Romeoville Preps

Plainfield Central went undefeated in Southwest Prairie Conference East play last season, while the West remained tremendously competitive with five of six teams reaching the 2021 postseason.

The Spartans senior averaged 16.5 points a game last season and will play for Providence graduate Tavaras Hardy

With schools finding it increasingly difficult to locate officiating crews, the Southwest Prairie Conference has elected to move its Week 3 and Week 4 games to Thursday nights this fall.

The road map for football teams was laid out by the IHSA on Thursday. Here's a closer look at what lies ahead for Herald-News area squads.

Meet the 2022 Herald News All-Area softball team.

Meet the 2022 Herald News All-Area baseball team.

With an army of highly seeded qualifiers, Minooka should make a strong run at team hardware at the IHSA State Meet this weekend. But the Indians are far from the only potential success story the area might see.

Martin Kowalczyk had six kills and was a force on defense with six blocks to lift Lemont to a 25-21, 25-15 win over Richards on Tuesday at the Chicago Brooks Regional semifinal. Plus more postseason results in softball and girls soccer.

Lincoln-Way East won its third consecutive SWSC Blue Conference crown by rallying to defeat Homewood-Flossmoor, plus results in girls soccer, boys and girls lacrosse, boys track and field, boys volleyball and softball in Wednesday's roundup.

Lincoln-Way East is looking to defend its Class 3A Girls State Track team title and looks to have the pieces in place to possibly do so in what should be a fiercely competitive battle for hardware at this weekend's IHSA State Track Meet in Charleston.

Sage Mardjetko drilled a solo home run over the center field fence to give Lemont a walk-off victory over state power Marist, 2-1, in eight innings Tuesday afternoon. Plus more results in baseball and girls soccer.

Plainfield East boys volleyball made quick work of the field at the Bulldogs Invitational Saturday at Oak Lawn Richards. Plus more from baseball, softball, boys track and more.

Plainfield North coach John Darlington earned his 500th career win with an 8-5 Southwest Prairie Conference victory over host West Aurora. Plus results in softball, boys volleyball and more.

Collin Forrest swept the hurdles races and ran on one of two Minooka relays that set meet records and ran the state's fastest times, and the Indians swept the relays and won eight of 12 events on the track to capture their third straight Southwest Prairie Conference title.

Lemont's Sage Mardjetko tossed a no-hitter in a win over Lincoln-Way West. That along with results in baseball, softball, boys water polo, girls track and field in Wednesday's area sports roundup.