Sterling volleyball swept Rock Island, Fulton beat Polo in three sets, Dixon girls tennis beat Newman 6-1 and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Seneca, Fieldcrest and Woodland girls volleyball both earned conference wins, plus more in The Times Thursday Roundup.

Grant Park and Trinity each had a player record a hat trick in a 4-4 tie, Kankakee remained unbeaten in conference play and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

Oswego East scored two goals in a 29-second span to break a tie with less than eight minutes remaining and beat visiting Yorkville 3-1 for the 200th win in program history.

Hugo Arista scored four goals to lead Dundee-Crown's boys soccer team to a 6-3 win over Prairie Ridge, while Hampshire and Prairie Ridge won in girls volleyball to remain tied for first place in the Fox Valley Conference. Plus, more in Thursday's Northwest Herald Roundup.

Dixon jumped out to big leads in both sets, then pulled away down the stretch after Oregon runs to win their Big Northern Conference match 25-18, 25-13 on Thursday night at Lancaster Gym.

Lockport, Joliet West and Lincoln-Way East picked up volleyball wins and more in Thursday's Herald-News Roundup

Diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at age 2 and cancer-free for over 10 years, Bella Clevenger played her part off the bench in Princeton’s 25-19, 21-25, 25-10 victory over Hall in Thursday’s breast cancer awareness night at Hall.

Tyler Murray converted the equalizer and Cody Hammer delivered the go-ahead goal in the second half as Huntley remained unbeaten in conference and clinched at least a share of the FVC title with a 2-1 win against McHenry.

Morris' girls volleyball team avenged a loss from earlier in the season Thursday, topping host La Salle-Peru in straight sets.

Parker Murry scored twice as Indian Creek took third at the Little 10 tournament, Sycamore soccer picked up a win and more in the roundup.

The IHSA boys and girls golf state tournaments tee off Friday morning, with a handful of McHenry County area golfers competing at courses in Bloomington, Normal and Decatur.

Glenbard West is set to play district rival Glenbard North twice in less than a week's time – the second in the upcoming regionals. That, plus notes on Downers Grove North, Wheaton North and Westmont in Chris Walker's soccer notebook.

In the Little Ten Conference Tournament quarterfinals Thursday, the Norsemen, Royals, Huskers and Bobcats moved on to Friday's championship semifinals. Plus more in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

The Illinois Baseball Coaches Association selected Morris' Jack Wheeler as the 2025 Class 3A Player of the Year

Newark sophomore Rylie Carlson, who had nine kills in a win over Rosary and 10 kills in a win over Serena, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Meet this week's Daily Journal Athlete of the Week, Beecher's Wences Baumgartner.

Congratulations to The Grundy County Athlete of the Week!

Beecher's Wences Baumgartner and Momence's Ulises Garcia Herrera propelled their teams to RVC Tournament semifinal wins and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Lincoln-Way Central ran second, Plainfield North third and Minooka fifth at girls cross country invite: Wednesdays Herald News Sports Roundup

Behind nine kills from Dani Hopp and seven from Reagan Wisniewski, Richmond-Burton won its 20th match of the season. Plus more scores from around the area in Wednesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Hiawatha earned a big road volleyball win over Freeport. Plus more scores in Wednesday's Daily Chronicle sports Roundup.

Lumen Setchell won the girls race and Berat Imeri took second in the boys race in the last home meet for Mendota cross country. Plus more scores from the area in Wednesday's News Tribune Sports Roundup.

Benet won its 18th East Suburban Catholic Conference title after its 5-2 victory Wednesday afternoon in Lisle at the Redwings soccer park over visiting St. Viator.

Bradley-Bourbonnais sophomore Kyler Savini led the Boilermaker boys to a narrow All-Area win Wednesday while sophomore Klarke Goranson and her Manteno teammates claimed the girls title.

Here's a list of property transfers for Whiteside County for Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, 2025.

Bishop McNamara visits Wheaton Academy for a primetime matchup, Kankakee returns home for the first time since Week 1, and more in the Daily Journal's Week 7 football previews.

