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The state water championships have a decided Stevenson feel to them.

Both the boys and girls won their semifinals Friday to advance to today’s state final.

Girls water polo

Girls water polo: York, Stevenson advance to state championship game
May 22, 2026 9:40 pm - Friday evening's girls water polo state semifinals at Barrington saw a pair of pitched battles that ended with York and Stevenson emerging to Saturday’s 6 p.m. final. York 13, St. Ignatius 12: Survive and advance. That's what Mark Giuliani's Duke
 
 

Boys water polo

Boys water polo: Stevenson surges in second half, downs York to reach state title game
May 22, 2026 7:52 pm - After one half of play in their boys water polo state semifinal Friday, Stevenson and York found themselves even on the Barrington Natatorium scoreboard. They realized that whichever team could once and for all obtain control of the contest would ear
 
 
Track

Boys track and field

Boys track and field: Hersey emerges on top after tight battle at Grayslake Central sectional
May 22, 2026 10:01 pm - It was a race to the finish for the championship of the Class 3A Grayslake Central boys track and field sectional Friday night. And it was Hersey that captured its third sectional title in school history with 108 points. Lake Zurich edged Barrington
 
 

Boys track and field

Boys track and field: Michelini, Acolatse lead Lake Park to sectional championship
May 22, 2026 10:45 pm - Joseph Michelini secured his third straight trip to the state meet in shot put, Jaxon Acolatse claimed his first in high jump, and Lake Park claimed the overall championship with 105.5 points at its Class 3A sectional meet in Roselle on Friday. For M
 
 
Softball

Softball

Softball: Moline’s home run, Wulf’s pitching lead St. Charles East over Schaumburg for regional title
May 22, 2026 9:09 pm - Emily Moline was just hoping to put a ball in play. With runners on first and second with two outs in the fifth inning, the St. Charles East freshman was fighting to keep her at-bat alive with four straight swings, three of them being foul balls. On
 
 

Softball

Softball roundup: Mundelein, Barrington, Fremd among regional champions
May 22, 2026 10:23 pm - After missing last season with a torn labrum, the 2024 North Suburban Conference Pitcher of the Year Shae Johnson is right back where she left off in her sophomore season. For the second time in the three years, Johnson pitched Mundelein to a Class 4
 
 

Softball

Softball: Downers Grove South beats Downers Grove North for first time in five years, captures regional title
May 22, 2026 9:25 pm - Center fielder Jacklyn Meyers and the other eight seniors on the Downers Grove South softball team suffered another disappointing loss to Downers Grove North May 14 on a two-run, walk-off home run. There remained one last possible chance to beat thei
 
 

Softball

Softball: Aurora Central Catholic upsets Marengo for 1st regional title since 2019
May 22, 2026 9:16 pm - Aurora Central Catholic pitcher Corina Maratea felt more anger than pain when she was struck by a ground ball off the bat of Marengo’s Ellie White in the bottom of the third inning Friday. The one-hopper hit the Chargers senior ace squarely in the ri
 
 

Softball

Softball: Oswego denies Benet in regional final Jaelynn Anthony has the velocity to rack up the strikeouts.
May 22, 2026 9:21 pm - Jaelynn Anthony has the velocity to rack up the strikeouts. Her numbers can attest to that. The Oswego senior and Purdue recruit in April became the program’s career strikeout leader with her 496th. But missed bats aren’t Anthony’s only strategy in t
 
 

Softball

Softball: Prairie Ridge beats Cary-Grove for 3rd time, wins 3rd straight regional
May 22, 2026 9:53 pm - As the Prairie Ridge softball team prepared for the Class 3A Prairie Ridge regional championship game Friday against district rival Cary-Grove, the Wolves knew it would take strong pitching, timely hitting and tight defense to knock off the Trojans f
 
 
Baseball

Prep baseball

Baseball: Beerbower blanks Grayslake Central, clinches Lakes’ first NLCC title
May 22, 2026 8:35 pm - As pitcher Brett Beerbower’s final strike of the game crossed home plate, Lakes’ dugout flooded the infield and mobbed Beerbower. Coach Brett Hill couldn’t escape in the frenzy, either, as he soon found himself victim of a Gatorade bath. The Eagles (
 
 
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