Girls Soccer

Ottawa fell to Metamora 4-1 on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 in the Class 2A Regional final at Metamora High School.

The Ottawa girls soccer team couldn't overcome three goals in the opening 12 minutes by Metamora in a 4-1, season-ending loss in the semifinals of the Class 2A Metamora Regional.

Coal City got a pair of goals from Ava Meyer in the middle of multiple weather delays before Hayden Francisco added two more to give the Coalers the Class 1A Manteno Regional title over Beecher Tuesday.

Kankakee's girls soccer team beat Morgan Park 6-0 in the IHSA Class 2A Kankakee Regional semifinals Tuesday and the boys volleyball team closed the regular season with a 2-0 win over Crete-Monee.

Joliet West fell to Homewood-Flossmoor to end its season 15-9, while Lincoln-Way West dominated Thornwood Tuesday to reach the Class 3A Lincoln-Way West Regional final.

Benet, Fenwick, York, Downers Grove South, Downers Grove North, Hinsdale Central, Nazareth, Lemont and Wheaton Academy were among the regional soccer winners, plus Nazareth softball wins in Tuesday's Suburban Life roundup.

Herscher claimed its ninth regional title in a row with an 8-0 win over Bishop McNamara on Tuesday, getting four goals from Gianni Jaime, three from Sophie Venckauskas and one from Gianna High.

Crystal Garcia scored the game's lone goal as Mendota beat Princeton 1-0 in the Class 1A Mendota Regional final Tuesday, giving the Trojans their first regional championship since 2012.

Liz Smith tallied her first career playoff hat trick to help Johnsburg beat Harvest Christian on Tuesday and capture the Class 1A Marian Central Regional championship. It's the Skyhawks' third straight regional title.

Ally Poegel scored twice as Genoa-Kingston claimed its first girls soccer regional title since 2010, winning its 19th straight game this year and adding its program-record win total.

Mendota defeated Princeton 1-0 to win the the Class 1A Regional final on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at Mendota High School. The Trojans will play in the Class 1A Sectional semifinal game on Saturday in Rock Island.

Johnsburg faces Harvest Christian Academy in the IHSA Class 1A Marian Central Girls Soccer Regional Championship match on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at Marian Central High School in Woodstock.

The Genoa-Kingston girls soccer team beat Rockford Christian Tuesday in a torrential rain storm to win the regional championship.

The Bishop McNamara and Herscher girls soccer teams both won their regional semifinal games Saturday to set up a matchup in the regional championship and more in Saturday's Daily Journal Roundup.

L-P beat Streator 2-1 on Friday, May 16, 2025 at the James Street Recreation Area in Streator. L-P advances to next week's regional semifinals against top-seeded Morton.

It took until regionals for the La Salle-Peru girls soccer team to score its first win of the spring, but score it the Cavs did in a 2-1, wind-swept nail-biter at Streator on Friday.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais softball team dropped a close SouthWest Suburban Conference game to top-ranked Lincoln-Way Central and more in Friday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Illinois recruit Ashlyn Adams scored a goal on a 39-yard free kick banger that sailed over St. Charles East goalie Sidney Lazenby’s fingertips in the sixth minute, and Wheaton Warrenville South went on to beat St. Charles East 2-0 for the Tigers' first DuKane Conference title.

Wheaton Warrenville South hosted St. Charles East in girls varsity soccer on Friday, May 15, 2025 in Wheaton.

Geneva and St. Charles North baseball each secured a series sweep, setting up a DuKane Conference-deciding series, which starts Saturday. Plus, Batavia baseball and girls soccer got big conference victories, and other sports results from Thursday.

Plainfield North's girls soccer team won a lightning-shortened game over Oswego East 3-0 on Thursday. The teams will meet again in the playoffs.

The Dixon girls soccer team traveled to Sycamore Thursday to take on the Spartans.

South Elgin blanked Glenbard South to win the inaugural Upstate Eight Conference championship game.

Four different players scored goals Wednesday as Dixon defeated Sterling 5-0 on Senior Night at A.C. Bowers Field.

