From Courts to Fields: Relish the Sports Week in Photos
Batavia’s Colin Knowles rolls on the track after falling in the first few steps of the 1,600-meter run at the Les Hodge Boys Track and Field Invitational at Batavia High School on Friday, April 5, 2024.
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Fremd shortstop Avery Sheridan jumps in celebration of a double-play against Elk Grove after she made an over-the-shoulder catch and throw to force out a runner in a softball game in Elk Grove Village on Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
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Warren’s Liam Wiley, middle, celebrates at the plate with his teammates after hitting a two-run, fifth-inning home run against Stevenson during a baseball game played on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Lincolnshire.
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Batavia’s Thomas Woodard gets over the last hurdle to win his heat of the 300-meter hurdles at the Les Hodge Boys Track and Field Invitational at Batavia High School on Friday, April 5, 2024.
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Plainfield South’s Daniel McCauley puts on his helmet as he steps into the batters box against Elk Grove in a baseball game in Elk Grove Village on Monday, March 25, 2024.
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St. Charles East’s Pressley Kannaka falls near the sideline as Burlington Central’s Kendall Grigg closes in during a girls soccer match played on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 in St. Charles.
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York catcher Owen Chael tags out Maine South’s Chris Gonzalo, who was attempting to steal home to win the game with the score at 8-8 in the bottom of the seventh inning at Wintrust Field on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in Schaumburg.
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Maine South’s Jake Zabratanski, right, celebrates with teammates including Peter Corthinos after the Hawks rallied for five runs to tie the game against York in the bottom of the seventh inning at Wintrust Field on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in Schaumburg.
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Maine South shortstop Chris Gonzalo leaps out of the path of York’s Drew Gami as he slides safely into second base with a steal at Wintrust Field on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in Schaumburg.
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Geneva’s Cameron Lotspeich leads a pack of runners in the 1,600-meter run at the Les Hodge Boys Track and Field Invitational at Batavia High School on Friday, April 5, 2024.
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A double rainbow forms behind Wheaton North High School as the St. Charles North girls soccer team plays against Wheaton North on Thursday, April 4, 2024. This photo was made with a cellphone on panorama setting.
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Wheaton North teammates surround Jane Rogers after her first-half score against St. Charles North in a girls soccer game in Wheaton on Thursday, April 4, 2024.
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Wheaton North goalkeeper Zoey Bohmer dives to stop the shot by St. Charles North’s Laney Stark in a girls soccer game in Wheaton on Thursday, April 4, 2024.
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Hersey’s Victoria Wrona blocks the view of Prospect’s Sasha Martschenko in a girls water polo match in Mount Prospect on Wednesday, April 3, 2024.
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Prospect’s Raia Uvakova controls the ball in front of the net against Hersey in a girls water polo match in Mount Prospect on Wednesday, April 3, 2024.
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Huntley’s Lyla Ginczycki, middle, and her teammates celebrate after she hit a home run against St. Charles East on Thursday, March 28, 2024 in St. Charles.
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St. Charles East’s Addison Wolf looks toward her celebrating teammates as she arrives at home plate after hitting a leadoff home run against Huntley on Thursday, March 28, 2024 in St. Charles.
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St. Charles East shortstop Addison Wolf snags a windblown fly ball against Huntley on Thursday, March 28, 2024 in St. Charles.
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Buffalo Grove’s Matthew Reptak digs Prospect shot in a boys volleyball match in Mount Prospect on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.
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Buffalo Grove’s Micah Cho races to dig a Prospect shot in a boys volleyball match in Mount Prospect on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.
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St. Charles North’s Austin Fraser clears the last hurdle in his heat of the 300-meter hurdles at the Les Hodge Boys Track and Field Invitational at Batavia High School on Friday, April 5, 2024.
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Prospect’s Sasha Martschenko tries to control the ball in a girls water polo match against Hersey in Mount Prospect on Wednesday, April 3, 2024.
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Buffalo Olivia Larkowski, left, tries to move the ball past Prospect’s Addison Coval on Friday, April 5, 2024 in Buffalo Grove.
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Prospect’s Ella Sommers, left, and Buffalo Grove’s Yaritza Casares each try to direct the ball with a header on Friday, April 5, 2024 in Buffalo Grove.
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Warren’s Eddie Lim clears a hurdle in the 110-meter hurdles during the Wheaton North boys track meet on Saturday, April 6, 2024 in Wheaton.
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Warren’s Christopher McBride clears the high jump bar during the Wheaton North boys track meet on Saturday, April 6, 2024 in Wheaton.
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Lake Park’s Niko Menos clears the bar while competing in high jump during the Wheaton North boys track meet on Saturday, April 6, 2024 in Wheaton.
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Cary-Grove’s Fifi Onafeko, Lake Zurich’s Riley Betz and Buffalo Grove’s Martyna Ostrega compete in the girls 100 meters during the Buffalo Grove Girls Track & Field Invite Saturday, April 6, 2024 in Buffalo Grove.
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Johnsburg’s Rylee Hardersen competes in the girls varsity high jump during the Buffalo Grove Girls Track & Field Invite Saturday, April 6, 2024 in Buffalo Grove.
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Lake Zurich’s Ruby Nissen and Fremd’s Isa Hasty compete in the girls 3200 meters during the Buffalo Grove Girls Track & Field Invite Saturday, April 6, 2024 in Buffalo Grove.
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Conant catcher Ashleigh Simmons faces off with Prospect base runner Angelina Calvacca before tagging her for the third out of the inning in the Mid Suburban League opener in Hoffman Estates on Monday, April 8, 2024.
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Prospect’s Gabriela Dilan slides safely into second base as Conant’s Oliva Mickelson leaps for a high throw in the Mid Suburban League opener in Hoffman Estates on Monday, April 8, 2024.
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Conant’s Kiana Leopoldo laughs as she leads her teammates to greet Charlotte Wolf after her winning RBI against Prospect in the Mid Suburban League opener in Hoffman Estates on Monday, April 8, 2024. Leopoldo scored from third base.
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Conant’s Prospect’s Maeve Johl and Elizabeth Aicher, right, collide on the infield as they try to field a ground ball against Conant in the Mid Suburban League opener in Hoffman Estates on Monday, April 8, 2024.
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Stevenson first baseman JT Victor can’t quite get to a ground ball but second baseman Brayden Fell scooped it up and Victor was able to make the putout at the bag during a baseball game against Warren played on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Lincolnshire.
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Stevenson’s Jackson Merdalo, left, slides into third base with a steal ahead of the tag by Warren’s Jose Berrios during a baseball game played on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Lincolnshire.
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Glenbard East left fielder Raya Schwebl can’t reach a sinking drive from South Elgin’s Madison Hunt in a softball game in South Elgin on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
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Glenbard East outfielder Althea Fitzgerald catches the third out of the fifth inning off the bat of South Elgin’s Anna Kiel in a softball game in South Elgin on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
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Glenbard East third baseman Melissa Saldana tries to tag out South Elgin base runner Jenna Sheehan after catching a line drive for an out in the third inning in a softball game in South Elgin on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Saldana was safe.
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Each week Daily Herald photographers capture local high school athletes at their peak. We hope that you enjoy the “Week in sports photos through our lens” as much as we enjoy shooting them.
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