IC Catholic Prep's defense forced three turnovers, including two interceptions from Will Schmidt, and Jakobe Baldwin's 93-yard touchdown run accounted for the only offense in a 6-0 win over Joliet Catholic to clinch the CCL White title.

Coal City football won the Illinois Central Eight championship with a 14-0 win over previously unbeaten Wilmington on Friday.

Four offensive plays and less than two minutes into Friday night’s game at Minooka, Bolingbrook's football team tallied a pair of rushing touchdowns and did not look back in its 45-14 win over the Indians to close out the 2026 regular season.

Joliet West closed its regular season playing some of its best football, winning three of its final four games and capping the stretch with a 40-14 victory over Plainfield Central on Friday.

St. Ignatius rolled up 468 total yards, including 382 on the ground, to beat Providence Catholic 53-33 Friday night and win the Chicago Catholic League Orange division.

The IHSA also asked Lincoln-Way East to provide greater administrative oversight of students at athletic events. The IHSA said the incidents “may be the subject of future litigation” and that it would have no further comment

The Joliet Catholic football team traveled to Elmhurst Friday night for a matchup with IC Catholic Prep.

Former Providence head coach Tyler Plantz has resurfaced as a coach in the Chicago Catholic League as he is now an assistant coach at Mount Carmel.

Joliet West beats Plainfield Central in the last game of the regular season.

Though the weather didn't let up one bit as the Plainfield North and Oswego East boys soccer teams battled for the Southwest Prairie Conference title on Thursday night, the Tigers pushed through to earn a 2-1 victory and their first league championship since 2015.

Maggie Tibbot and Ella Horn lead Joliet Catholic volleyball past St. Francis. Plus more area scores in Thursday's Herald News Sports Roundup.

Here are David Toney's photos from Thursday's soccer match between Oswego East and Plainfield North.

Joliet West setter Julia Adams spread the ball around helped the Tigers keep their intensity in a 25-23, 25-20 win over Bolingbrook

Fenwick moves up to No. 4 in Class 6A, Montini jumps to No. 2 in Class 4A and both Loyola (Class 8A) and IC Catholic Prep (Class 3A) remain No. 1 in their respective classes. Here are the CCL football teams ranked in the Week 9 Illinois Media Poll.

Here is the Week 9 Illinois Media Poll for football, which was released Thursday for all eight classes.

Week 9 results have the potential to wildly alter the projected brackets. Check here to see revision updates by Steve Soucie as the final week's results pour in.

Projecting the playoff field in 2026, was different than this exercise has ever been in the 30+ years this reporter has been doing it in some form. How did we build the field of 384 teams and what surprises could be in store in Week 9? Steve Soucie breaks it all down here.

Lots of area teams are trying to improve their playoff statu,s while others are trying to find a way to get into the field. Here is the Herald-News IHSA football preview for Week 9, featuring key showdowns across the greater Joliet area.