Des Plaines Sports
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Weekly Roundup: High School Athletes Captured in Action by Daily Herald PhotographersMay 23, 2024 1:27 pm - Each week Daily Herald photographers capture high school athletes at their peak. We hope that you enjoy the Week in sports photos through our lens as much as we enj...
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Girls soccer: Vernon Hills outlasts St. Viator on PKs, reaches sectional finalMay 22, 2024 10:24 pm - For both the St. Viator and Vernon Hills girls soccer teams, they would have to endure a nearly one-hour wait to play their Class 2A sectional semifinal at Deerfield Hig...
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As local players have shown, the road to MLB isn’t easyMay 17, 2024 6:00 am - Local players continue to make Major League Baseball rosters, but it hasn’t been easy.
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Boys volleyball: Conant claims first MSL championship in 33 years with two-set win vs. HerseyMay 16, 2024 9:44 pm - Conant made sure its long wait ended quickly. The Cougars, who had not won a Mid-Suburban League title in 33 years, claimed one Thursday in just 43 minutes in Hoffman Est...
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Boys track: Hersey places second behind New Trier at Class 3A Loyola sectionalMay 16, 2024 9:35 pm - It was a close race for the team title at the Class 3A Loyola boys track and field sectional Thursday night, but New Trier toppled Hersey 107.5 to 84 for the championship...
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Softball: Weber, Fremd walk away with MSL championship, victory over HerseyMay 16, 2024 9:24 pm - For the second time this season, Fremd walked away with a win over Hersey. Make that “walked off” with a win. Senior Josie Weber got her chance Thursday with the bases lo...
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Unlikely allies? Suburban mayor, GOP legislator backs Bears’ lakefront planMay 13, 2024 7:26 pm - The governor of Illinois and top leaders in both chambers of the state legislature have thrown cold water on the Bears’ request for public subsidies to develop a new Chicago lakefront stadium. But the plan has a key supporter who wields influence in the Northwest suburbs, city of Chicago and hallways of the state Capitol in Springfield: Brad Stephens.
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Oakton College Men’s Golf Team qualifies for Nationals for the first time in program historyMay 13, 2024 11:57 am - The Oakton College Men’s Golf Team has achieved a historic milestone by qualifying for the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II Championship for the first time in the program's history.
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Water polo: Fremd boys, Hersey girls win sectional titles at Hoffman EstatesMay 11, 2024 5:45 pm - Two invitations to next weekend's boys and girls state water polo finals at Stevenson High School were on the line at Hoffman Estates Saturday afternoon. When it was all ...
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Boys tennis: Fremd edges Hersey to win MSL tournamentMay 11, 2024 5:27 pm - Fremd turned in a masterful final day of tennis to edge rival Hersey Saturday and claim the 2024 MSL Conference tournament crown by a slim 54-52 score. "It was a great da...