Sports Stories from May 31, 2025 (Change date)
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Boys volleyball: Hersey, Lake Park win in 3 sets to reach Schaumburg sectional title gameMay 31, 2025 8:23 pm - For those in attendance at Schaumburg's boys volleyball sectional semifinals Saturday, they were treated to an action-packed doubleheader that at the conclusion saw both ...
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DuPage County and Fox Valley baseball roundup: Downers Grove North, Hampshire, Burlington Central among regional championsMay 31, 2025 8:15 pm - Trailing 2-1 through the middle innings, Downers Grove North senior Sean Cabaj came through with the game’s biggest hit — a 2-run single in the fifth — to help lift the T...
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Baseball: Aurora Christian falls in sectional championship gameMay 31, 2025 8:07 pm - The Marquette baseball team had all kinds of traffic on the base paths in three of the first four innings against Aurora Christian in Saturday’s Class 1A Harvest Christia...
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Baseball: Lake Zurich holds off Fremd’s furious rally on bittersweet day for Piggott familyMay 31, 2025 8:01 pm - There wasn’t a more difficult seat to sit in Saturday in Palatine than the aluminum bleacher seat that Stephanie Piggott was in. Piggott, sitting directly behind home pla...
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Cook and Lake County baseball roundup: Mundelein, Prospect’s offenses come alive in regional championship winsMay 31, 2025 7:53 pm - Mundelein hit Palatine with an 8-ball Saturday in the first inning of the Class 4A Palatine regional baseball championship game. The Mustangs then relied on solid pitchi...
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A clean start: Outsourced first inning proves to be perfect plan for Cubs pitcher BrownMay 31, 2025 7:08 pm - The Cubs used Drew Pomeranz as an opener in the first inning, then Ben Brown cruised to his best outing of the year. Four Cubs pitchers combined for a 1-hit shutout in a 2-0 win over the Reds.
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Baseball: Rooney’s three-run blast rallies Benet past Kaneland to regional titleMay 31, 2025 6:53 pm - Nursing a 1-0 advantage over Benet in the second inning of Saturday’s Class 3A regional title game, on its home field, Kaneland wiggled out of a base loaded jam to stay i...
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White Sox continue to struggle on the road as Orioles clinch series winMay 31, 2025 6:16 pm - Jackson Holliday hit his first career leadoff home run, Jorge Mateo had his first homer of the season and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the White Sox 4-2. Dean Kremer allowed one run in six innings to win his second consecutive start for Baltimore, which has won five of seven for the first time this season.
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New Cubs closer Palencia gives assist to AlzolayMay 31, 2025 5:57 pm - Daniel Palencia converted his fifth straight save Saturday, taking over the team lead. The hard-throwing right-hander says ex-Cub Adbert Alzolay helped him build confidence on the mound.
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Baseball: Cary-Grove defeats Antioch for 3rd regional championship in a rowMay 31, 2025 5:49 pm - Oskar Freund’s two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the first inning put his team ahead early, and Cary-Grove’s bats never slowed down as the Trojans defeated the Seq...