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Fremd goalie Molly Boldt, right, stops Hersey’s Kayla Brace in front of the net during the girls water polo sectional championship at Hoffman Estates High School on Saturday, May 16, 2026. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Heading to state

Saturday saw boys and girls water polo sectional finals played around Illinois, setting up next weekend’s state finals.

Boys water polo

Water polo: Hersey girls, Palatine boys take sectional titles at Hoffman Estates
May 16, 2026 5:51 pm - Hersey’s girls water polo team secured its fifth sectional championship in six years with a 10-7 victory over Fremd on Saturday in Hoffman Estates. The win was extra sweet for the Huskies (22-9) as they were able to avenge last season’s sectional fin
 
 

Boys water polo

Water polo: Naperville North boys, girls win sectional championships in convincing fashion
May 16, 2026 4:41 pm - Kelly Reif has built something special at Naperville North and the boys water polo coach was not about to use the phrase “rebuild” even after five of seven starters graduated from last year’s state championship squad. She believed in this year’s grou
 
 

Boys water polo

Water polo: Stevenson’s boys, girls advance to supersectional
May 16, 2026 5:00 pm - It was a winning day for Stevenson Saturday at the boys and girls sectionals at Buffalo Grove. Both teams had convincing victories as they will advance to the state supersectionals Tuesday at Hoffman Estates. Led by Hudson Swanson’s 7 goals, the Stev
 
 
For softball fans, we had local notes from across the suburbs.

Softball

DuPage County softball notes: West Chicago’s Majer makes impressive return from multiple injuries
May 16, 2026 11:15 am - West Chicago senior center fielder Haylee Majer has made quite the comeback this season. As Wildcats coach Mary Kate Dieter, explains, Majer was pulled up to varsity halfway through her freshman year and then hurt her knee and underwent surgery. A co
 
 

Softball

Fox Valley softball notes: St. Charles North, Hampshire head into postseason with momentum
May 16, 2026 11:02 am - Pitching and defense certainly have helped coach Tom Poulin’s squad to the best record in the area. The North Stars (21-2 overall) won the DuKane Conference with a 12-2 mark, finishing a game ahead of town neighbor St. Charles East. North’s lone conf
 
 

Softball

Lake County softball notes: Vernon Hills continues dominance of CSNC; Antioch takes No. 1 sectional seed into postseason
May 16, 2026 10:51 am - Add another Central Suburban North crown to the Vernon Hills softball trophy case. The Cougars (20-8-1) won the Central Suburban North title with a perfect 8-0 mark and earned a No. 2 seed in the Class 3A Antioch sectional behind the host Sequoits. S
 
 
As always, we have scores from across the area.

Prep baseball

High school scores for May 16
May 16, 2026 8:32 pm - Baseball Antioch 5, Niles West 4 (9 Inn.) Bartlett 7, St. Francis 1 Benet 2, Neuqua Valley 0 Buffalo Grove 16, Glenbrook South 14 Burlington Central 4, Rochester 3 Coal City 8, Burlington Central 2 Downers Grove South 4, Glenbard West 3 Elk Grove 9,
 
 
We also had conference boys tennis tournaments.

Boys tennis

Boys tennis: History for Conant, heroics from Hristov
May 16, 2026 7:32 pm - The backward baseball caps stayed soaked. Shirts clung to backs. Players bent between points, hands on knees, searching for air in the thick Saturday heat at Conant. Then Maksim Hristov uncorked 3 consecutive aces to end it. Boom. Boom. Boom. The Buf
 
 

Boys tennis

Boys tennis roundup: Naperville North, Jacobs, Wauconda among conference champions
May 16, 2026 7:23 pm - It was a busy week for boys tennis conference tournaments. Here’s a look at some of the highlights. DuPage Valley: Naperville North claimed the team title with 45 points followed by Waubonsie Valley (38), Metea Valley (34.5) and Neuqua Valley (3
 
 
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