Kankakee Preps

Behind 31 points from Lincoln Williams and 21 more from Kenaz Jackson Jr., the Kays made it back-to-back regional titles with an 85-50 win over Sterling in Friday's Class 3A Morris Reigonal championship.

Behind 31 points from Lincoln Williams and 21 more from Kenaz Jackson Jr., the Kays made it back-to-back regional titles with an 85-50 win over Sterling in Friday's Class 3A Morris Reigonal championship.

Kankakee claimed an 85-50 victory over Sterling in the IHSA Class 3A Morris Regional championship on Friday, Feb. 28.

Kankakee scored the first 19 points points of Wednesday's Class 3A Morris Regional semifinal against Pontiac and never looked back.

Kankakee will see a familiar face leading the football program, as former defensive coordinator Ed Hazelett was named the new head coach Monday night.

As the winter season begins to make way for spring sports, Daily Journal sports editor Mason Schweizer looks ahead to next fall with a handful of local players to keep an eye on.

Bradley-Bourbonnais senior swimmer Charlie Short swept the Athletes With Disabilities division of the Homewood-Flossmoor Sectional in Saturday's Daily Journal roundup.

Kankakee opened the fourth quarter of its Class 3A Regional championship against Ottawa with a fury, but eventually saw its regional three-peat denied in overtime Thursday.

After Kankakee's furious rally to open the fourth quarter put the Kays in the driver's seat of Thursday's Class 3A Kankakee Regional championship, Ottawa came back to force overtime, snapping a 13-year regional drought in the extra frame.

Mason Schweizer previews the local boys basketball scene ahead of regional play, which begins with quarterfinal action Monday.

In the final AP Boys Basketball Polls until the postseason, Kankakee tied its highest state ranking of the season while BBCHS, Bishop McNamara and St. Anne all received votes.

The Kankakee girls basketball team took down Pontiac on Tuesday to advance to the title game of the IHSA Class 3A Kankakee Regional.

The Cissna Park and Bishop McNamara girls basketball teams advanced to the championship games of the perspective regionals and more in the Monday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Those born with the ability to hear might consider being deaf a significant disability. But for TaLeah Turner, it's just what makes her different. That, and also being the latest great four-year Kay.

Central-Iroquois West's Payton Temple qualified for the IHSA Girls Wrestling State Final and more in the Daily Journal Weekend Roundup.

Mason Schweizer looks at the girls basketball regional fields ahead of the postseason, as well as a few boys basketball players making historic marks on their programs.

The Kankakee girls basketball team dropped a tough game on the road Monday and more in Monday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Sectional qualifiers from the wrestling teams for Kankakee and Bradley-Bourbonnais and more results in the Daily Journal Weekend Roundup.

Friday's prep sports scores and results.

In a battle of the top two teams in the Southland Athletic Conference, the Kays never recovered from their slow start.

TaLeah Turner outscored Crete-Monee on her own as the Kays' closed out their conference season with a dominant win.

Kankakee hosted Crete-Monee in girls varsity basketball on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025.

Wednesday's prep sports scores and results.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais girls bowling team won the All-Area meet on Wednesday while Kankakee senior Serena Birr placed first as an individual.

Check out photos from Wednesday's All-city girls bowling meet, which included BBCHS, Kankakee, Bishop McNamara, Herscher and Peotone.

Area boys wrestling teams will be competing at regionals on Feb. 8, with several local schools being represented by some of the top-ranked wrestlers in Illinois.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais boys swimming team hosted Kankakee for the All-City meet on Tuesday, with the Boilermakers taking the win on what was also their senior night.

The Kankakee boys basketball team shut out Crete-Monee in a pivotal second quarter that led the Kays to their 21st win of the season Tuesday night.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais wrestling team will retain its All-City crown for yet another year

The Boilermakers cruised to their 19th All-City title in a row on Wednesday, beating Bishop McNamara, Manteno and host Kankakee by a combined score of 192-55.

After trailing at the end of both the second and third quarters, the Kays rallied behind a fanbase that energized them to rally in the final frame

It’s been a few decades, but Alex Renchen still remembers the type of player Troy Caldwell was on his late 1988 Kankakee Junior High eighth grade team that made a run to the IESA State Finals

The Kays picked up a Southland Conference win on the road Friday, extending their winning streak to four games. They improved to 16-3 overall and 6-1 in conference play

On the boys side, Kankakee fell slightly in the Class 3A poll, from third to sixth

Reed-Custer (151.5 points) picked up a fifth-place finish as hosts of the Comet Classic

Kankakee boys basketball coach Chris Pickett was the first to admit that the start to the Kays' senior night game against Clemente Friday night was “sloppy.”

Despite a 65-63 loss to Class 4A No. 3 Rich Township Tuesday night, Kankakee (12-3) climbed two spots from fifth to third in the Class 3A Poll

The Kankakee boys basketball team faced one of its biggest tests of the season on Tuesday

It was a close game throughout, but featured just one lead change.

After 10 straight games away from home over the last five weeks, the Kankakee girls basketball team finally set foot on their home court again on Monday

Watseka picked up their third win in a row to improve to 5-10 on the year

In boys basketball, Kankakee (11-2) leapt to the fifth spot in Class 3A

The team got reinforcements to help take that step when senior guard Jordan Davis moved back to town

The Boilermakers opened up 2025 with a nice home win over Richards, bouncing back from consecutive losses in the process. They improved to 10-4 on the season. 

The greater Kankakee area continued to make waves in the sports scene in 2024

Kankakee boys basketball coach Chris Pickett felt pretty good about the Kays' chances with the way they’d been playing

The Kays improved to 9-1 on the year with their second dominant showing in as many nights of the tournament

The win was their sixth in a row as they improved to 8-1 and advanced to Friday’s semifinal against Dunlap. The Panthers fell to 4-4

The second week of the IHSA AP Basketball Polls were released Wednesday, with four area boys and girls teams earning the distinction of being state-ranked

Kankakee is the lone school in the area to see its boys and girls teams both in the top 10