The IHSA boys track and field state meet takes place Thursday through Saturday at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Here is the full list of state qualifiers from the Sauk Valley area. Dixon is chasing a state trophy in 2A and Morrison is the defending 1A champion.

The IHSA boys track and field state championships run Thursday-Saturday at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Here is the full list of state qualifiers from the Northwest Herald area.

Four pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout to lead the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp to a season-opening 3-0 victory over Clinton LumberKings on Tuesday in Clinton.

Milledgeville made one last furious rally before falling just short against Dakota in an 8-6 loss in the Class 1A Eastland Sectional semifinals.

Huntley jumped on Lake Zurich early, getting a five-RBI day from freshman Piper Heimbrodt, and rode the hot pitching of junior Layla Olson to a 13-1 victory over Lake Zurich to reach the championship of the Class 4A Barrington Sectional.

The Henry-Seneachwine softball team saw its season come to an end with a sectional semifinal loss Tuesday.

Oswego boys volleyball beat Benet to advance to a regional final, plus baseball results in Tuesday's roundup.

Averie Foulkes scored the game-winning goal in the 90th minute to lead St. Charles East to a 2-1 victory over St. Charles North, while Wheaton-Warrenville South scored four second-half goals for a 5-0 victory over Glenbard West.

Fulton's Zoe Kunau picked quite the moment to launch her first career home run. Kunau hit a two-run walk-off blast to send the Steamers into Friday's Class 1A Eastland Sectional softball final against Dakota.

Taylor Vescogni threw her second straight postseason shutout, Makenzie Chamberlain drove in two runs, and the La Salle-Peru softball team beat East Peoria 2-0 in a Class 3A La Salle-Peru Sectional semifinal on Tuesday.

Lemont and Fenwick softball rolled into sectional finals, Lyons and Hinsdale Central soccer won to set up a sectional final rematch, plus boys volleyball, lacrosse and baseball results in Tuesday's roundup.

Lemont knocks off Mother McAuley in softball sectional semifinals and more in the Herald-News Tuesday Roundup.

Five Johnsburg players scored goals in a 6-1 win over Cristo Rey St. Martin, while Richmond-Burton's season ended with a 3-0 loss to Willows Academy in the Class 1A Cristo Rey St. Martin Sectional semifinals on Tuesday.

Hayden Pfeifer pitched a one-hit shutout, Aurora Weber got the scoring started, and Emma Mino drove home three runs as Seneca softball bested St. Bede 10-0 in the Tuesday semifinal of the Class 2A Pontiac Sectional.

Benet‘s girls soccer team used its speed to subdue Oswego on Tuesday night in a Class 3A Naperville Central Sectional semifinal. The fleet-footed Redwings got two over the line in the first half, then held on for the 2-0 victory.

Huntley's girls soccer team earned a shutout to advance to a Class 3A sectional final, while the Huntley and Crystal Lake Central co-op girls lacrosse teams also won sectional-semifinal matches. Plus, more in Tuesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

In a Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Sectional semifinal, the top-seeded Cogs’ season came to an end with the loss to the No. 4 Royal Lions. Genoa-Kingston finishes the season 17-4-1.

Fremd's Molly Kanupke stymied a potent St. Charles North offense, firing a three-hit complete game while receiving strong support from her defense as the Vikings knocked off the top-seeded North Stars 3-1 in Tuesday’s Class 4A Bartlett Sectional.

Cameron Abordo, who recently returned from a hip injury, scored five goals to lead Huntley's boys lacrosse team to a 13-4 win over Crystal Lake South in a semifinal of the Marian Central Sectional on Tuesday in Woodstock.

The Ottawa softball team, after a solid start, suffered a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to Dunlap in Tuesday's Class 3A La Salle-Peru Sectional semifinals to finish the season at 22-11.

Kaleigh Cawthon's solo homer, her sixth of the year, broke up a scoreless tie, and Plainfield East and Jocelyn Cushard went on to take the showcase of standout sophomore pitchers over Yorkville and Bella Rosauer with a 2-0 win to reach the program's first sectional final.

In the regular-season finale for both teams, Beecher got three hits and RBIs from both Chase Maher and Noah Hanson to best Gardner-South Wilmington in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Prairie Ridge's Emma Dallas and Mary-Kate Center both delivered clutch two-out hits, Kylie Carroll reached base three times and scored twice, and Reese Mosolino pitched the Wolves past Geneva 3-1 in a Class 3A Belvidere North Sectional semifinal on Tuesday.

Aleigh Hill had three hits, Ava Misch and Angelina Cole homered, and Macie Robbins threw a two-hitter in Providence's 10-0 Class 3A sectional semifinal win over Oak Forest on Tuesday.