Tristin Woods hit a home run and had five RBIs for the Bradley-Bourbonnais softball team in their SouthWest Suburban Conference win over Stagg, and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Crystal Lake Central's co-op girls lacrosse team won the FVC title again, while Gabby Wojtarowicz scored four times to become the Jacobs girls soccer team's all-time leading goal scorer. Plus more in Tuesday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Huntley defeated Burlington Central 6-1 on Tuesday night to win its first outright Fox Valley Conference championship since 2015.

Downers Grove South's Lamb twins are following in their family's soccer footsteps at the school, Westmont on a roll, plus regional finals to watch and Wheaton Warrenville South controls its destiny in the DuKane race in Chris Walker's soccer notebook.

Downers Grove North girls varsity soccer hosted crosstown rival Downers Grove South on Saturday, May 10, 2025.

With Monday's 9-0 win over Crete-Monee, Kankakee finished Southland Conference play 11-1 this season and tied atop the conference standings with Bloom, earning the program it's first-ever conference title.

Prairie Ridge softball won at least a share of the Fox Valley Conference championship with a 1-0 win over Burlington Central on Monday. Plus more softball, baseball, girls soccer and girls lacrosse scores.

Paige Murray hit the go-ahead double and added 11 strikeouts in the circle to help St. Charles North softball to a low-scoring victory, Marmion and Kaneland baseball win thrillers and Batavia girls soccer upset St. Charles East on the road. That and more in the sports roundup.

Kankakee earned a victory over Crete-Monee to claim the Southland Athletic Conference title on Monday, May 12, 2025.

A look back at the last week in sports in the Northwest Herald by photographers Gregory Shaver, and Patrick Kunzer for the Shaw Local News Network

Freshman Jordyn Sashin scored two goals, including the game-winner, to lead Downers Grove North to a 3-0 victory over Downers Grove South at Carstens Field for the Trojans' first crosstown win since 2013.

Batavia baseball secured a series victory over St. Charles East, while Geneva and St. Charles North both won to secure a share of the lead in DuKane Conference play.

Kaneland junior Erin Doucette gave Kaneland a 2-1 lead with her record-setting 34th goal of the season with 13 minutes left, and Batavia junior Emma Wecker tied the game again with nine minutes remaining in a 2-2 thriller.

Cortni Kruizenga took a feed from Izzie Segreti and punched it home the game's only goal in Sycamore's win over DeKalb in El Classicorn on Saturday.

Kendyl Christon hit a walkoff two-run single to give the Kankakee softball team a huge conference win over Bloom and more in Friday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Harvard freshman Julie Silva has been a catalyst in a turnaround season for the Hornets, who Wednesday won their first Kishwaukee River Conference Tournament championship. Silva is the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week.

The Wilmington baseball team held Kankakee to just one hit in a 12-0 win, the Wildcats third shutout win in a row, and more in Thursday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Harvard senior Maria Mercado knocked in the game-winner as the Hornets made all seven of their penalty kicks in a shootout to beat Richmond-Burton and capture the program's first Kishwaukee River Conference Tournament title.

Harvard faces Richmond-Burton in the Kishwaukee River Conference Girls Soccer Tournament Championship Match on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at HRichmond-Burton High School in Richmond.

Timothy Christian's soccer team is on a roll going into this week, allowing just one goal during an eight-game winning streak. That, plus notes on Glenbard South, Downers Grove North and Nazareth from Chris Walker.

The Bishop McNamara baseball team got another shutout win to sweep St. Edward in a Chicagoland Christian Conference series and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Aurora Central Catholic's softball, baseball and girls soccer teams all celebrated victories on Tuesday, while St. Francis baseball extended their winning streak to 14 games. That and more in the Kane County Chronicle sports roundup.

Huntley picked up their seventh straight shutout win and stayed undefeated on the season after beating Cary-Grove 2-0 on Tuesday. The Red Raiders have had their best start to a season since 2008.

Joliet West's Emma Vugteveen continued her impressive freshman campaign with five goals Tuesday to take down Joliet Central 8-2 on the road.

The girls soccer playoff brackets are set. So as the season winds down, we take a peak at how the postseason lines up for the Daily Chronicle area teams.

Jacob Vinardi tossed a no-hitter in the first game of Kankakee's doubleheader with Thornridge and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.