Images: Heavy impact is featured in our best high school sports photos of the week
See some of the best high school sports images this week from the Daily Herald. Photographers this week covered baseball, soccer, water polo and track & field.
Wauconda's Madison Rejczyk goes pop for a header during a regional semifinal against Foreman at Lakes High School in Lake Villa Tuesday.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
IC Catholic Prep's Michael Liszka (3) comes up short on picking off Westmont's Matthew O'Leary (22) during the Class 2A IC Catholic Prep baseball regional semifinals on Wednesday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Timothy Christian first baseman Nick Huisman fields a pickoff throw as Northridge Prep's Stephen Brochu scrambles back safely during Class 2A regional boys baseball action at Plunkett Park in Elmhurst Wednesday.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Barrington players clamor around teammate Michael O'toole hoisting the hardware after claiming the Mid-Suburban League boys volleyball title with a win over Hersey at Barrington Wednesday night.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Elgin starting pitcher Kyle Coates delivers against Larkin at Trout Park in Elgin Wednesday.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Buffalo Grove's Alex Paul gets safely back to first base as Barrington's David Mitchell fields the pickoff throw during Mid-Suburban League title game action at Coach Kirby Smith Field in Barrington Thursday.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Barrington's Catherine McMahon prepares to make a pitch against Hersey during Mid-Suburban League title game action at Verne "Hank" Lageschulte Field in Barrington Thursday.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Sam Conger of Batavia won the 110-meter hurdles during the Class 3A boys track and field sectional at St. Charles North Thursday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Kevin Sylvester of West Aurora jumped 23'1" in the long jump during the Class 3A boys track and field sectional at St. Charles North Thursday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Vernon Hills pole vaulter Patrick Sear clears the bar during the Class 3A Grayslake North boys track sectional Thursday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Neuqua Valley's Will Hofner, right, defends the net against Glenbard North during boys volleyball action in Naperville.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Wheaton North's Jake Johnson watches the flight of his discus during the Glenbard North Class 3A boys sectional track meet.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Carmel's Ezzie Posner rounds turn one in the Class 2A 800-meter run of the girls track and field preliminary events of the State Final Meet Friday at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Cary-Grove's Tabor Gleason clears the bar in the Class 3A high jump Friday in Charleston.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Oswego East's Jayna Dias in the Class 3A long jump Friday in Charleston.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
West Aurora's Abbey Kuhn pulls herself over the bar in the Class 3A pole vault Friday in Charleston.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Conant's Spencer Urban has the ball as Lyons Township's John Reilly trails during the boys state water polo third-place game at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire Saturday. Lyons won the game 12-8.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Conant goalie Harris Dibek lunges for the ball during the boys state water polo third-place game against Lyons Township at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire Saturday. Lyons won the game 12-8.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Naperville Central water polo players celebrate their state championship following Saturday's game against Fenwick at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire Saturday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Naperville Central's Cam Dougherty tries to make a move toward the net during the boys state water polo championship game against Fenwick at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire Saturday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
The Stevenson girls water polo team celebrates its state championship following Saturday's victory over Fenwick in Lincolnshire.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Wauconda's Grace Daun clears the bar to win a state championship in the Class 3A high jump.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Neuqua Valley's Riley Ammenhauser in the Class 3A triple jump Saturday in Charleston.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
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