Dwight Preps

The Seneca girls track and field team captured the program's 13th consecutive Class 1A sectional title on Thursday at Seneca High School.

Teams from Aurora Christian, Beecher, Dwight, Earlville, Hinckley-Big Rock, Kankakee-McNamara, Lisle, Momence, Newark, Marquette, Seneca, Indian Creek, Somonauk, Westmont, Wilmington and Yorkville all competed during the Class 1A Sectional track meet on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at Seneca High School.

The Dwight softball team scored two runs in the top of the first inning and held the lead throughout an 8-5 Tri-County Conference victory over Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell on Tuesday at Woodland High School in each sides regular-season finale.

Lincoln-Way Central and Lemont, state powers in Class 4A and 3A, respectively, enjoy meeting each other on the field. Read about that and more in this week’s The Herald-News softball notebook.

The Dwight baseball team had little trouble dispatching Serena Wednesday night, but bigger than the final result was the opportunity for a pair of 1A schools to take in the bright lights of Slammers Stadium in Joliet.

Dwight fell to St. Bede 8-1 on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at St. Bede Academy.

St. Bede got dominant pitching from starter Alan Spencer and big hits, including a grand slam from Gus Burr, as the Bruins topped Dwight 8-1 in Tri-County Conference action Tuesday afternoon.

Marquette defeated Dwight 3-2 on Thursday, April 10, 2025 at Masinelli Field in Ottawa.

After falling behind 2-0 in the second inning, the Marquette Crusaders rallied to tie the game in the third and walked off the Dwight Trojans 3-2 Thursday night at Masinelli Field.

As outdoor season revs up, here is a look at the 2025 boys track and field season across the Herald-News area.

See who the best of the best from around the area in girls wrestling were this past year.

Meet the 2024-25 Herald-News All-Area Boys Wrestling Team.

A preseason look at the 2025 prep baseball season across the Herald-News coverage area.

Plainfield Central’s Alicia Tucker and Lockport’s Claudia Heeney each claimed championships at Saturday's IHSA Girls Wrestling State Finals on Saturday at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.

Two brothers, Judah and Justus Heeg, won state championships while wrestling for Lemont and Providence Catholic, respectively

The Marquette boys basketball scored the opening nine points of Monday's Class 1A regional quarterfinal against Dwight, led by 20 three minutes into the second quarter and eventually recorded a 66-33 victory at Bader Gymnasium.

Marquette beat Dwight 66-33 during the Class 1A Regional quarterfinal game on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 in Bader Gym at Marquette High School. The Cru will play Hinckley-Big Rock at 6p.m. on Wednesday in the Regional semifinals.

A total of 21 Herald-News area wrestlers placed between third and sixth to earn medals at the IHSA boys state wrestling finals at the University of Illinois on Saturday.

Is this the year Bolingbrook breaks through? Which Plainfield South will show up? This and more things to keep an eye on in the Herald-News area for boy's basketball.

A total of 73 Herald-News area wrestlers will take part in the boys individual state finals at University of Illinois' State Farm Center

Check out photos from Monday's IHSA Class 1A Dwight Regional semifinals, including state-ranked Cissna Park's win over Ridgeview and host Dwight's victory over Donovan-St. Anne.

Check out photos from Saturday's IHSA Class 1A Coal City Boys Wrestling Sectional.

Cissna Park finished an undefeated run to the Vermilion Valley Conference girls basketball title and more in Thursday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Postseason play for girls basketball teams begins Saturday, and several area teams are hoping to add some hardware to their trophy cases

The IHSA postseason schedules for girls basketball teams across the greater Ottawa/Streator/Morris area.

Several boys wrestling teams competed in IHSA Class 1A Herscher regional on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. Coal City, Reed-Custer, Central-Iroquois West, Bishop McNamara, Manteno, Peotone, Wilmington, Dwight, Seneca and Herscher wrestlers aimed to advance.

Several individuals and teams are hoping to come home with a state medal. Here's a look ahead at the boys wrestling postseason in The Herald-News area.

Here are some things around the Herald-News coverage area to keep an eye on as the girls wrestling postseason gets underway this weekend.

The Coalers moved to 11-3 on the season while the Trojans fell to 9-6

Behind a balanced scoring effort that saw five different players score at least 10 points, Coal City used a mammoth run to end the first half of Friday’s home clash with Dwight that led to a convincing 63-35 win.

We’re proud to present the 2024 Herald-News All-Area Girls Golf Team.

As the 2024-2025 boys basketball season gets set to tip off, here are team-by-team previews of teams from around the Herald-News coverage area.

Here are quarterfinal results and state semifinal matchups for IHSA playoff teams across the Will and Grundy county area.

Farmington ended Dwight/GSW's Cinderella season 42-7 in the IHSA Class 2A quarterfinals Saturday afternoon, riding a balanced offense and key defensive takeaways.

Farmington defeated Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington 42-7 on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 at Dwight High School.

Farmington faces Dwight/GSW in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Class 2A IHSA football playoffs. Friday Night Drive reporter Bill Freskos will have live updates, scores and news from the game

A look at the IHSA playoff quarterfinal matchups for nearby teams Morris, Princeton and Dwight-Gardner-South Wilmington.

Here are second-round results and third-round matchups for IHSA playoff teams across the Herald-News area.

Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington scored on a rare pass play with 2.8 seconds left to advance to the third round of the playoffs for the first time in school history, 12-6 over Elmwood-Brimfield.

Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington defeated Elmwood Brimfield 12-6 on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024 at Dwight High School.

Elmwood faces Dwight/GSW in Round 2 of the 2024 Class 2A IHSA football playoffs. Friday Night Drive editor J.T. Pedelty will have live updates, scores and news from the game

More than four decades after their first IHSA playoff victory, the Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington football team finally got No. 2, 41-13 at Momence.

A look at the opening round of the IHSA and I8FA playoffs, including games for Sandwich, Seneca, Dwight/GSW, Marquette and Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland.

A look at the first-round football playoff pairing for the teams in The Herald-News coverage area

Dwight/GSW avenged a Week 4 loss and punched its ticket for the playoffs, defeating Marquette 21-20 in Week 9.

Dwight faces Marquette in Week 9 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive reporter Charlie Ellerbrock will have live updates, scores and news from the game

With just one week remaining in the IHSA football regular season and the postseason looming for the top 256 teams, here are where the Herald-News area's football teams stand heading into Week 9.

With just one game remaining in the IHSA football regular season and the postseason looming for the top 256 teams statewide, here are where the Illinois Valley's 11-man football teams stand coming down the home stretch.

Despite graduating nine seniors from last year's sectional championship team, Joliet West has kept up its success

With two weeks remaining in the IHSA football regular season and the postseason looming for the top 256 teams, here are where the Herald-News area's football teams stand coming down the home stretch.