High School Sports

Sterling graduate Mason Hubbard is set to compete at the 2025 Optimist International Junior Golf Championships at Trump National Doral in Miami this Sunday. 'This is another great spot to see where my game sits amongst players all over the world.'

Woodland's Nick Plesko has committed to continue his education at Monmouth College and his basketball career with the Fighting Scots.

Here is a look at the results from three more divisions during the second day of the 35th Annual Emma Hubbs Tennis Classic.

The Dixon Minor girls 4th grade fast pitch softball team won the Rock River championship on July 14 in Byron.

Prairieview won a sixth straight Lincoln Highway golf tournament on Sunday as Ryan Jahn took first, while Jason Wombacher and Andrew Canfield tied for second with Emerald Hill's Jarred Hippen. Sunset's Brian Weidman was also inducted into the tournament's Hall of Fame.

Bishop McNamara will be adding boys and girls swimming to its slate of athletics this fall.

The 35th Annual Emma Hubbs Tennis Classic kicked off on Monday with four different age divisions competing. Brooklyn Arjes and Joel Rhodes won the 18 and under mixed doubles division over Jenna Mustapha and Aron Rivera.

Tim Lowry, a 1969 Yorkville graduate and boys basketball scorekeeper since 1999, is being remembered as a "Yorkville Fox, through and through" who was loved by everybody. Lowry died on July 16 at the age of 73. "It's going to be different without him."

J.T. Pedelty, Eddie Carifio and Sam Ramirez react to the IHSA football schedule getting released in the latest Friday Night Drive podcast, and break down games in DeKalb and La Salle counties, along with the Sauk Valley region

Steve Soucie and Josh Welge preview the 2025 IHSA high school football schedule, including games to watch and more in the latest Friday Night Drive podcast

Friday Night Drive’s Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz discuss what the IHSA football schedule will look like in the western suburbs for the 2025 season, games they are looking forward to, and more

Steve Soucie and Mason Schweizer discuss the upcoming IHSA football schedule release and how it affects teams in Kankakee County on the latest Friday Night Drive podcast

Here are J.T. Pedelty's photos from Streator Bulldogs summer football practice Wednesday, July 16, 2025.

Downers Grove North junior Colin Doyle is set to make his mark another sport this season. An established pitcher in baseball with next-level potential, the 6-foot-6 Doyle is looking to make waves in basketball. He was one of the Trojans' standouts during the June period.

Herscher's Drew Rogers and Kankakee's Nevaeh Lowe and Jayon Morrow all put their talent on display in the 2024-24 college cross country and track and field seasons.

Glenbard East senior guard Michael Nee is one of several experienced returners from last year's Upstate Eight Conference and regional champs. After an impressive 27-2 June, the Rams are ready to make noise this coming season.

Here are Gary Duncan's photos from Downers Grove South's 7-on-7 football event held on Saturday, July 12.

Dixon's Katie Drew won the 102nd Ladies Lincoln Highway golf tournament individual title on Saturday at her home course. Dixon's Reese Dambman also helped Timber Creek win a third straight team title as she competed in her first Lincoln Highway.

Here is a look at the top baseball players from the Sauk Valley area for the 2025 season.

Setting the tone as the leadoff hitter and shut-down closer for a fourth-place state finisher has earned Newman junior Garret Matznick the title of 2025 Sauk Valley Media Baseball Player of the Year.

McHenry County Youth Sports Association’s Summer International Championships fans will have an improved experience this summer after the renovations of the Mickey Sund Baseball Complex at Crystal Lake’s Lippold Park. Games began Friday morning.

Fresh off of a fourth-place finish at the inaugural IHSA State Finals last year, the Bradley-Bourbonnais girls flag football made an early statement as a state contender yet again in 2025 this week

Ethan Vahl and his coach both agree that his first instinct is to pass the ball. But Vahl can also fill it up. The Oswego rising sophomore guard provided the latest evidence to that effect with a 40-point game the last weekend of June at the Romeoville Live Summer Shootout.

Reed-Custer is turning to Joe Turek as its new head football coach, who brings more than a decade of program-building experience from Lincoln-Way East to his new role with the Comets.

Mason Lockett did not get the maximum opportunity last season to showcase himself as one of Illinois’ top prospects in the Class of 2026. He’s back now, however. That’s good news for Oswego East.

