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The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association announced its Coaches of the Year Thursday, including eleven local junior high, high school and college coaches.

The Bishop McNamara boys and Central girls both picked up team wins at the Manteno Invite on Friday.

Josh Barta was two walks from a perfect game in his no-hitter and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Bishop McNamara earned another blowout win in Chicagoland Christian Conference play, beating Aurora Christian 22-2, and more in Thursday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The Bobcats improved their unbeaten season start to 19-0 after passing a test against a talented Wilmington team Thursday.

Herscher kept its conference winning streak alive with a 2-1 win over Coal City on Thursday, getting a late goal from Gianni Jaime to put them over the top in the final minutes.

The Bobcats improved their unbeaten season start to 19-0 after passing a test against a talented Wilmington team Thursday.

The Bishop McNamara softball team beat Wheaton Academy 16-8 to improve to 7-0 in Chicagoland Christian Conference play and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The Kays improved to 4-0 in Southland Athletic Conference play with a 2-0 win on the road against Beecher on Wednesday.

Eric Regez became the 12th baseball coach in IHSA history to reach 800 career wins, the eighth to record that many at the same school, in the Tigers' home win over Grant Park Wednesday.

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Officials within Minooka Community High School District 111 recently had strong words in opposition to a piece of legislation working its way through the Illinois General Assembly.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais softball team lost an extra-inning SWSC battle to top-ranked Lincoln-Way Central, Beecher's Ava Lorenzatti and Taylor Norkus were dominant in a doubleheader sweep and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Central took down Gardner-South Wilmington 9-2 on the road on Tuesday to improve to 7-0 in River Valley Conference play.

Bishop McNamara fell behind 5-0 to Chicago Christian Tuesday, and despite showing some resilience late, couldn't quite recover.

Clifton Central took down Gardner-South Wilmington 9-2 on the road Tuesday to improve to 7-0 in River Valley Conference play.

Kate Cuthbertson scored four goals, the Blue Devils kept Streator scoreless, and Peotone girls soccer secured its first ICE Conference win of the season Tuesday, 5-0.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais baseball team beat Lincoln-Way East on the road Monday to avenge last week's loss to the Griffins and more in Monday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The Fightin' Irish improved to 6-0 in conference play with a dominant 22-0 win over Wheaton Academy on Monday, with Victoria Torres nearly throwing a perfect game and seven different players having multiple hits.

Wilmington totaled 15 hits on the day, including a leadoff homer from Ryan Kettman and three-run Zach Ohlund blast, to give Lucas Rink plenty of run support at Coal City Monday.

Nominations for the Kankakee Athletics Hall of Fame will be accepted through May 16 with induction ceremonies to take place on October 23 and 24.

Former Kankakee star AJ Storr announced last week he'll spend his senior season at Ole Miss.

The Kankakee girls track and field team placed fifth at the Kays Co-ed Meet Saturday with Herscher placing seventh, while on the boys side Herscher placed sixth and Kankakee placed seventh, and more in Saturday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Peotone's Sophie Klawitter threw a one-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts in the Blue Devils' win to cap off her dominant week, and more in Friday's Daily Journal Roundup

Lincoln-Way East jumped ahead early on Bradley-Bourbonnais on Friday, eventually scoring a 10-3, series-opening victory.

Bradley-Bourbonnais fell behind 8-0 early in Friday's home conference matchup with Lincoln-Way East, eventually falling 10-3 to the Griffins.

The Bishop McNamara baseball team scored three runs in the fifth inning to win a Chicagoland Christian Conference contest over Wheaton Academy 3-2, and more in Thursday's Daily Journal Roundup.

More errors and walks came back to bite Kankakee in Thursday's 9-6 home loss to Southland Athletic Conference opponent Thornwood.

The Coal City girls soccer team trailed early, but a pair of goals from senior Kylee Kennell helped the Coalers to a 3-1 victory over host Streator on Thursday

Kankakee's Kylee Cunningham and Kylie Glogowski, who split the team's pitching and catching duties, delivered once again in the Kays' dominant win over Thornwood Thursday.

Bishop McNamara's Joslynn Dole and Kankakee's Kylee Cunningham both threw no-hitters Wednesday to lead their teams to wins and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal Roundup

After falling behind 13-4 in the third inning, Milford-Cissna Park mounted a comeback attempt that came up short in a slugfest with Oakwood Wednesday.

JCA officials say the school has held four community meetings in which stadium plans were discussed. The city's zoning board is slated to make final decision on permit on Thursday.

The Illinois House gave its approval to legislation that would give high school athletes a limited right to compete in non-school events or on non-school teams during the same season in which they play for their school

Bradley-Bourbonnais alum Anthony Mancilla won his second Chicago Golden Gloves title in three years last week representing Gold Star Gym in Bradley.

The Bishop McNamara baseball team picked up its first Chicagoland Christian Conference win of the season, Peotone's Sophie Klawitter threw another no-hitter and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Herscher's Gianni Jaime's had a hat trick in the first half to lead the Tigers to a 3-2 home win over Bradley-Bourbonnais on Tuesday.

Taylor Stefancic's three-run home run, Madisyn Rossow's grand slam and Ally Allgood's solo shot highlighted Wilmington's brilliant day at the dish in Tuesday's 13-3 win over Herscher.

Taylor Stefancic's three-run home run, Madisyn Rossow's grand slam and Ally Allgood's solo shot highlighted Wilmington's brilliant day at the dish in Tuesday's 13-3 win over Herscher.

Resident near Joliet Catholic Academy says people need to know more before the school's sports stadium plans add more cars to the neighborhood.

Michael Kimberlin, a 2001 Bishop McNamara graduate, is one of 15 members of this year's IWCOA Hall of Fame class.

Wilmington baseball kept its perfect ICE record in tact, Peotone's Sophie Klawitter threw a perfect game and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

Reed-Custer spotted Alex Bielfeldt four runs in the top of the first and never looked back to earn its first Illinois Central Eight Conference win of the year at Manteno on Monday.

Reed-Custer spotted starting pitcher Alex Bielfeldt four runs in the top of the first and never looked back to earn its first Illinois Central Eight Conference win of the year at Manteno Monday.

Coal City scored seven runs over the opening two innings, only two of them earned, and stranded more than a few Streator baserunners in a 10-5 ICE Conference win Monday.

Joliet's baseball stadium is getting several upgrades as the Joliet Slammers prepare for their season opener on May 9.

The Kankakee girls track and field team placed third at the JJK/AL Joyner Classic and more in Saturday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The Coalers saw their lengthy winning streak snapped in Saturday's nonconference meeting with Plainfield North.

A 12-run fourth inning fueled the Kays in Southland Athletic Conference action and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.