Bolingbrook Preps

Last year, the NIU football team ranked 117th out of 130 teams in team sacks. Wisconsin transfer and current NIU defensive end Izayah Green-May said he’s looking forward to changing that.

In Will County area high school volleyball, what are the 5 stories to watch entering the 2022 IHSA season?

The Raider guard led his team to a fourth-place finish in Class 4A last season

The Raiders' boys basketball coach went to Italy to help run a basketball camp

The NCAA transfer portal has made finding new schools easier for college athletes, but the portal, along with the one-time exception that makes athletes immediately eligible, has drastically changed the landscape of high school recruiting.

Senior quarterback Jayden Lawrence has a well-stocked stable of targets

The road map for football teams was laid out by the IHSA on Thursday. Here's a closer look at what lies ahead for Herald-News area squads.

Meet the 2022 Herald News All-Area softball team.

Meet the 2022 Herald News All-Area softball team.

Meet the 2022 Herald News All-Area baseball team.

Bolingbrook's Damon Walters decided to go with the familiar choice. The junior committed to Northwestern over the holiday weekend.

The Lincoln-Way West doubles squad of Jacob Sternin and Milan Miskovic were the lone area qualifiers to advance out of the first round of the IHSA Boys State Class 2A Tennis meet during Thursday’s opening round. Plus more postseason results in Thursday's roundup.

With an army of highly seeded qualifiers, Minooka should make a strong run at team hardware at the IHSA State Meet this weekend. But the Indians are far from the only potential success story the area might see.

Martin Kowalczyk had six kills and was a force on defense with six blocks to lift Lemont to a 25-21, 25-15 win over Richards on Tuesday at the Chicago Brooks Regional semifinal. Plus more postseason results in softball and girls soccer.

Tyler Colwell and Cael Hiser went 1-2 for Minooka in the 100- and 200-meter dashes Thursday to help the Indians capture the team title at the Class 3A Rock Island Sectional.