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Softball: Downers Grove South beats Downers Grove North for first time in five years, captures regional title

Center fielder Jacklyn Meyers and the other eight seniors on the Downers Grove South softball team suffered another disappointing loss to Downers Grove North May 14 on a...

Baseball: Beerbower blanks Grayslake Central, clinches Lakes’ first NLCC title

As pitcher Brett Beerbower’s final strike of the game crossed home plate, Lakes’ dugout flooded the infield and mobbed Beerbower. Coach Brett Hill couldn’t escape in the ...

Patrick Kunzer for Shaw LocalAurora Central Catholic’s Corina Maratea delivers against Marengo in varsity girls softball IHSA Class 2A Regional Title Game action on Friday, May 22, 2026 at Raymond Benoy Field on the campus of Marian Central High School in Woodstock.

Softball: Aurora Central Catholic upsets Marengo for 1st regional title since 2019

Aurora Central Catholic pitcher Corina Maratea felt more anger than pain when she was struck by a ground ball off the bat of Marengo’s Ellie White in the bottom of the th...

Softball: Moline’s home run, Wulf’s pitching lead St. Charles East over Schaumburg for regional title

Emily Moline was just hoping to put a ball in play. With runners on first and second with two outs in the fifth inning, the St. Charles East freshman was fighting to keep...

Softball: Oswego denies Benet in regional final Jaelynn Anthony has the velocity to rack up the strikeouts.

Jaelynn Anthony has the velocity to rack up the strikeouts. Her numbers can attest to that. The Oswego senior and Purdue recruit in April became the program’s career stri...

Scarlett Carbajal, (6) reaches unsuccessfully to grab the flag of Mariel Gutierrez’s (9) belt during a recent flag football practice at Keith Mione Community Park in Mundelein. The Mundelein Park & Recreation District introduced a K-3 girls flag football program this spring.

Girls flag football is booming in suburbs, with pipeline that begins in kindergarten

Women's flag football will debut at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles but on fields across the region, the future is closer to home and growing fast.

High school scores for May 22

Baseball Aurora Christian 4, Chicago Christian 3 Burlington Central 5, Jacobs 2 Crystal Lake South 10, Woodstock North 0 (5 Inn.) Hersey 5, Glenbrook South 1 Hinsdal...