Here are the players selected for the 2025 Daily Journal Girls Volleyball All-Area Team.

For the third season in a row, Cissna Park's Addison Lucht has been named the Daily Journal Girls Volleyball Player of the Year, this time after leading the Timberwolves to a Class 1A state championship win.

The Bishop McNamara boys basketball team moved to 6-0, Bradley-Bourbonnais was on the wrong side of a one-point final and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.

Kankakee senior Lincoln Williams erupted for 44 points on Friday, setting the program's single-game scoring record and leading the Kays to an 80-40 win over Thornridge to improve to 2-0 on the season.

Kankakee's girls pulled away for another mammoth conference win and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

Trailing by five points entering the fourth quarter, Kankakee rallied for a 45-38 win over Lincoln-Way West on Wednesday, led by 20 points from Ava Johnson, and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Bradley-Bourbonnais' boys wrestling team downed Bishop McNamara, Kankakee and Manteno to claim its 20th straight All-City crown Wednesday, while the girls team beat Kankakee 23-10 for the title.

Bradley-Bourbonnais sophomore cheerleader Madison Sinclair will ring in the new year in Rome, where she will participate in the Italian capital's New Year's Day parade as a member of the Spirit of America cheer team.

After the Bulldogs pulled ahead with an early 16-0 run, Kankakee settled in for a season-opening double-digit win over Mahomet-Seymour on Tuesday that gave head coach Chris Pickett his 400th career win.