Brooke Klosowicz hit three home runs in two postseason games, including a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning of a 3-2 win over Sandwich in the Class 2A Johnsburg Regional final. The Skyhawks senior was voted the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week by readers.

McHenry graduate Bobby Miller turned in another strong start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 6-1 win over the Washington Nationals.

After ending the last two seasons with supersectional losses, the Newman Comets were determined to avoid repeating history in the Class 1A Rockford Supersectional at Rivets Stadium on Monday morning – and they did just that with a 3-2 win over Chicago Hope to advance to state.

After Rock Falls took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first in Monday's Class 2A East Peoria Supersectional, two-time defending state champion Rockridge answered right away and pulled away for a 14-2, five-inning victory.

Hampshire, which delivered an eight-inning win over Hononegah on Friday to win its first regional title since 2016, will face another tough challenge when it plays Huntley for a third time this year in the Class 4A sectional semifinals.

Lily Bosnich and Emily Slingsby provided some timely small ball, and Reagan Stoudt added the long ball with a solo shot to send the Bruins back to state, riding Stoudt’s pitching to a 6-1 victory over Orangeville in Monday’s Class 1A Sterling Supersectional.

While LeRoy put up two runs in the top of the eighth inning, the Crusaders could only respond with one in the bottom half, sending LeRoy on to this weekend’s Class 1A State semifinals and sending Marquette home with a 2-1, season-ending loss.

The Joliet Catholic baseball team found itself in an unfamiliar place in the postseason on Monday, trailing. But the Hilltoppers offense has been overwhelming in the Class 2A postseason and was again with a 14-4 win over Hall.

Four of the five Fox Valley Conference teams that won regional titles on Saturday did so by not allowing a run in their games. Burlington Central, Cary-Grove and Crystal Lake South advanced in Class 3A, while Huntley and Jacobs move on in 4A.