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A busy spring prep sports season gets even busier
Libertyville’s Andrew Hodge, left, and Lake Zurich’s Viktor Stanojevic battle at the net during Wednesday’s boys volleyball match at Lake Zurich. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
A busy spring prep sports season gets even busier

This edition of the Daily Herald prep sports newsletter is a busy one.

Kevin Schmit’s High Five takes a look at the top events coming up this week, while Dave Oberhelman’s College Achievers highlights a pair of siblings from Downers Grove North.

Plus, we’ve got a new batch of top 20 rankings and plenty of baseball and softball coverage.

High Five: Top events of the week

Girls soccer

High Five: Top prep sports events coming up this week
Apr 20, 2026 6:21 pm - The High Five is shifting gears again. From here to the end of the school year, we’ll be giving you a glimpse of the top events for the coming week in prep sports. In the fall, it’s pretty easy: Football is king. In winter, boys and girls basketball
 
 

College Achievers

Prep sports

College Achievers: Siblings, Downers North grads have a day 1,500 miles apart
Apr 19, 2026 4:03 pm - As if guided by unseen forces, the siblings had a day. At 3:03 p.m. Saturday, April 11, in the fifth inning of a softball game against Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N.Y., Wagner College shortstop Payton Janicki cracked a 2-run home run over the cente
 
 

Girls soccer rankings

Girls soccer

Daily Herald Girls Soccer Top 20
Apr 20, 2026 12:42 pm - 1. Naperville Central 9-0 Impressive 39-1 goals deferential 2. St. Charles East 10-0-4 Foukes, Smith solid center-backs 3. Libertyville 6-1-1 Wildcats fall short in Malnati's Classic final 4. Benet Academy 10-0 Fitzgerald with 11 goals, 7 assists 5.
 
 

Baseball rankings

Prep baseball

Daily Herald Baseball Top 20
Apr 20, 2026 12:46 pm - Records through April 19 Team  Comment 1. Huntley 13-1 Chasing McHenry in FVC race 2. Geneva 13-2 Took two of three from St. Charles North 3. Fremd 11-3 Busy week coming up 4. Libertyville 10-5 Big two-game set vs. Mundelein this week 5. G
 
 

Softball rankings

Softball

Daily Herald Softball Top 20
Apr 20, 2026 12:34 pm - Records through April 19 Team  Comment 1. Barrington 17-0 Rightfielder Van Ryn shining 2. St. Charles North 8-0 Quigley’s clutch hit beats St. Charles East 3. Palatine 9-1 First place in MSL East 4. Lake Park 12-2 Furlano 17 strikeouts in
 
 

Au’s grand slam sparks Palatine softball

Softball

Softball: Au’s grand slam lifts Palatine in win over Hersey
Apr 20, 2026 9:48 pm - Freshman Ashley Au is having a blast playing on a 10-1 softball team in her first season at Palatine. And she showed on Monday she knows something about blasts. Au crushed a pitch over the right-field fence in the first inning to give the Pirates a l
 
 

Willowbrook baseball still hot

Prep baseball

Baseball: Willowbrook stays on a roll against Downers South
Apr 20, 2026 9:04 pm - Undefeated this month, Noah Edison and the Willowbrook baseball team showed zero signs of wearing down during Monday’s West Suburban Gold series opener against Downers Grove South. Firing fastballs and trusting the defenders behind him, Edison evaded
 
 
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