John Bumbales

3 days ago | dailyherald.com | John Bumbales

It was a real dogfight when No. 1-seeded Libertyville met No. 3 New Trier Tuesday evening for the Barrington boys volleyball sectional championship. Neither team could get the upper hand as the Wildcats pulled out a 25-23 victory in the first set only to see the Trevians (27-10) bounce back with a 25-23 comeback victory in the second set. Libertyville (31-5) held an 11-8 lead on a service point by junior Lukas Slesers (11 kills) in the third set.

6 days ago | dailyherald.com | John Bumbales

After losing to top-seeded York 8-7 on May 1, second-seeded Glenbard West was hoping to turn the tables on the Dukes Friday night at the Conant boys lacrosse sectional championship game. And the Hilltoppers did just that as they built an 8-2 halftime lead before rolling to a 14-6 victory to advance to the Hoffman Estates supersectional at 7 p.m. Tuesday against New Trier (17-5).

1 week ago | dailyherald.com | John Bumbales

It was heartbreak city for the No. 2-seeded Huntley girls soccer team, but instant jubilation for No. 3 Lake Zurich Tuesday night at the Class 3A Warren sectional semifinals. The very evenly matched teams wound up having to go to a shootout to decide the winner, and it was the Bears (17-2-2) that won the shootout 4-3 to pick up the 1-0 victory.

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | John Bumbales

LINCOLNSHIRE – After winning the past two IHSA girls state water polo championships, undefeated No. 1-ranked Stevenson (36-0) was going for the three-peat Saturday evening against No. 5 Lyons in its home pool. Trailing 4-2 after three quarters, the Patriots’ dynasty was in jeopardy of a huge upset by the Lions. But they came through in the fourth quarter to pull out a 6-5 victory to raise the first-place trophy for the seventh time in school history.

2 weeks ago | dailyherald.com | John Bumbales

The No. 7-ranked Libertyville boys volleyball team will be taking some momentum into the Carmel Catholic regional next week after rolling to the North Suburban Conference championship over visiting Warren Wednesday night. The Wildcats (28-4, 7-0) were fired up on senior night, and they beat the Blue Devils 25-17 in the first set before cruising to an easy 25-12 win in the second set to go undefeated in the NSC this spring.