Bridget Faut fired a four-hit shutout, and Morgan Spodarek hit a three-run homer as Lockport blanked Joliet West 3-0 for the Class 4A Lockport Regional championship.
The Plainfield North girls soccer team lost to Naperville Central in the Class 3A Plainfield North Sectional final Saturday.
The top eight 4x800 teams in the 3A race posted season-best times, and the top four – three of them from the Herald-News area – had performances that rank in the top 14 in the nation this season, highlighting a good day for the area at the IHSA State Meet.
The Morris baseball team grabbed the momentum after the first inning on the way to a 10-0, five-inning win over Ottawa in Saturday's Class 3A La Salle-Peru Regional championship game.
Lincoln-Way West, Lincoln-Way Central, Plainfield North, Morris, and Lemont won baseball regionals, while Minooka and Plainfield East won softball regionals. That, plus boys volleyball sectional results in The Herald-News roundup
James McElroy, 83, of Morris, participates in many veteran-related programs.
The executive director for Sharefest Will County said 47 pallets of food weighing 42,000 pounds were given away on Saturday to help feed 1,842 people from 534 families. He said 70 volunteers assisted in the three-hour event.
Already guaranteed a 20-win season for the seventh straight spring, Ottawa softball Saturday pocketed the fourth regional championship in program history with a 5-3 triumph over Morris in the Class 3A Ottawa Regional.
After falling behind a run in the top of the eighth, Blake Jenner's RBI single scored Cooper Eggert to end the game and give Providence the regional championship Saturday morning.