Joliet Central Preps

The Class 4A Romeoville Sectional will feature several of the area's top teams, such as Bolingbrook, Lincoln-Way East, Lincoln-Way West and Lincoln-Way Central

Oswego came out of halftime and didn’t give away a single possession in the third quarter, drastically cleaning things up to eliminate a halftime deficit and rally for a 59-56 victory over Joliet Central.

At Joliet on Tuesday, Joliet Central led at the half and came out with the win after two overtimes, plus more basketball from around the Herald-News area.

If seed meetings were still held, there'd probably be pretty lengthy discussions in how the Bolingbrook Class 4A Sectional should be seeded. That and area McDonald's All-American nominations as well as some notable coaches milestones reached in the Boys Basketball notebook.

If seeding meetings were still held, there'd probably be pretty lengthy discussions on how the Bolingbrook Class 4A Sectional should be seeded. That and area McDonald's All-American nominations as well as some notable coaches milestones reached in this Boys Basketball Notebook.

Coal City with a big win over Wilmington. That and more scores from around the area.

Eli Bach scored 13 of his game-high 18 points in the fourth quarter as Lincoln-Way West erased a nine-point deficit en route to a 60-53 win over the Steelmen.

Wrestling and basketball highlights around the Herald-News area for Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023.

Lincoln-Way Central girls hoops earns win at MLK Coach Kipp Hoopfest. That and more scores from around the area.

Lincoln-Way West's boys bowling team won the title at the Oswego East Regional, plus results from boys and girls basketball and boys and girls wrestling.

La Salle-Peru senior Chance Hank won the championship of Saturday's L-P Boys Bowling Regional, while Yorkville captured the team championship ahead of Minooka, Joliet West and L-P.

Teams from Reed Custer, Joliet Central, Joliet West, Minooka, Ottawa, St. Bede, Princeton, Plainfield South, Streator, Yorkville and L-P competed in the Regional Bowling meet on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023 at the Illinois Valley Super Bowl in Peru.

Tylon Toliver continued his hot week for Lincoln-Way East boys basketball on Friday night with 23 points to lift the Griffins to a 68-50 win over Sandburg in a SouthWest Suburban Conference contest. Plus more local results in Friday's roundup.

After Reed-Custer and Streator were tied after the second, third and fourth quarters Thursday night, Jake McPherson saw to it that the outcome would swing in the direction of the Comets. His 21 points lifted RC to a 63-60 win to tie Streator for the top spot in the league.

Minooka’s boys basketball team picked up its first home win of the 2022-23 season with a thrilling 67-63 overtime win over Stagg, plus more from the Herald-News area from Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.