Allan Wills keeps a busy schedule at Gardner-South Wilmington, both as a math teacher and through his involvement in multiple sports and extracurriculars.

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The Coal City girls soccer team scored a 4-0 win over Beecher in the Class 1A Manteno Regional championship Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

Coal City got a pair of goals from Ava Meyer in the middle of multiple weather delays before Hayden Francisco added two more to give the Coalers the Class 1A Manteno Regional title over Beecher Tuesday.

Kankakee's girls soccer team beat Morgan Park 6-0 in the IHSA Class 2A Kankakee Regional semifinals Tuesday and the boys volleyball team closed the regular season with a 2-0 win over Crete-Monee.

Herscher claimed its ninth regional title in a row with an 8-0 win over Bishop McNamara on Tuesday, getting four goals from Gianni Jaime, three from Sophie Venckauskas and one from Gianna High.

As this year's softball regionals begin this week, Beecher will continue riding the arms of Ava Lorenzatti and Taylor Norkus as the Bobcats look for the program's eighth trip to state.

Rhaya DePaolo and Bishop McNamara held off Reed-Custer's upset attempt in softball regional quarterfinal action and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

Lincoln-Way Central's Alex Panos threw a four-hit shutout Monday to lead the Knights to a 3-0 SouthWest Suburban Conference win against Bradley-Bourbonnais, keeping the Knights' conference title hopes alive.

In a 6-1 victory, Gardner-South Wilmington freshman Case Christensen pitched a seven-inning, complete-game victory over WFC to send the Panthers into Wednesday’s Class 1A Dwight Regional semifinals.