Here is the 2026 All-BCR Baseball Team representing players from Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede

The Marquette baseball team managed just four hits off St. Joseph-Ogden's Asher Pruemer in a 6-1 loss in Friday night's IHSA Class 2A State semifinal at Illinois Field in Champaign. The Crusaders play Freeburg for third place at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Next weekend, eight members of the Bradley-Bourbonnais Unified Basketball team and coach Duke Wilson will begin their quest at the Special Olympics USA Games in Minnesota.

Owen Roberts hails from a family of football coaches, but until recently he believed his future to be in lacrosse. That all changed after Roberts' sophomore year at York, and Roberts – a football edge who will be a senior this fall – made his commitment in the last week to York.

Carson Trivellini had three hits, but he and his Crystal Lake South teammates didn't score for only the second time this season in a 2-0 loss to Triad in a Class 3A state semifinal Friday at Slammers Stadium in Joliet.

Sycamore senior pitcher Bella Jacobs and senior catcher Kairi Lantz were named 3A first-teamers by the ICA earlier this week. The Spartans and Kaneland each had three representatives on the 3A team, while DeKalb and Genoa-Kingston also had all-state representation.

A number of Joliet area baseball players earned all-conference honors for their play this season.

Meet the final Daily Journal Athlete of the Week for the 2025-26 school year, Wilmington senior baseball player Ryan Kettman.

The Chicago Bears offense was confident about the next step it can take next year during the last month's offseason workout program. Here's why there's confidence at the end of minicamp.