2 senior-day victory Monday over Dwight, led by seniors Kaiden Connor and Shae Simons.

Minooka, notorious for slow starts and strong finishes, has won 11 in a row en route to an 12-1-1 record

A look at the 2024 outdoor boys track and field season across the Herald-News coverage area as things get running.

Here's a look at the 2024 outdoor girls track and field season across the Herald-News coverage area as things get running.

Here are five storylines to watch in the 2024 season for Times-area softball teams.

Here are the varsity prep sports on tap for the Herald-News coverage area this coming week.

Meet the 2023-24 Herald-News All-Area Boys basketball team, featuring standouts from across the area.

Season preview capsules for baseball

The spring sports season gets going this week. Check out the local sports schedule for opening week.

With softball season set to begin Monday – weather permitting, of course – here is a look at teams across the Herald-News coverage area.

After another winter where our area was well-represented at the IHSA State Finals, here is the 2023-24 Herald-News All-Area Boys Wrestling Team.