La Salle-Peru senior defensive back Regan Doerr had eight tackles, three pass breakups and two interceptions in a 28-14 win over Ottawa, earning him Friday Night Drive Team of the Week MVP.

Wilmington got revenge on last month's loss to Manteno to tie the two teams atop the Illinois Central Eight Conference with a 2-0 win at Manteno on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025.

The Boilermakers saw their bid for a second straight state trip come to an end, Cissna Park girls volleyball and Manteno boys soccer stayed undefeated in conference play and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Somonauk/Leland/Newark boys soccer team topped Serena 3-2 after penalty kicks in the semifinals of the Little Ten Conference Tournament on Tuesday, while the Ottawa girls tennis team improved to 12-0. Plus, more results from around The Times area.

The St. Bede volleyball team won a nonconference match, the L-P co-op swim team won two duals and more in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Bolingbrook girls volleyball defeated Joliet Central and more in the Tuesday Herald-News roundup.

The DeKalb flag football fell in the semifinals of the McHenry Regional, G-K volleyball picked up a win over Oregon, H-BR knocked off Indian Creek in the L10 semifinals and more in the roundup.

Wilmington's lone Illinois Central Eight Conference loss in the last two years came to Manteno last month, a loss the Wildcats avenged on Tuesday to tie the two teams atop the conference standings.

Dixon volleyball picked up a big win at Rockford Christian, Rock Falls won and Sterling took Quincy to a third set. Plus more scores in Tuesday's Sauk Valley Media Sports Roundup

Huntley's volleyball and boys soccer teams earned FVC wins, while the Red Raiders girls flag football team advanced to the Crystal Lake Central Regional final. That, and more in Tuesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

The Oswego and Oswego East girls volleyball teams played for the names on the back of their shirts while raising awareness and funds for the cause on the front during Tuesday’s match at Oswego East. 

The Peotone girls volleyball team played an all-around solid match in a 25-22, 26-24 Illinois Central Eight Conference victory Tuesday over Streator at Pops Dale Gymnasium.

The La Salle-Peru volleyball team is undefeated through the first round of Interstate 8 Conference play after a 25-14, 25-12 win over Kaneland on Tuesday.

Sycamore retained possession of El Classicorn traveling trophy Tuesday after coming from behind during the last 13 minutes of the second half to beat archrival DeKalb 5-3.

Newman built a big lead in the first set, then had to come back to win the second set in a 25-18, 25-19 win over Mendota in their Three Rivers East match Tuesday.

Junior outside hitter Bobbi Wire led the attack with 10 kills, and sophomore middle blocker Sahara Okirika came up clutch throughout Crystal Lake South's 25-17, 25-23 win over crosstown rival Crystal Lake Central on Tuesday night.

Bolingbrook's victory over Joliet West moves the Raiders up the standings and over .500 on the season with just a few games left to play.

Mauricio Ruiz scored twice and was one of three Dundee-Crown players with goals during the team's 4-0 shutout victory over Jacobs in Fox Valley Conference play Tuesday evening. The Chargers have won five consecutive matches.

A Streator man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly threatening to kill a Streator police officer, and the officer’s wife, with a gun and samurai sword.

Cary-Grove graduate Quinn Priester will start for the Milwaukee Brewers against the Cubs in Game 3 of the National League Division Series on Wednesday at Wrigley Field. The Brewers lead the best-of-five series 2-0.

Reed-Custer's Tristan Randall came through in the clutch against Peotone to create even more parity in the Illinois Central Eight Conference, Bishop McNamara is the area's last undefeated team and more in the Daily Journal 2-Minute Drill.

Led by freshman Lauren Gauss, who shot a 3-over par 75 to tie for second individually, the Benet girls golf team won the program's first sectional title to qualify for state. Oswego Co-Op's Alli Wiertel and St. Charles North's Kayla Beu also tied for second to advance.

Geneva Lutheran Church hosted a pet blessing over the weekend, inviting community members to bring animals of all kinds to partake.