Hart Pisani

Lockport had won 15 games in a row, but Lincoln-Way East completed a comeback, scoring three runs in the seventh inning to earn the 9-8 win on Rocco Triolo's walk-off hit.

Lincoln-Way East, Lockport and others getting ready for the playoff push.

Joliet West lost to Homewood-Flossmoor 5-0 in Wednesday's Class 4A Homewood-Flossmoor to end a season filled with progress for a young team with plenty more room to grow.

Lockport advanced to the Lincoln-Way West sectional semifinals with a regional championship victory over Plainfield Central on Friday

Naperville Central won its first regional title in softball since 2015 with a 6-1 victory over Plainfield North on Saturday morning.

Lockport looks to keep playoff run going, Providence on fire right now and more in the Herald-News softball notebook.

After Lincoln-Way West made quick work of Lincoln-Way Central, Lockport won a pitchers dual against Lincoln-Way East to set up a clash in Friday's sectional title game.

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.