Boys Tennis

Johnsburg's 2016 football team, with running back Alex Peete leading the way, was Class 4A state runner-up. The Skyhawks and six other new inductees will join the Johnsburg High School Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, Feb. 4.

The 32nd Annual Emma Hubbs Tennis Classic continued Tuesday morning as kids 11 and under took the courts at Page Park.

Streator tennis ace Davey Rashid is The Times 2022 Boys Tennis Player of the Year.

In a spring filled with so much craziness, was there any doubt that it would have a wacky ending?

Cary-Grove’s softball team battled back to beat Vernon Hills, 10-8, in eight innings in the Class 3A Ridgewood Regional final for the Trojans' first regional championship since 2011. Plus more postseason results in baseball and boys tennis.

Dixon’s doubles team of Lucas Healy and Owen Grot, and Sterling singles player Brecken Peterson both won three matches at the Class 1A Boys Tennis State Tournament before bowing out Friday.

Dixon doubles team Lucas Healy & Owen Grot won their first-round doubles match at the IHSA Boys Tennis State Tournament on Thursday, but the other three local entries – doubles teams from Dixon and Sterling and a Golden Warriors' singles player – all dropped their openers.

Prairie Ridge's Elena Smith tossed a complete-game shutout to lead the Wolves to a 3-0 win over Harvard in their Class 3A Woodstock North Regional semifinal. Plus more postseason results in baseball and tennis in Thursday's prep roundup.

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.

The first round of the IHSA Boys State Tennis Championships were held throughout Chicagoland on Thursday, May 26, 2022.

For four of the seven Dixon and Sterling boys tennis state tournament qualifiers this season, it will be the second time making the trip to the Chicago suburbs. For the other three qualifiers, it will be their first state experience.

After rain delayed the finals by two days, state-bound competitors in the Class 1A Ottawa Boys Tennis Sectional wrapped up competition Monday.

Crystal Lake South's Jackson Schuetzle and Jacobs' Thomas Nelson, who both finished in the top five of their respective state tournaments, are headed back. Schuetzle won the Class 1A Lakes Sectional; Nelson was third in the Class 2A Cary-Grove Sectional.

The Dixon tennis doubles team of Lucas Healy and Owen Grot claimed the championship at the Class 1A Rochelle Regional on Saturday, and did it by defeating fellow Dukes Leith Elbzour and Logan Moeller.The Dukes won the team title with 22 points, ahead of Sterling and Geneseo (20).

Woodstock North will send three players to next weekend’s state tournament after a second-place team finish Saturday at the Class 1A Belvidere North Sectional. Plus more postseason tennis and boys lacrosse results.