Results from the Plainfield North Invitational and more in The Herald-News Saturday roundup.

News and scores from Week 1 in the Will and Grundy county areas for the 2025 season

A Quaid Phillips end-around out of the Wildcat with less than a minute to play lifted Morris past Wilmington 27-20 in a much-anticipated matchup of state powerhouses.

Minooka boys soccer gets a 5-1 win and more in the Herald-News Thursday roundup.

Kankakee won at the Windy City Classic again, Reed-Custer's Matthew Kuban made school history and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

Wilmington enters 2025 having graduated Kyle Farrell, their all-time leading rusher, but Ryan Kettman leads a talented senior class back to the gridiron.

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

The Bradley-Bourbonnais girls flag football team best Marist 33-25, improving to 2-0 on the season, and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Cuyler and Everett Swanson finished 1-2 and the Morris girls and boys teams finished second at the Early Bird cross country invite. Plus golf and volleyball results in Wednesday's Herald News sports roundup,

Join hosts Steve Soucie and Josh Welge as they preview an exciting Week 1 in Illinois high school football on the Friday Night Drive podcast

Kankakee hosts Nazareth for the first of two games with state champions to open the season while Bradley-Bourbonnais and Bishop McNamara also start their seasons at home. Check out previews on those games, as well as the rest of the Week 1 slate for the Daily Journal area.

The wait is over. The many, many questions that teams have for the 2025 season are about to begin getting answered. Steve Soucie takes a look at the games to watch in the first week of the IHSA football season.

Lockport and Minooka were among the winners in area volleyball action and more in Tuesday's Herald-News Roundup.

The rest of the state's fall sports joined golf by kicking off their seasons in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

Faith Jordan opened her senior year with six kills and three aces to lead Joliet West to a win in the season opener. Plus more volleyball, boys soccer and golf results in Monday's Herald-News Sports Roundup.

Lockport girls golf took first at the Joliet Township Invite, while Minooka beat Morris in girls tennis in the Herald-News Saturday roundup.

Take a look at five Daily Journal area girls volleyball players to watch as the season starts this week.

History tends to repeat itself in regards to the IHSA Football Playoffs, but the new enrollment numbers could lead to a bracket that looks a lot different in the next postseason chase. Here is Steve Soucie's 2025 IHSA football preseason playoff projection.

Team-by-team previews of the Daily Journal area's girls volleyball teams for the 2025 season.

Here is a look at girls volleyball teams in The Herald-News coverage area for the 2025 season.

Plainfield East and JCA's girls golf teams each picked up wins. That and more in Tuesday's Herald-News Roundup

Here is a look at the girls golf teams in the Herald-News area

The Illinois Central Eight Conference will actually be the ICE seven for the 2025 season. Can anyone challenge defending champion Wilmington and runner-up Coal City atop the conference standings this fall?

The 2025-26 high school sports season opened Thursday at golf courses around the area, with wins recorded by Lincoln-Way East and Seneca's girls as well as Morris' boys.

Will Lemont return to the state tournament? How does Lockport reload? Those boys soccer storylines and more to watch in The Herald-News area in 2025.

The 2025 girls volleyball season promises to be another banner year for The Herald-News area

Mason Schweizer examines a handful of things to look for from the Daily Journal area once the football season starts.

Mason Schweizer looks at a handful of storylines to keep an eye on during the upcoming girls volleyball season.

With the IHSA releasing the state’s football schedules on Friday, here are the top games to watch in the Daily Journal area for the 2025 season.

The joint summer football workout between Wilmington and Bradley-Bourbonnais Wednesday saw both programs take steps forward as they both eye more sustained postseason success this fall.

The Wilmington football team visited Bradley-Bourbonnais for a joint summer football workout Wednesday, July 16, 2025.

Anchored by strong athletes both on the track and in the field, check out this year's Daily Journal All-Area Boys Track and Field team.

From dominant freshmen to speedy seniors and everything in between, there's plenty of state pedigree on this year's Daily Journal All-Area Girls Track and Field Team.

Whether at the plate, on the mound or in the field, top-tier players abound on this year's Daily Journal All-Area Baseball Team.

With 27 all-state standouts and several more all-conference selections that helped fuel spostseason runs, the Daily Journal All-Area Softball Team is as good as it gets.

Here is a look at some of the best softball players the area had to offer in the 2025 season, the 2025 Herald-News All-Area Softball Team.

See if your favorite player made the 2025 Herald-News All-Area Baseball Team, featuring the best of the best across the Will/Grundy County area.

Presenting the 2025 Herald-News Girls Soccer All-Area Team.

With Wilmington's Kyle Farrell having his high school sports career come to an end, it also brings an end to the time he and his father Chad Farrell have spent representing the Wildcats together as player and coach.

From goalkeeper to forward and everywhere in between, this year's Daily Journal All-Area girls soccer team features some of the state's top stars.

Take a look at this year's local baseball standouts that made the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association All-State team.

Wilmington’s Kyle Farrell and Ryan Nelson, Coal City’s Landin Benson and Milford-Cissna Park’s Caleb Clutteur are all set to take place in the 2025 Shrine Game to wrap up their high school football careers.

The Daily Journal coverage area once again boasted some of the state's best softball talent this spring, earning a total of 27 Illinois Softball Coaches Association All-State nods.

A look at the area baseball and softball players named to the All-Illinois Central Eight Conference teams this season.

History tends to repeat itself in regards to the IHSA Football Playoffs, but the new enrollment numbers could lead to a bracket that looks a lot different in the next postseason chase. Here is Steve Soucie's 2025 IHSA football preseason playoff projection.

Reed-Custer High School was the site of the Braidwood Shootout on Wednesday and Thursday, where 32 teams faced off for a little summer basketball action.

Take a look at some of the highlights of the area's prep sports postseason this spring, as seen through the lenses of Mason Schweizer and Tiffany Blanchette. Photos can be purchased at https://heraldnews.smugmug.com.

Plainfield East had five selections to the Southwest Prairie Conference squad. See who else made their respective All-Conference team here.

Lincoln-Way East and Lincoln-Way West each had five players make the All-Conference team in baseball for the Southwest Suburban Conference. See who else made their all-conference teams here.

Bradley-Bourbonnais' Jocelyn Zettergren, Beecher's Grace Durante, Peotone's Allie Werner and Wilmington's Alaina Clark earned IHSSCA All-State honors for the 2025 girls soccer season, with 19 more earning earning All-Sectional honors.