Monday, July 26, 2021
Colby McDivitt, a 2021 Herscher graduate, shares her unique story of growing up as a softball pitcher with a prosthetic foot. Read more
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Special Mention: Donovan Golden, Bishop McNamara; Hollist Daniels, Bradley-Bourbonnais; Kodey Krumweide, Central; Matteo Blessing, Coal City; Jacob Piatak, Coal City; Carter Watkins, Manteno; Alex Cardenas, Peotone; Joey Knapp, Peotone; Landon Markle, Reed-Custer; Alex Fernandez, Wilmington;… Read more
Editor's note: No nominations from Bradley-Bourbonnais or Kankakee were submitted. Honorable mentions were chosen from 2021 All-City results. Read more
Special Mention: Dayo Bambgose, Beecher; Maddie Dykstra, Bradley-Bourbonnais; Danae Williams, Bradley-Bourbonnais; Cara Planeta, Coal City; Tessa Smolkavich, Herscher; Raigan Muniz, Herscher; Athziry Garcia, Kankakee; Mia Robbins, Manteno; Ashley Renwick, Peotone; Abbie Rampa, Wilmington Read more
Coming off a recent IHSA Class 2A state title in the 4x200-meter relay race, Matthew Thomas, Jayon Morrow, Quaevon Autman will look to test thier speed on the national level in the 2021 USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships next week. Read more
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Bradley-Bourbonnais' Owen Freeman and former Kankakee Kay A.J. Storr talk about what it's been like being high-profile college basketball recruits. Read more
Saturday, July 17, 2021
Special Mention: Mel Hay, Bishop McNamara; Ethan McCarty, Bradley-Bourbonnais; Thomas Morgan, Herscher; Jalen Townsend, Kankakee; Demere Turner, Kankakee; Damian Alsup, Manteno; Malaki Verkler, Milford-Cissna Park; Tyshan Watkins, Momence; Jordan Schroeder, Watseka, Tylor Durflinger, Watseka Read more
Special Mention: Camille Kuntz, Bishop McNamara; Addie Langelett, Bishop McNamara; Krista Suprenant, Bishop McNamara; Lundynn Carroll, Bradley-Bourbonnais; Flower Foreman, Bradley-Bourbonnais; Jeri Terrell-McCullum, Bradley-Bourbonnais; Jae Alderson, Kankakee; Haley Buchanon, Reed-Custer; Ta… Read more
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COVID-19 shortened the season and temporarily cut a few area teams short, but the area was anything but short on girls soccer talent this season.
It was at the IWCOA State Finals instead of the IHSA this year and in the summer instead of the winter, but area wrestlers once again gobbled up state qualifying spots by the dozens this season.
Coming off a recent IHSA Class 2A state title in the 4x200-meter relay race, Matthew Thomas, Jayon Morrow, Quaevon Autman will look to test thier speed on the national level in the 2021 USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships next week.
Bradley-Bourbonnais' Owen Freeman and former Kankakee Kay A.J. Storr talk about what it's been like being high-profile college basketball recruits.
Special Mention: Mel Hay, Bishop McNamara; Ethan McCarty, Bradley-Bourbonnais; Thomas Morgan, Herscher; Jalen Townsend, Kankakee; Demere Turner, Kankakee; Damian Alsup, Manteno; Malaki Verkler, Milford-Cissna Park; Tyshan Watkins, Momence; Jordan Schroeder, Watseka, Tylor Durflinger, Watseka
Special Mention: Camille Kuntz, Bishop McNamara; Addie Langelett, Bishop McNamara; Krista Suprenant, Bishop McNamara; Lundynn Carroll, Bradley-Bourbonnais; Flower Foreman, Bradley-Bourbonnais; Jeri Terrell-McCullum, Bradley-Bourbonnais; Jae Alderson, Kankakee; Haley Buchanon, Reed-Custer; Ta…
Several school records were broken by area girls track and field athletes this season and more than a dozen others saw success at the state level to give the Daily Journal a stacked all-area team this summer.
Kankakee crowned two state champions this summer in its newest sport:Â powerlifting
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Nearly three dozen area boys track and field athletes qualified for the state finals, making the Daily Journal All-Area team one of the tops in Illinois.
Former Coal City wrestler Daniel Jezik is leaving behind his wrestling career at Oklahoma State University to pursue a college football career.
Kristen Madorin, a former volleyball player at Kankakee Community College and sister of Kankakee football coach Derek Hart, will return to the area as the new volleyball coach at Kankakee.
Kankakee soccer coach Vincent Mkhwanazi is hoping to enrich the confidence of area talent by uniting local players together on the club scene and also bringing the professionals here to town, which is what he's doing this weekend.
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Alex Friddle graduated from Coal City in 2019 as one of the best wrestlers in state history, and in two years he's now officially one of the best in the nation.
Gavin Zimbelman, a 2017 Manteno graduate, earned a pair of prestigious awards after a stellar spring season and will return for one last run at a national title with Aurora University.
The IHSA is waiting to release statewide football schedules, but Mason Schweizer couldn't wait any longer to dissect this fall's local area football schedule.
The Dragons promoted within when they named Jared Thompson the school's new athletic director and Matt Russell as the new boys basketball coach.
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Some of the week's best photos of local athletes competing in track and field state finals.Â
Some of the best sports photos from local games and meets in June.Â
Some of the best local sports photos from games in early June.Â
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