A two-run home run by Owen Young in the third help break the game wide open for Joliet West on Thursday.
John Force, daughter Brittany and fellow team driver Austin Prock made the rounds the last two days promoting this weekend’s appearance of the NHRA National Series at Route 66 Raceway.
La Salle-Peru, Coal City, Morris and Streator all sent state qualifiers out of the Class 2A Pontiac Sectional contested under the lights Wednesday night.
The Lincoln-Way East and Seneca track teams each capture sectional titles that and more results from baseball, softball, girls soccer and boys lacrosse in the Herald-News Sports Roundup for Wednesday.
A two-run homer by Avery Houlihan helped give Joliet West the cushion they needed over Plainfield Central to get the Southwest Prairie Conference victory on Wednesday.
Plainifeld South's Jahnel Bowman has qualified in Class 3A in four individual events, while Seneca will attempt to defend its Class 1A title
Joliet Catholic's softball team defeated Wilmington 6-2 to reach the Class 2A JCA Regional championship. And more postseason results from softball and girls soccer in Tuesday's Herald-News sports roundup.
Lincoln-Way Central's Jamiee Bolduc drove in the only run and Lisabella Dimitrijevic threw a four-hitter with eight strikeouts in a 1-0 win over Lincoln-Way West
Minooka and Oswego are in a battle for the top spot in the Southwest Prairie Conference, while Lincoln-Way Central sits comfortably atop the Southwest Suburban Conference standings. And more in this week's Herald-News softball notebook.