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Rolling out more spring prep sports previews
Waubonsie Valley shortstop Scott Gillen scoops up a ground ball by St. Charles East’s Antonio Perez during Monday’s baseball game in Aurora. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Rolling out more spring prep sports previews

The spring season continues to ramp up.

This edition of the Daily Herald’s prep sports newsletter highlights the boys and girls lacrosse season previews, an early-season baseball game and the top girls basketball performances of the season.

Girls lacrosse preview

Girls lacrosse

Scouting the 2026 girls lacrosse season
Mar 21, 2026 8:58 am - Hinsdale Central is one of the local teams this season looking to break the stranglehold of North Shore schools on the girls lacrosse state championship trophy. Loyola (three times) and New Trier (twice) have won the previous five titles, but the Red
 
 

Boys lacrosse preview

Boys lacrosse

Boys lacrosse: Glenbard West, Libertyville among those hoping to challenge Lake Forest
Mar 21, 2026 8:38 am - The race to the final day of the boys lacrosse season could be a wide-open affair this year, with a group of local schools cradling chances to unseat two-time defending champion Lake Forest. First among those may just be Glenbard West, who claimed th
 
 

Waubonsie Valley tops St. Charles East

Prep baseball

Baseball: Waubonsie Valley capitalizes on early mistakes to win season opener over St. Charles East
Mar 23, 2026 9:54 pm - Nathan Napolitano was excited, but also a bit nervous for his first varsity start for Waubonsie Valley. After spending last season on the junior varsity team, the senior ended up getting the call to open the season on the mound against St. Charles Ea
 
 

Top girls basketball performances

Girls basketball

High Five: Who had the area’s top girls basketball performances this season?
Mar 23, 2026 4:19 pm - It’s time for the High Five to look back on a tremendous IHSA basketball season. For months we’ve been honoring the top performances from each week, culminating with the handful of girls and boys teams advancing to the Final Four in Normal and Champa
 
 

Downers North graduate a national champion

Prep sports

College Achievers: Downers North graduate a national champion with Denison
Mar 22, 2026 9:00 am - Violet Mitchell, a Downers Grove North High School graduate, was a starting guard on the Denison University women’s basketball team that won the NCAA Division III Championship on Saturday. The Big Red beat the University of Scranton (Pa.) 55-41 at Ro
 
 
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