Prep Sports

Softball: Mundelein advances to 4A state championship game

Mundelein didn't have a home field for most of the season. Now it is playing for a softball state championship. Kieley Tomas has three hits as the Mustangs mashed defending Class 4A State Champion Oswego 13-3 in six innings on Friday in the second 4A semifinal at the Louisville Slugger Sports Comple...

Girls soccer: Burke reaches 40 goals in Naperville Central’s semifinal win over Warren

‘Edgy’ Tim: Standouts from the NCC high school football camp

College Achievers: Naperville’s Kenzie Brower shines on the beach with UCLA’s national champions

Softball: IC Catholic Prep’s first trip to state ends with fourth-place finish

Boys volleyball: Glenbard West sweeps O’Fallon, returns to state semifinals; Lake Park falls

Softball: Antioch’s big first inning sends Sequoits to 3A state championship game

PEORIA — Five of the six Antioch seniors are about to do something special. Play in a third state championship game. One of them, catcher Addison Webb, delivered a big hi...

Libertyville's Braden Moss leaps for a kill against Wheaton North during the quarterfinals of the boys state volleyball tournament on Friday, June 5, 2026 in Bolingbrook.

Boys volleyball: Libertyville keeps rolling, downs Wheaton North in state quarterfinal

The bus was small. Cozy, Libertyville coach Jenny Smith called it Friday morning after her Wildcats motored to Bolingbrook for a boys volleyball state quarterfinal agains...

Girls soccer: St. Francis comes up short in 2A state semifinals

Morton struck twice midway through the second half to ease into the Class 2A state final following its 4-1 victory over St. Francis Friday afternoon at Benedetti-Wehrli S...

Prospect's Nate Cichy (6) recently decided to accept an offer to play football at Illinois, changing his commitment from Harvard.

Football: Why Prospect receiver Cichy decided to bet on himself and flip to Illinois from Harvard

Nate Cichy sat in his dad’s office in his home, surrounded by his family, as the phone rang. On the other end was University of Illinois football coach Bret Bielema. He w...