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Prospect’s Ryan Sheehan slides awkwardly while successfully avoiding the tag by Fremd catcher Graham Stauber to score the game’s first run during the top of the fourth inning Tuesday’s game in Palatine.

Baseball: Haddon’s gem gives Prospect sweep of Fremd

After walking the first two batters he faced Wednesday, Prospect’s Mason Haddon was looking for a key. “I just needed to lock back in,” said Haddon, who is a junior. “I really had to lock in and go for the next guys and get those outs.” Haddon found that key and it helped him unlock a solid performa...

Jewish Basketball Showcase gains momentum in the suburbs and beyond

‘Grateful’ Bowen enjoys busy spring on recruiting trail as one of nation’s top-ranked football players

Girls soccer: Bonilla’s hat trick sends Palatine past Buffalo Grove and into MSL East lead

Softball: Romanski returns to Elk Grove lineup with a bang

Boys volleyball: Glenbard West rallies after dropping opening set to Lake Park

Metea Valley's Haylie Wisch delivers a pitch Wednesday, April 22, 2026, during their game at DeKalb High School.

Softball: Metea Valley drops another close one to DeKalb

Emma Hart said she needed to bust out of her slump, so she busted out the bunt. The DeKalb left fielder and No. 9 hitter pushed a beautiful bunt past a drawn infield and ...

Boys volleyball: Barrington bounces back, knocks off Fremd

After Barrington's boys volleyball team earned a hard-fought 25-22, 25-17 win at Fremd Wednesday evening, their coach Charlie Spry wasn't in a mood to celebrate. Instead...

Baseball: Hampshire builds early lead, beats Dundee-Crown

Hampshire right-hander Lucas Prange had a feel for his fastball. Pumping heaters into the zone with high velocity, Prange carried a no-hitter into the fourth inning and s...

Baseball: Conover hits leadoff homer, gets win on mound to help Wheaton Warrenville South avoid Geneva sweep

There was a sense of urgency coursing through the Wheaton Warrenville-South dugout Wednesday. After losing the first two games of the three-game series against Geneva, t...

Geneva’s Blake Kopec throws a pitch earlier this year. The Vikings are part of a tight race in the DuKane Conference.

DuPage County and Fox Valley baseball notes: DuKane Conference race off to jumbled start

How competitive is the DuKane Conference? It took less than a week for the eight DuKane baseball teams to suffer at least one conference loss. Heading into Wednesday’s ac...

Mundelein’s Johnny Weiss, left, pictured last season against Lake Zurich, had a pair of hits including a home run in Monday’s win over defending Class 4A state champion Libertyville. The teams, who both should be in the NSC race all spring, split their two-game series this week.

Lake County baseball notes: Conference races heating up in North Suburban, Northern Lake; Mundelein’s Bemrich no-hits Stevenson

The Mundelein baseball team has turned some North Suburban Conference heads early on. The Mustangs (9-4 overall) were off to a hot 5-0 start in conference play, which inc...

Even with the new MSL divisions, Wheeling coach Jason Wieder, above, and Hersey coach Wally Brownley wanted to make sure their teams play each other every spring.

Cook County baseball notes: Coaches working to keep MSL rivalries alive

When the MSL announced last year that there were going to be changes to the makeup of the divisions, there were concerns among some of the baseball coaches that some trad...