ALTON - Clayton McCormick got the start on the mound and threw four solid innings, striking out four, while a six-run Alton third inning spelled the difference as the Post 126 junior American Legion baseball team defeated Eureka, Mo. Post 177 8-3 in a game played Monday evening at Lloyd Hopkins...
GLEN CARBON - The girls soccer team at Father McGivney Catholic High School was honored and saluted at a reception at the Griffins Gym on Monday night, June 8, 2026, 48 hours after winning the IHSA Class 1A state championship on Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Naperville over previously undefeated...
NAPERVILLE - A late first-half goal by Gurnee Warren was the only one of the match as the Blue Devils defeated Edwardsville 1-0 in the IHSA Class 3A third-place match in the state finals Saturday, June 6, 2026, at North Central College in Naperville, in the far suburbs of Chicago. Both the Tigers...
NAPERVILLE - Kinley Dettmers and Natalie Beck scored in the first half, while Mira Ahlvers hit the back of the net in the second half to give Father McGivney Catholic a well-deserved 3-0 win over Pleasant Plains to win the IHSA Class 1A girls soccer state championship Saturday afternoon, June 6,...
NORMAL - Edwardsville was limited to six hits on the day, while Minooka took charge right from the outset, scoring in every inning but the fifth, hitting the Tigers with four runs in the first, and six more in the sixth to win the IHSA Class 4A Normal Community sectional final 15-1 Saturday morning...
BOLINGBROOK - Elijah Zambrencia led with 11 kills, while Blake Keller had 18 assists, but O'Fallon - southern Illinois' lone representative - lost in the IHSA boys state volleyball quarterfinals to Glen Ellyn Glenbard West 25-19, 25-19, in the opening match of the state finals Friday morning at...
NAPERVILLE - Anna Maxim scored the equalizer late in regulation time, but Winnetka New Trier scored in the 86th minute and held on to defeat Edwardsville 2-1 after extra time in the IHSA Class 3A girls soccer state semifinals Friday evening, June 5, 2026, at North Central College in Naperville,...
TROY - Reagan Jumper is a sophomore striker who has scored five goals this season, but her fifth and most recent goal was, by far, the biggest of her career so far. Jumper scored in the 58th minute of the IHSA Class 3A Normal Community sectional semifinal match, off a perfect cross from Astri...
NAPERVILLE - Sofia Rossetto scored on a shot from distance in the second minute, and it set the tone for the rest of the match as Father McGivney Catholic's girls soccer team took a 4-0 win over Elmhurst Timothy Christian in the IHSA Class 1A state semifinals Thursday evening at North Central College...
PLEASANT PLAINS - Mason Crump led Roxana with two hits and a first-inning RBI, and both Dalton Carriker and Brad Herrin combined for 12 strikeouts. But Sam Dukett was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, forcing home Peyton Casson with the winning run as Williamsville...
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