Lincoln-Way West boys water polo falls to Metea Valley in Thursday's Herald-News sports roundup.

See how each team throughout the area is expected to fare this season in baseball.

Minooka's 4x800-meter relay team ran the second-best indoor time in school history in Tuesday's Herald-News Roundup

Here is a look at the 2026 Herald-News-area softball teams, including ballclubs from across the greater Will and Grundy county area.

Here are five storylines to watch during the 2026 softball season across The Herald-News area.

Lincoln-Way East’s Nate Jackson finishes fourth in diving at the IHSA State Meet, and more in Saturday’s roundup.

Lockport girls wrestling moves three into the semifinals at state. Providence and Coal City boys wrestling move into team semifinals. Lemont and Providence basketball win regionals, Plus more results in Friday's Herald News Sports roundup

Lincoln-Way East downs Sandburg in 4A regional semifinals and more in the Herald-News roundup.

Gardner-South Wilmington, Romeoville and Coal City were among boys basketball regional winners in Monday's Herald-News Roundup

Joliet West finished second at the state bowling meet and more in Saturday's Herald-News roundup.

Coal City, Providence, and Joliet Catholic advanced multiplier wrestlers to the state finals, plus many more scores in Friday's Herald News Sports Roundup

Providence advanced seven wrestlers and Coal City moved six into the semifinals at state wrestling. Wilmington boys basketball sets season wins mark. Plus more scores in Thursday's Herald News Sports Roundup,

Morris, Joliet Catholic and Dwight all scored boys basketball wins in Wednesday's Herald-News Roundup

See what to expect from local teams this boys basketball postseason, which begins Monday.

Lincoln-Way Central upset T-F South to advance to the regional finals, Lockport, Bolingbrook and Lincoln-Way East also earned wins, plus more scores in Tuesday's Herald-News sports roundup.

Joliet Catholic's Abby Dulinsky scores her 1,000th career point as the Angels breezed into a Class 2A regional title game with a win over Beecher. Plus more girls basketball regionals in The Herald-News Monday Roundup.

Providence claimed seven boys wrestling champs at sectionals and more in the JHN Saturday roundup.

Joliet West's boys basketball team won its 10th game in a row with a 58-23 victory over Plainfield Central Friday night.

Joliet West girls bowling won a sectional title, Minooka and Lincoln-Way West also qualified for state, and more scores from around the area in Friday's Herald-News sports roundup.

Coal City rallied for a win over Manteno in the Illinois Central Eight. Plus more scores in Thursday's Herald-News sports roundup.

Peotone bested Cissna Park in boys basketball and more in the Monday prep roundup.

Providence is a No. 1 sectional seed in Class 3A, while Minooka is a No. 2 seed and Bolingbrook No. 4 in Class 4A as the IHSA girls basketball postseason is set to begin.

Jaymon Hornsby and Lincoln-Way East win thriller over Lincoln-Way Central. Plus more area scores in Tuesday's Herald-News sports roundup.

Dwight's boys and Reed-Custer's girls were among winners on the hardwood in Monday's Herald-News roundup.

The top prep sports action from the weekend across the Will and Grundy county area, led by regional girls wrestling titles for Lincoln-Way and Minooka, state cheer championships for Morris and Lincoln-Way East, and Joliet West boys basketball winning again.

Lincoln-Way scored 271 points at the East Aurora girls wrestling regional, 131.5 points ahead of second.

Lincoln-Way East won the Class 3A state cheerleading title, while Morris won the 2A crown. That and more in Saturday's Herald-News Roundup.

Nick Brzezniak scores 22 as Lincoln-Way Central picks up the road win. Plus more scores in Friday's Herald News Sports roundup

A switch to a press in the first quarter provided the boost that Plainfield South needed to notch a 64-59 win over Plainfield Central

Joliet West's girls bowling team won the Minooka Regional on Friday, finishing 731 pins ahead of second place.

Providence boys wrestling advance to team state. Plus more scores from around the area in Thursday's Herald News Sports Roundup

The IHSA girls wrestling postseason opens this weekend, with Herald-News area wrestlers facing two separate and distinct roads to the finals in Bloomington.

Gardner-South Wilmington dominated Iroquois West and more in the Herald-News prep roundup.

Behind 18 points from Landrie Callahan, Providence won its 26th game to advance in the GCAC Tournament. Plus more area scores in Tuesday's Herald News sports roundup.

Lockport dominates Joliet Central in boys basketball and more in the Herald-News Monday roundup.

A roundup of the top prep sports action from the weekend across the Herald-News coverage area, led by Joliet Catholic's state champion competitive dance team and a wealth of area wrestlers who fought to regional championships.

The Joliet Catholic dance team won the IHSA Class 1A state title, Lockport's boys bowling team finished second in the state and more in Saturday's Herald-News Roundup.

Joliet Catholic wrestlers won the first seven championship matches at the Minooka regional tournament while placing wrestlers in the first nine final matches.

Plainfield Central got back within three points of Joliet Central Friday night after trailing by as many as 20 in the first half, but the Steelmen got back on track to earn the win.

Minooka girls wrestling won three individual titles to claim the Southwest Prairie Conference title. Lincoln-Way West leads the way at state in boys bowling, plus more in Friday's Herald News sports roundup.

Madelyn Kiper scored 20 breaking her single season scoring record as Minooka won its 20th game of the season. Plus more area scores in Thursday's Herald News Sports Roundup,

Joliet Catholic (3A), Providence (2A) and Coal City (1A) are all highly ranked heading into the boys wrestling postseason

Bolingbrook beats Plainfield North in boys basketball and more in the Herald-News roundup.

Lockport knocked off Homewood-Flossmoor. Jayden Armstrong scores 35 as Joliet Catholic upsets St. Ignatius and KJ Miller scores 33 for Plainfield East. Plus more area results in Tuesday's Herald News Sports Roundup.

Gardner-South Wilmington and Reed-Custer scored girls basketball wins and more in Monday's Herald-News Roundup

Here's a look back at the top prep sports action from the weekend across the Herald-News coverage area, led by Lockport boys basketball honoring veterans (and scoring a win), conference wrestling, sectional competitive dance and more.

Yorkville won the Southwest Prairie Conference boys wrestling championship for the fifth consecutive year on Saturday.

Lockport's competitive dance team won the Class 3A Champaign Central Sectional title, and more in Saturday's Herald-News roundup.

Gardner-South Wilmington, Dwight and Reed-Custer boys basketball were among the winners in the Herald-News Friday Roundup.

Brady Pettigrew scored 26 points as Bolingbrook rolled at Oswego. That and more in Thursday's Herald-News roundup.