Randy Whalen - Shaw Local News Network Correspondent

Sophie Stone struck out 10 in five innings of relief and Fenwick scored all of its runs in the bottom of the third, as the Friars beat Waterloo 4-2 to capture third place in the Class 3A state tournament for the highest finish in school history.

Playing in its first-ever state title match, York's boys volleyball team battled down to the wire. But in the end, Marist proved too much and emerged with a 25-21, 28-26 victory in the championship match on Saturday evening at Hoffman Estates High School. Glenbard West was third,

The York boys volleyball team defeated Lincoln-Way West in two sets in a state quarterfinal Friday in Hoffman Estates.

While the Spartans rallied to win the second set in the quarterfinal, they couldn’t keep up in the third. Loyola emerged with a 25-21, 23-25, 25-15 victory in the third state quarterfinal on Friday afternoon at Hoffman Estates.

Glenbard West used a 13-3 run in the third set to take control and beat Lyons 25-20, 22-25, 25-15 in a state quarterfinal in Hoffman Estates.

Downers Grove North junior Sophia Barofsky smacked a three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to lead the Trojans to a 6-5 victory over Benet Thursday in a Class 4A Marist Sectional semifinal.

Glenbard West came up big at the net to beat Downers Grove North for the third time this season, 25-19, 25-19 in the Bolingbrook Sectional final, as the two-time defending state champion Hilltoppers advanced to their 10th consecutive state tournament.

Bridget Faut fired a four-hit shutout, and Morgan Spodarek hit a three-run homer as Lockport blanked Joliet West 3-0 for the Class 4A Lockport Regional championship.

Lockport's Brinlee McNabb had a pair “attitude goals” and fellow senior defender Meghan Mack added one. All of the scores came off corner kicks by Emma Czech. It all added up to a 3-0 victory for the host Porters over Oswego East in the final of the Class 3A Lockport Regional.

Gabby Mcphee found herself open and Gulbrandsen delivered a perfect pass. The sophomore midfielder delivered, tapping in an insurance goal as the Wolves outlasted Oswego 2-0 in a Lockport Class 3A semifinal match.

Emma Czech scored Lockport’s only goal in regulation, and then won the game by scoring in the fifth and final round of the shootout as the unbeaten Porters beat Lincoln-Way East 2-1 in a game that decided the SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue Division championship.

Lockport's boys volleyball team outlasted Bolingbrook 26-24, 21-25, 31-29 on Tuesday in Southwest Suburban Conference action for the Porters' 15th win in a row.

Lucas Acevedo pitched six strong innings, reached base every at-bat, and scored what proved to be the winning run as Lincoln-Way West remained undefeated with a big 7-5 win over a very good Joliet West squad on Friday afternoon in Joliet.

Something had to give on Thursday as Lockport's high octane offense locked horns with a Lincoln-Way East squad which hadn't allowed a goal all season prior to the Windy City Classic final. Lockport solved the riddle though, netting three goals in a 3-0 win.

Opportunity didn't lead to enough execution for Lincoln-Way East on Thursday as it dropped a 47-36 decision to Homewood-Flossmoor in the Class 4A Joliet West Sectional title game.