Providence Preps

A day after turning 15, Macie Robbins struck out nine batters to lead Providence Catholic to a 2-1 win over Marian Catholic in the regional title game.

Providence Catholic fell behind by two early on, but took advantage of a series of Joliet Catholic errors to come back and get the win.

Minooka is playing strong against quality opposition, Lincoln-Way East and Providence Catholic are looking for bounce backs, and more in this week's Herald-News Baseball Notebook.

A preseason look at the 2025 prep baseball season across the Herald-News coverage area.

D-I college commits, MLB Draft prospects and more make up the Herald-News' 5 to Watch for baseball in 2025.

Here is a list of CCL/ESCC football players who have committed to colleges at various levels and can sign their financial aid agreement or letters of intent starting on Wednesday.

Meet Friday Night Drive’s 2024 All-CCL/ESCC team, which was selected by the Friday Night Drive staff with input from coaches across the 24-team league.

Here is a list of CCL/ESCC football players who have committed to colleges at various levels and can sign their financial aid agreements starting Wednesday.

Here is Steve Soucie's Herald-News prep football Class 5A championship game preview, featuring Joliet Catholic and Nazareth.

As the 2024-2025 boys basketball season gets set to tip off, here are team-by-team previews of teams from around the Herald-News coverage area.

Here is Steve Soucie's Herald-News prep football preview for the semifinal round of the IHSA playoffs, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

Molly Parker scored 26 points, Taylor Healy added 13 and the Celtics absolutely dominated the Joliet Central Steelmen to pick up their first victory of the year, 64-38 in the WJOL Tournament.

The Herald-News prep football preview for the quarterfinal round of the IHSA playoffs, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

The Herald-News prep football preview for the second round of the IHSA playoffs, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

The CCL/ESCC announced its 2024 season awards for each of the six divisions. Here are all the coach and individual awards, including all-conference honors.

The Herald-News prep football preview for the opening round of the IHSA playoffs, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

Here are the first-round matchups for each CCL/ESCC team. Dates and times will be updated when confirmed.

With one week left to earn playoff qualification, there are plenty of CCL/ESCC teams battling for a spot. Here are where teams stand before Week 9 kicks off.

The Herald-News prep football preview for Week 9 of the 2024 season, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

There’s two weeks left to earn playoff qualification and there are plenty of CCL/ESCC teams battling for a spot. Here are where teams stand before Week 8 kicks off.

The Herald-News Prep Football Capsules for Week 8 of the 2024 season, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

The Herald-News Prep Football Capsules for Week 7 of the 2024 season, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

The Herald-News Prep Football Capsules for Week 6, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

Facing a four-point deficit with 38 seconds to play, Providence quarterback AJ Rayford led his offense the length of the field and connected with Jayden Mikulski on a 30-yard game-winning score on the final play for a stunning 27-25 win at St. Francis.

The Herald-News Prep Football Capsules for Week 5, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

Ellie Blotnik had eight kills and eight digs to lead Joliet Catholic Academy to a 25-21, 25-22 win over Providence Catholic

The Herald-News Prep Football Capsules for Week 4, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

The Herald-News Prep Football Capsules for Week 3, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

33 new teams entered Steve Soucie's playoff projection following Week 2. See if and where your team fits in the projected 256-team field.

Providence faces Lincoln-Way Central in Week 2 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive correspondent Tim Cronin will have live updates, scores and news from the game

The Herald-News prep football capsules for Week 2, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

Shane Diericx caught a fourth-down pass from 6 yards out as time expired and managed to fend off a hard hit near the goal line to reach the end zone for the winning touchdown, giving Wheaton North a wild 23-22 win over visiting Providence.

The Herald-News Prep Football Capsules for Week 1, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.

There's still a lot of consistency in the year-to-year playoff field's qualifiers. But there's also been some recently injected variability into the equation which makes trying to projected the 2024 field even more chaotic.

It wasn’t easy with so much great talent to choose from, but here is the stacked 2024 Herald-News All-Area Baseball Team.

Providence Catholic faced Conant in the 2024 Class 4A state baseball championship game at Duly Health and Care Field in Joliet on Saturday, June 8, 2024.

Providence had an imposing task on Friday afternoon as it was tasked with trying to upend two-time defending state champion Edwardsville in the Class 4A semifinals. But the Celtics did what they always seem to getting a complete roster contribution in a 2-1 win.

After falling behind by two runs, the Celtics put seven on the board in the fourth to down the Warriors and advance to the super sectional round on Monday.

Reagan Duncan scored on an error in the top of the seventh to break the tie.

Taking a look at the girls soccer programs around the Herald-News coverage area heading into the season.

Here is a list of CCL/ESCC football players who have committed to colleges at various levels and can sign their letters of intent starting on Wednesday. That is the first day of the regular signing period for NCAA football scholarship schools (Divisions I and II).

The IHSA state competitive dance finals took place in Bloomington on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024.

The CCL/ESCC conference schedules for the next two seasons are set after IHSA member schools voted down a proposal to move to a district model. The schedules include the megaconference’s new divisions and crossover games.

Meet the Herald-News Fall 2023 All-Area Football Team.

As schools across Illinois vote whether to approve an IHSA proposal that would move football to a district model, CCL/ESCC coaches voiced their concerns about the proposal.

The CCL/ESCC had plenty of talent that led to three state championships in the megaconference. Meet Friday Night Drive’s 2023 All-CCL/ESCC team.

The CCL/ESCC divisions are set for the next two years and 13 teams will be changing divisions. The new divisions are pending a vote that is set to take place in December on whether to approve a proposal to move the IHSA to a district model.

St. Laurence continued to beat expectations this postseason, beating IC Catholic in the Class 4A quarterfinals. Plus more CCL/ESCC notes on Loyola, St. Ignatius, St. Francis, Montini and playoff numbers.

Friday Night Drive reporter Tim Cronin has live updates and scores from Saturday’s Providence vs. Highland football game in the quarterfinals of the IHSA Class 5A playoffs

From Romeoville senior Isiah Pina's scoring to Lincoln-Way Central's defense preventing opponents from scoring, here are five statistics that helped define the 2023 boys soccer season in the Herald-News area.