Hart Pisani

After falling behind in the first inning, Morris piled it on the rest of the way to defeat Plano 8-1 in the Class 3A Joliet Catholic Regional semifinals.

Reese Rourke hit two home runs while Abby Brueggmann and the defense held Lockport to one run as Lincoln-Way West won its first ever sectional championship in softball.

Joliet West's season came to an end on Saturday with a 13-0 loss to Marist in the Stagg Regional finals.

The Lincoln-Way Central girls soccer team saw its season come to an end in the Class 3A Bloomington Supersectional.

Shaw Local sports reporter Hart Pisani got behind the wheel of a stock car ahead of NASCAR's return to Joliet's Chicagoland Speedway as part of the NASCAR Racing Experience. And what an experience it was.

The Lincoln-Way girls lost to Maris 11-9 in the Lockport Supersectional lacrosse match while the Lincoln-Way boys were bested by St. Ignatius.

Joliet Catholic lost to Dunlap in the Washington Sectional semifinals on Wednesday. “It’s only up from here. ... We’re only going to keep getting better.”

For the first time in school history, Lincoln-Way West has won a team state championship as the softball team downed Mundelein 6-1 in the Class 4A title game on Saturday.

Any state championship is special, but the one Lincoln-Way West brought home was made all the more spectacular by everything it took to earn it.

Minooka's deepest playoff run since 2012 ended on Monday with a 4-2 loss to Naperville Central in the Normal Community Supersectional.