The Princeton High School boys and girls basketball teams had a busy summer weekend preparing for games in the winter.

A new-look Benet team led by Brady Kunka and Niko Abusara turned some heads at the 19th annual Riverside-Brookfield Summer Shootout.

Mattie Chapman, who starred for Newark's girls volleyball state champions in 2018 and 2019, has been hired as the new girls volleyball coach at Parkview Christian.

Meet the 2022 Northwest Herald Girls Soccer All-Area teams.

Richmond-Burton's Casey DeCaluwe created the perfect roadmap for a team looking for redemption this season, helping the Rockets earn their first state runner-up trophy. DeCaluwe is the Northwest Herald's Girls Soccer Coach of the Year award for the second consecutive season.

Dundee-Crown's Berkley Mensik is the Northwest Herald's Girls Soccer Player of the Year after making history for the Chargers this season in her return to high school soccer.

With the rain messing with Storm Dayz for the second straight year after its return to Sycamore, the Kishwaukee Valley Storm 18-and-under team played three one-run games on Sunday on the tournament’s final day.

The Princeton Fastpitch Church League games were exciting to the end Friday night at Westside Park.

From its humble beginnings, girls athletics have grown exponentially in Illinois. There are now 17 girls sports with the addition of wrestling in 2021-22. There are 15 boys sports offered.