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Huntley faces DeKalb in the IHSA Class 4A Sectional Semifinal softball game on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at Barrington High School in Barrington.

Ava McFadden had three hits, including a home run, as Huntley advanced to the Class 4A Barrington Sectional final with a 6-1 win over DeKalb on Wednesday, ending the Barbs' most successful season in almost a decade.

Brooklyn Johnson made a diving catch in right field to rob Sycamore of a run. Oli Victorine pitched an 11-strikeout gem. And Ella Arana hit a rocket that drove in the first of two Crystal Lake Central runs in the fifth inning of their 2-0 win in a sectional semifinal on Tuesday.

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The Crystal Lake Central and Sycamore softball teams played Tuesday in a Class 3A Sycamore Sectional semifinal game for a chance to move on to Friday's sectional championship game.

Kaneland scored twice in the top of the seventh with two outs to even the score, but Makayla Malone's walk-off hit in the bottom half secured a 4-3 victory for Crystal Lake Central in Friday's Class 3A Woodstock North Regional final.

Faith Heil and Ema Durst hit homers as the Sycamore softball team won its fifth straight regional with a 10-0 victory over Belvidere on Friday in Freeport.

The Class 3A and 4A baseball and softball playoffs are set to begin this week. We check in on where DeKalb, Sycamore and Kaneland stand heading into the postseason.

A day after DeKalb scored 17 runs, Allie Abell tossed a three-hitter and became the first pitcher to shutout the Barbs this season in a 4-0 win for Dixon on Tuesday.

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The Dixon softball team traveled to DeKalb Thursday to face the Barbs in a nonconference matchup.