Kankakee Preps

The Bishop McNamara earned another blowout win in Chicagoland Christian Conference play, beating Aurora Christian 22-2, and more in Thursday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The Bishop McNamara softball team beat Wheaton Academy 16-8 to improve to 7-0 in Chicagoland Christian Conference play and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The Kays improved to 4-0 in Southland Athletic Conference play with a 2-0 win on the road against Beecher on Wednesday.

A pair of former area standout student-athletes are in the latest class of CHISOX Athletes, the Chicago White Sox's NIL program.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais softball team lost an extra-inning SWSC battle to top-ranked Lincoln-Way Central, Beecher's Ava Lorenzatti and Taylor Norkus were dominant in a doubleheader sweep and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais baseball team beat Lincoln-Way East on the road Monday to avenge last week's loss to the Griffins and more in Monday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Nominations for the Kankakee Athletics Hall of Fame will be accepted through May 16 with induction ceremonies to take place on October 23 and 24.

Former Kankakee star AJ Storr announced last week he'll spend his senior season at Ole Miss.

The Kankakee girls track and field team placed fifth at the Kays Co-ed Meet Saturday with Herscher placing seventh, while on the boys side Herscher placed sixth and Kankakee placed seventh, and more in Saturday's Daily Journal Roundup.

More errors and walks came back to bite Kankakee in Thursday's 9-6 home loss to Southland Athletic Conference opponent Thornwood.

Kankakee's Kylee Cunningham and Kylie Glogowski, who split the team's pitching and catching duties, delivered once again in the Kays' dominant win over Thornwood Thursday.

Bishop McNamara's Joslynn Dole and Kankakee's Kylee Cunningham both threw no-hitters Wednesday to lead their teams to wins and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal Roundup

The Bishop McNamara baseball team picked up its first Chicagoland Christian Conference win of the season, Peotone's Sophie Klawitter threw another no-hitter and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Wilmington baseball kept its perfect ICE record in tact, Peotone's Sophie Klawitter threw a perfect game and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Kankakee girls track and field team placed third at the JJK/AL Joyner Classic and more in Saturday's Daily Journal Roundup.

A 12-run fourth inning fueled the Kays in Southland Athletic Conference action and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais baseball team picked up a 5-2 road win over Sandburg for their first conference victory and more in Thursday's Daily Journal Roundup.

After dropping the first set of Thursday's All-City tilt at Kankakee, Bradley-Bourbonnais roared back to not just win All-City, but the school's first-ever varsity boys volleyball game.

Bradley-Bourbonnais visited Kankakee for the first-ever varsity All-City boys volleyball game, a comeback 2-1 victory for the Boilermakers.

Jocelyn Sanche's five-goal day led Kankakee girls soccer to a dominant win and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

Bradley-Bourbonnais senior Nick Allen and Kankakee junior Lincoln Williams made the Illinois Media All-State first teams in their respective classes while four players earned honorable mention.

Bradley-Bourbonnais' Jace Boudreau hit a leadoff home run and had the game-winning hit in the top of the seventh in the Boilermakers' 6-3 win, and more in Saturday's Daily Journal Roundup.

After spending this season at Kansas, former Kankakee boys basketball standout AJ Storr will hit the transfer portal for the third time in as many years, as first reported by ESPN's Jeff Borzello.

A handful of former high school softball standouts from the area have been contributing to a red-hot Kankakee Community College team this season.

The Kankakee baseball team blew out Thornton 19-0 at home and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

After a red-hot week at the Gulf Shores Classic in Alabama last week, Bradley-Bourbonnais kept that momentum rolling with a dominant All-City showing against Kankakee Monday.

Manteno freshman Klarke Goranson won both the girls Class 2A 800 meters and 1,600 meters at the Illinois Top Times Championships and more in Saturday's Daily Journal roundup.

Bradley-Bourbonnais senior Nick Allen and Kankakee junior Lincoln Williams are the 2024-25 Daily Journal Boys Basketball Players of the Year.

The Daily Journal 2024-25 All-Area boys basketball team.

Bradley-Bourbonnais softball rallied from its first loss of the season to salvage a doubleheader split with Huntley and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.

After Jocelyn Sanchez gave the Kays an early 2-0 lead, Nia Lawrence assisted Aaliyah Lanum for the equalizer before her second goal of the game gave Bradley-Bourbonnais a thrilling comeback win Thursday.

Bradley-Bourbonnais secured a 3-2 comeback victory over Kankakee in the All-City matchup on Thursday, March 27.

The Boilermakers improved to 4-0 on the young season behind Lydia Hammond's 14-strikeout effort and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais baseball team won 17-4 in Alabama to improve to 2-1 on the season and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal roundup.

Against an up-and-coming Kankakee team, Ava Peterson got plenty of run support from an experienced Manteno lineup to help the Panthers to an 11-1 victory Tuesday.

Manteno hosted Kankakee in nonconference softball Monday. View photos from the Panthers' 11-1 victory.

New Kankakee head baseball coach Nick Crowe begins his first season as a varsity head coach prepared to face challenges that come with his new role, with an experienced staff to help him along the way.

Bishop McNamara's Callaghan O'Connor struck out every batter he faced and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

Just minutes after Jocelyn Sanchez's equalizer, Kankakee freshman Jasmine Torres' last-minute goal gave the Kays a dramatic 2-1 win at Bishop McNamara, their first-ever win over the Irish.

The Daily Journal 2024-25 All-Area girls basketball team.

Herscher's baseball and softball teams visited Kankakee on Friday and swept the Kays with a pair of big wins.

Former Kankakee football player Marques Easley, now a freshman at Georgia, was suspended indefinitely by the team Thursday following a vehicle crash

The Kankakee girls soccer team beat Reed-Custer 2-0 to win its season opener and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Kankakee baseball team lost its season opener on Tuesday as St. Anne-Donovan's Carter Ponton flirted with a no-hitter, and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Jacob Onnen had the go-ahead RBI single and earned the win on the mound and more in Monday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Highlighted by Lincoln Williams' first-team selection in Class 3A, Nick Allen's second-team selection in Class 4A and Jacob Reardon's third-team selection in Class 2A, eight local players earned IBCA All-State recognition.

The 2024-25 Daily Journal All-Area wrestling team.

Seven area girls basketball players earned all-state recognition by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association.

View photos from the IHSA Class 3A Washington Sectional semifinal boys basketball game between Kankakee and Metamora Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

Kankakee saw a 12-point lead disappear in the fourth quarter in an eventual 65-63 loss to Metamora in the IHSA Class 3A Washington Sectional semifinals.