Prairie Ridge's Emaline Foster and Jacobs' Lennox Szymonik captured the Class 2A and 3A titles, respectively, at the First to the Finish Girls Cross Country Invite at Detweiller Park in Peoria. That and more in Saturday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Coal City's boys soccer and Cissna Park's girls volleyball both improved to 9-0 on the season, and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

St. Bede beat Woodland 25-16, 25-22 on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 at St. Bede Academy. Check out photos from the match by MaKade Rios.

After back-to-back losses, the St. Bede girls volleyball team bounced back with a win over Woodland on Thursday.

Only seven total points separated Manteno and Coal City on Thursday night as the Panthers earned a three-set home win over the Coalers, improving to 4-0 in Illinois Central Eight Conference play this season.

After falling behind early in the opening set, Newman roared back to win and then carried that momentum to a big lead in the second set in a 25-23, 25-13 win over Oregon on Thursday.

Prairie Ridge senior setter Addi Smith helped direct the Wolves to a key early-season victory over three-time defending Fox Valley Conference champion Huntley 25-23, 19-25, 25-18 on Thursday.

Erie-Prophetstown and first-year coach Rachel Bramm are off to a 10-2 start after sweeping Rock Falls Thursday night. It was a rematch of last year's regional final.

Prairie Ridge faces Huntley in a Fox Valley Conference girls volleyball match on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, at Huntley High School.

Seniors Lauren Curran and Jayda Dixon hope to be celebrating even more this season with their Downers Grove South teammates. In 2024, the Mustangs reached the Class 4A supersectional after winning their first sectional title 2004. “Were trying to get one game further, to state."

Kankakee took another close loss in flag football, Reed-Custer tripled up Bishop McNamara in boys soccer and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Benet volleyball beat Nazareth, plus Timothy Christian volleyball results in Wednesday's Suburban Life sports roundup.

DeKalb's Maddi Hollar, who served up eight aces on the match, served up three consecutive service points to close out the Barbs' three-set win over Genoa-Kingston on Wednesday in DeKalb.

Richmond-Burton and Woodstock North stayed perfect in Kishwaukee River Conference volleyball, Harvard and Woodstock North boys soccer scored shutout wins, and more in Wednesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

LaSalle-Peru weathered rallies by Dixon in both sets to pull out a 27-25, 25-18 win at Lancaster Gym to avenge an upset loss in last year's regional semifinals on the same court.

St. Francis volleyball handed Timothy Christian its first loss, and Willowbrook volleyball was also a winner in Tuesday's roundup.

Newark freshman middle Zoey Carlson had big hit after bit hit, five kills and a block in the third set alone, and the Norsemen rallied from four points down late in the third to top previously unbeaten Aurora Christian in a 25-22, 23-25, 25-23 thriller.

Hinckley-Big Rock held off a furious Indian Creek rally in the third set to secure a 25-19, 16-25, 25-22 win on Friday in Shabbona.

Manteno held on to beat Wilmington in a nail-biter of an ICE matchup, Cissna Park opened up conference play with its seventh straight win and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Junior Joanna Kruzolek provided big swings all night for Crystal Lake South, leading all players with 10 kills and adding three blocks in a 25-18, 25-22 sweep against Dundee-Crown on Tuesday night at Gator Alley.

A younger, new-look Bradley-Bourbonnais girls volleyball team is halfway to a 13th straight All-City title after starting hot and fending off Kankakee's late push Tuesday.

Putnam County beat Hall 26-28, 25-17, 25-22 in a nonconference match Monday in Spring Valley.

Herscher's Luis Parra followed a productive weekend with six more goals, St. Anne's reacged double figures for the second straight game and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

After falling 32-30 in the first set, Tessa Shannon helped lead Morris to a three set win over Plainfield Central on Monday.

Luis Parra had a day to remember at the Herscher Shootout and more in the Daily Journal's weekend roundup.

Tournament MVP Bella Potempa powered unbeaten Timothy Christian to the tournament title at Evergreen Park, Molly Welge led Benet volleyball past Normal and Wheaton Academy tennis swept three duals in Saturday's roundup.

Joliet Central's volleyball team took second in the eight-team Peg Bryan Invitational on Saturday, while Plainfield Central finished third.

Morris senior volleyball player Hannah Linn won the online voting for Morris Herald-News Athlete of the Week

Henry-Senachwine senior Brooklynn Thompson was voted NewsTribune Athlete of the Week after helping the Mallards to a 3-0 start.

Bradley-Bourbonnais' boys golf team picked up a win over Andrew, with Max LaMore's 37 making him a medalist for the third time this week, and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

Visiting Coal City topped the Streator Bulldog Spikers on Thursday night, both sets highly contested with the Coalers winning the first 25-18 and the second 26-24.

York volleyball beat Wheaton North and Wheaton Warrenville South tennis beat Wheaton Academy in Thursday's roundup.

Joliet West was without standout middle hitter and Texas Tech-bound Faith Jordan, but the Tigers' next-man-up mentality was on full display Thursday in a 25-14, 25-19 win over Joliet Catholic.

DeKalb senior Issy Smith delivered nine straight service points against Kaneland in the second set and the Barbs used that momentum to sweep the Knights, 25-22, 25-19, for their first win of the season.

Kankakee's girls flag football team beat Mahomet-Seymour 16-0 in their season opener, Coal City's boys soccer team improved to 6-0 and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

After an early back-and-forth contest, St. Charles North used eight straight points to take the first set and carried the momentum into the second set to get a straight sets victory over Huntley.

The Fightin' Irish were in control all first set, but had to sweat out a mad dash from the host Kays to take the first leg of All-City volleyball action on the road Wednesday.

L-P fell behind early in the first set but bounced back to beat Rock Falls 25-18, 25-18 in a nonconference match.

Benet, sporting new uniforms, dismissed Metea Valley in straight sets Wednesday.

Kankakee's boys soccer team fell in the semifinals of the Windy City Classic, Illinois Central Eight Conference play began in girls volleyball and boys soccer and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Plainfield North had a roller coaster first set against Morris on Tuesday night, but the second set was firmly theirs as they picked up a crucial early season victory.

Hall used a big run in the first set and then came through in a back-and-forth second set to come away  with a 25-20, 25-20 victory over Mendota on Tuesday.

Bradley-Bourbonnais won its home opener 2-0 over Beecher on Tuesday, taking the first set 25-21 before pulling away in the second set 25-12.

Gianna Coletti had 30 assists to lead Jacobs to its first volleyball win of the season in a three-set thriller, Crystal Lake Central boys soccer shut out DeKalb, and more in Tuesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Hampshire outside hitter Elizabeth King led the way with 10 kills and setter Kylie Lambert chipped in six as the Whip-Purs defeated Prairie Ridge 26-24, 25-18 in an early-season matchup of top Fox Valley Conference contenders.

Prairie Ridge faces Hampshire in a Fox Valley Conference girls volleyball match on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, at Hampshire High School.

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The Bradley-Bourbonnais boys soccer team won a pair of games to take first place in the Boilermaker Invite and more in Saturday's Daily Journal roundup.

Marist and Lockport battled back and forth in the first set of the Plainfield North Invite title match, but Marist came out on top and had much less trouble in winning the second set.

Burlington Central volleyball defeated Cary-Grove in three sets, Burlington Central's Tyler Samaan led the Rockets boys golf team to an FVC dual win over the Trojans, plus more in Thursday's Northwest Herald roundup.