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.

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

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Behind Lydia Hammond's second shutout of the postseason, Bradley-Bourbonnais defeated Minooka 4-0 in the Class 4A Normal Community West Sectional semifinals Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

Bradley-Bourbonnais beat Minooka 4-0 in the IHSA Class 4A Normal Community West Sectional semifinals Tuesday, getting payback for a 10-0 loss to the Indians in the sectional semis last year.

Ava Lorenzatti blasted a solo homer, and Taylor Norkus twirled a one-hit shutout as Beecher topped Seneca 1-0 to claim the 2A Seneca Sectional championship.

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The Beecher softball team won its third straight sectional championship with a nail-biting 1-0 win over Seneca in the Class 2A Seneca Sectional championship game Friday, May 30, 2025.

Ottawa's softball team scored three times in the bottom of the sixth to come away with a 3-1 win over Morris in the Class 3A Morris Regional and capture its third straight regional crown.

Tessa Krull struck out 11 in a four-hit shutout while Hayden Pfeifer's home run was part of a five-run sixth inning in Seneca's 6-0 win over Coal City in Tuesday's Class 2A Seneca Sectional semifinal.

After falling behind 5-0 through two innings, Madi Petersen hit a three-run home run in the third and had the go-ahead RBI single as part of a four-run sixth that gave Coal City a 7-5 comeback win over Bishop McNamara for the Coalers' fourth straight regional title.