Stories about Lockport high school sports
Jalen Falcon's dunk off an alley-oop pass and tip-in of a missed shot ignited Lockport in a 58-28 win over Joliet Central.
Historic win for Providence Catholic girls basketball. That plus more scores from around the area.
Joliet Catholic captures East Suburban Catholic meet. Plus more scores and results from around the area.
Peotone's girls trailed after one quarter, but it was all Blue Devils from there, as Peotone rolled to a 56-21 win to remain unbeaten at 23-0; plus more from around the Herald-News area.
Junior guards Michael Smith ll and Jay Pena combined for five three-pointers in the final nine minutes, and Plainfield South rallied past Lockport 49-46 to snap a six-game losing streak.
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
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.
Trying to get the ball out of a the hands of Joliet West guard Jeremy Fears Jr. is a fool's errand and try as they might Whitney Young couldn't get him as Fears Jr. scored 28 points in leading the Tigers to a 61-59 win over the highly-touted Dolphins.
Mac Hagemaster scored nine points, grabbed five rebounds, blocked a trio of shots and altered many more to help Lincoln-Way East to a 55-40 victory over Lockport.
Coal City with a big win over Wilmington. 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.
After winning 14 of its first 17 games, the Lincoln-Way East girls basketball team had dropped two in a row. Looking to get back on track Thursday evening, the Griffins did just that with a 53-32 victory over Lockport in an SWSC Blue tussle in Frankfort.
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.