Lemont's boys basketball team will feature an entirely new starting five this season, with big graduation losses and the transfer of Gabe Sularski. But the team, led by senior guard Ryan Crane and junior guard Zane Schneider, has shown progress this summer.

Longtime Central girls track and field and girls basketball coach Rebecca Swigert-Fenton had her team with the Comets come to and end this spring as she takes a step back from coaching duties.

Braydon Porter and Joey Jakstys’ assimilation to varsity basketball last season at Yorkville was gradual, but the two talented rising sophomores appear primed to lead the Foxes after putting their their names on the map with their performances at June live events.

Kaneland senior Freddy Hassan, who led the basketball team to 31 straight wins and their first sectional title since 1982 and took second place in the high jump at the boys track and field state meet, is the Kane County Chronicle 2024-25 Male Athlete of the Year.

Benet 7-foot senior center Colin Stack hopes to lead the Redwings to a second straight Class 4A state championship this season and collect numerous Division I offers along the way. Stack is up to five offers after an impressive June.

Here is a roundup of the results from the 40th annual OSF Tennis Classic over the weekend.

Former Kankakee star and current Michigan player Jyaire "Suga" Hill hosted his second annual Suga Summer Camp at Kankakee High School on Saaturday.

Dixon's Aaron Conderman and Dean Geiger finished 1-2 in their hometown race at the 25th annual Reagan Run 5K on Saturday. Melissa Winchester was the top female finisher.

Anchored by strong athletes both on the track and in the field, check out this year's Daily Journal All-Area Boys Track and Field team.

From dominant freshmen to speedy seniors and everything in between, there's plenty of state pedigree on this year's Daily Journal All-Area Girls Track and Field Team.

It was a busy day for football at Bradley-Bourbonnais Wednesday, as former quarterback Ethan Kohl returned to coach the quarterback camp he used to attend at the same time as the final day of girls flag football summer camp.

After a challenging season, the Sycamore Spartans, led by a determined Quinn Carrier, aim to reclaim their dominance in girls basketball, leaning on experience and ambition as they gear up for the 2025-26 campaign.

Gabe Sularski transferred from Benet to Lemont last season. The top-rated boys basketball prospect in Illinois for 2026 is now transferring to Layton Christian Academy in Utah

Recent Seneca High School graduate Sebastian Deering has committed to continue his education at Aurora University and his basketball career at the NCAA Division III level with the Spartans.

Kankakee graduate and Kankakee Community College volleyball standout Aniya Lewis is making the jump from KCC to the SEC, signing Tuesday to play volleyball at the University of Mississippi.

Former Harvest Christian Academy boys basketball coach Lafeyette Bell has been named the new coach at Marian Central. Bell led Harvest Christian to 21 wins and a Class 1A regional championship in 2024.

After developing into one of the state's most feared long jumpers in the state, Bradley-Bourbonnais' Malachi Lee is the Daily Journal Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year.

After a fourth straight 20-win season and graduation of the winningest class in school history, DeKalb is officially in rebuild mode. The Barbs have spent the summer breaking in a new group of underclassmen.

After completing arguably the most prolific career in the sport's local history, Kankakee's Naomi Bey-Osborne is the 2025 Daily Journal Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year.

Sycamore's boys basketball team, which is coming off its best record since 2001-02, has dedicated this summer to chasing another dominant season.

With their unique mix of younger and older players, the Beecher Muskies are once again being propelled to a strong season in the Chicago Suburban Baseball League by a large crop of local baseball talent.

Yorkville Christian guard Jayden Riley is enjoying a breakout summer, with up to six scholarship offers after his performances at Riverside-Brookfield and Romeoville. Riley, last year's Record Newspapers Player of the Year, has set lofty goals for his senior season.

Jeremy Fears Jr., a Joliet West alum and current Michigan State basketball star, threw out the ceremonial first pitch Friday at the Chicago White Sox game against the San Francisco Giants. Fears is a part of local NIL initiative funded by the White Sox.

After powering the Boilermakers to back-to-back regional championships against some of the best teams in the state, Bradley-Bourbonnais' Cody Freitas is the Daily Journal Baseball Player of the Year.

Lydia Hammond capped off one of the best pitching seasons in the state with a Class 4A postseason run for the ages, earning the title of Daily Journal Softball Player of the Year.