Here's an update of the Bureay County area IHSA softball postseason on May 26

Junior high track and field athletes from across the area claimed 10 state titles spanning classes 1A through 4A at the IESA state meets held over the last two weekends in East Peoria.

The Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp hope to contend for a postseason berth in 2026. This summer's roster includes several local players, 10 recent high school graduates and several Big Ten players.

The baseball postseason is underway. Here's an update of area regionals including Bureau Valley, Hall, L-P, Mendota, Ottawa, Princeton, Putnam County and St. Bede

Meet the Daily Journal Athlete of the Week, Bradley-Bourbonnais senior baseball player Eric Rainbolt.

Lockport looks to keep playoff run going, Providence on fire right now and more in the Herald-News softball notebook.

The Dixon Police Department began a criminal investigation earlier this month, according to a news release issued Tuesday.

Rock Falls senior Kayla Hackbarth is the Sauk Valley Athlete of the Week, presented by Loescher Heating and Air Conditioning. She had a season-best discus throw at the state track and field meet, where she took 13th. Here is a Q&A with her.

Plainfield South and Bolingbrook baseball both won extra-inning thriller to open the IHSA postseason, Joliet Central, Reed-Custer and Plainfield East won play-in games, plus more in the Herald-News Monday Roundup.

Morrison's Noah Robbins and Gage Wilson each had three RBIs in a 10-0 win over Stark County to open the baseball postseason. Bureau Valley and West Carroll also advanced to the regional semifinals in Monday's Sauk Valley Roundup.

Dundee-Crown senior Jordyn Jeffs hit a walk-off home run to beat Burlington Central and set the program’s single-season home run record that had stood since 1984. Jeffs is the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week.

Indian Creek junior Parker Murry enters the state boys track preliminaries as the top seed in the high jump, while Sycamore thrower Will Rosenow enters as the top seed in the shot put and 2nd in the discus. We look at IC, Hinckley-Big Rock, DeKalb, Genoa-Kingston and Sycamore.

Hinckley-Big Rock and Hiawatha advanced into Class 1A semifinal games, while the season came to an end for Genoa-Kingston and Indian Creek.

Earlville/Leland baseball earned a regional play-in victory, Streator picked up a regional tune-up win, while Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell, Seneca and Ottawa baseball all took losses in The Times Monday Roundup.

The Henry-Senachwine and Bureau Valley baseball teams advanced in regional play, plus more results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Herscher girls soccer team advanced to the sectional championship with an 8-0 win over Chicago Christian in Monday's IHSA Class 1A Lisle Sectional semifinals, with Sophie Venckauskas leading the way with a hat trick, and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

Marian Central's Colin Kowalsky pitched the Hurricanes past St. Edward in their Class 1A regional quarterfinal, and Woodstock's Grady Goglin helped shut down Harvard as the Blue Streaks won their 3A regional opener.

Crystal Lake Central's Ella Bechler and Addison Schaffer scored two goals apiece in the first half as the Tigers rolled past Hononegah 8-0 to earn a spot in Friday's Class 2A Crystal Lake Central Sectional girls soccer final.

Keaton Allison hit an RBI double and later scored on a passed ball in the second to give more than enough run support to sophomore Jack Haley, who threw five shutout innings in Bradley-Bourbonnais' 3-1 win over Pekin in Monday's Class 4A Bradley-Bourbonnais Regional quarterfinal.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais baseball team defeated Pekin 3-1 in the Class 4A Bradley-Bourbonnais Regional quarterfinals at 315 Sports Park in Bradley Monday, May 25, 2026.

"The amount of people who told you can’t win at Northern Illinois, it’s too tough of a place, I just never believed that." Ryan Copeland proved himself right, as the NIU baseball team found out it's heading to Tallahassee for its first NCAA CWS regional since 1972.

Outside of the many state medals claimed by area girls track and field athletes at the IHSA State Finals, it was a busy and successful weekend around the Herald-News coverage area. Here are a few of those top stories in our Weekend Rewind.

Here is a look at where area baseball teams are opening play in the IHSA postseason. Newman received a No. 1 seed in its Class 3A debut, Dixon is a No. 2 seed, Forreston is a No. 1 seed in 1A and Fulton is a No. 3 seed.

Here's a list of Ogle County property transfers for May 18-22, 2026.

Here's a list of Lee, Whiteside and Ogle county property transfers for May 11-15.

Oregon sophomore Jillian Hammer won the IHSA state title in the 300 hurdles and took third in the 100 hurdles. Newman, Forreston, Amboy, Bureau Valley, Fulton and Dixon also had strong finishes in Charleston.