Illinois High School Sports News

Talent, training, leadership and depth are four pillars on which Evanston has built its reputation as one of the state's elite sprinting programs.

The Freeport Aquin Regional Champion Milledgeville Lady Missiles pose with their plaque Saturday afternoon after defeating Dakota 5-0. Milledgeville shortstop Ally Bush puts the tag on the Lady Bulldogs Cassidy Arndt at second base during Regional semifinal action at Highland Community College on Tuesday afternoon.

Hinsdale Central's Martin Joyce hasn't lost a match to an Illinois opponent this season and he doesn't plan on dropping one in the next three days at the IHSA boys tennis state meet held at various sites in the northwestern suburbs.

After absorbing countless losses to Sandburg through the years, including some of the gut-wrenching variety during the postseason, Stagg exacted some revenge Wednesday against its District 230 rival.

Joey Rowe safely slides into third during Wednesday's Class 2A Byron Sectional semifinal against Erie-Prophetstown. Oregon won 7-1. The box score is going to have a hard time conveying the role Joey Rowe played in Oregon's 7-1 victory over Erie-Prophetstown on Wednesday.

Milledgeville's Morgan Adolph rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the fifth inning against Amboy at 1A Dakota Sectional.

Concordia Chicago isn't going to the NCAA Division III World Series after a 7-3 loss Saturday to top-seeded Webster in the final game of the Central Regional at Augustana in Rock Island.

It took Marian Catholic just three playoff games to equal the number of wins it had the entire regular season.

The PHS senior captured first place in the long jump in Tuesday's Peoria Journal Star Honor Roll Meet in East Peoria, using her last jump to set a school record of 17 feet, 11 1/4 inches.

St. Bede advanced to the Oregon 2A Sectional softball finals behind the right arm of senior Lainie Schweickert and the bats in the bottom half of their order on the way to a dominating 6-0 victory Tuesday over Rock Island Alleman.

The Loyola and New Trier girls soccer teams have met in a sectional final each of the last four years, and they will continue that trend at 7 p.m. Friday.

It's postseason time for high school spring sports, and we want to keep you updated on the progress of our local student-athletes. Here's a quick and easy way to track the teams for Oak Forest , Andrew and Tinley Park high schools.

UPDATE : The softball regional semifinal Wednesday, May 22, between Oak Forest and Bremen has been postponed because of rain.

Lincoln-Way West's Danny Murphy is a four-year varsity player. Never, though, had the outside hitter booked a trip to a regional final.

Much of the success during that span can be attributed to an improved pitching staff, led by Ryan Wasso, Erik Callaghan, David Calderon and Josh Pieck.

The Bloom Blazing Trojans' recently wrapped up their regular season and with it, one player completed 'the perfect season,' notching a hit in every game.

Kornacker, a junior, led the Vikings to a 14-0 thumping of previous No. 1 Lincoln-Way North.

Rivals Sandburg and Stagg played to a hard-fought 1-1 draw in their only regular-season match-up this year, and Tuesday's playoff clash seemed headed in a similar direction.

It's where 1 troublesome inning, a bad pitch, fielding miscue, poor at-bat, baserunning gaffe, or missed sign can lead to a quick and painful end.

Projected staff ace Kyle Czeszewski hasn't thrown a pitch all season, and No. 2 Dan Hlad has been out six weeks.