Minooka's Natalie Nahs took sixth place in the Class 3A 800-meter run and helped two Indian relay teams advance to the state meet after leading her team to its first conference title since 2017. She is the Herald-News girls track and field Athlete of the Year.

Here is the Herald-News area Girls Track & Field Honor Roll, comprised of athletes who advanced to the state meet.

Morris graduate Jack Wheeler is putting up strong numbers in the Texas Rangers organization competing in the Arizona Comple League, hoping an single A invite is soon on the way.

A number of Joliet area baseball players earned all-conference honors for their play this season.

Class 4A state softball champion Lincoln-Way West highlights the list of area all-conference selections.

Davion Thompson, a consensus top 25 recruit in the country, made his college commitment to Arkansas on Wednesday evening.

The Illinois Coaches Association announced its 2026 ICA All-State teams this week, with 11 Herald-News area softball standouts selected for first-team honors and dozens more for other ICA accolades.

Minooka's deepest playoff run since 2012 ended on Monday with a 4-2 loss to Naperville Central in the Normal Community Supersectional.

Seneca seniors Lexie Buis, Camryn Stecken and Tessa Krull led the Fighting Irish softball team to a runner-up finish at the IHSA Class 2A State Finals at Peoria's Louisville Slugger Sports Complex.

Any state championship is special, but the one Lincoln-Way West brought home was made all the more spectacular by everything it took to earn it.

For the first time in school history, Lincoln-Way West has won a team state championship as the softball team downed Mundelein 6-1 in the Class 4A title game on Saturday.

The Seneca softball team battled to the very end but came up just short in a 3-1 loss to Carterville in Saturday's IHSA Class 2A championship on OSF Healthcare Field inside the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex in Peoria. The Fighting Irish ended the season 39-3.

It has become very difficult to contain the Minooka baseball team's offense as Edwardsville found out on Saturday as the Indians pounded out 14 hits in a 15-1 win to claim the Class 4A Normal Community Sectional title.

Lincoln-Way Central saw its season come to an end with a 7-1 loss to Sandburg in the title game of the Class 4A Lincoln-Way Central Sectional.

Lincoln-Way West's softball team upset top-ranked Marist 2-1 and advanced to the IHSA Class 4A state championship game behind a gutsy performance from pitcher Abby Brueggmann and the rest of the Warriors.

Colin Doyle struck out 11 and Downers Grove North held off a late Lockport rally to capture a 7-6 win in the Class 4A Lockport Sectional nightcap. In the first semifinal, Naperville Central's Grant Umbright shut out Hinsdale Central in a 2-0 affair.

Joliet Catholic lost to Dunlap in the Washington Sectional semifinals on Wednesday. “It’s only up from here. ... We’re only going to keep getting better.”

Minooka's potent offense continued its torrid postseason, and Zane Caves pitched masterfully as Minooka topped Normal Community 8-2 in the semifinal round of the Class 4A Normal Community Sectional on Wednesday.