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It’s title time in the world of prep sports
Grayslake Central’s Daniel Sachuk, right, and Lake Zurich’s Ian Schmeltzer compete in the 100-meter hurdles during the Lake County boys track and field meet last week at Vernon Hills High School. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
It’s title time in the world of prep sports

Whether it’s at the county, conference, regional, sectional or state level, there’s no shortage of prep sports trophies being handed out these days.

This edition of the Daily Herald prep sports newsletter looks at a bit of everything, including “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran’s latest football recruiting column and Kevin Schmit’s list of the top prep sports events this week.

We’ve also got a new batch of rankings in girls soccer, baseball and softball.

Girls soccer rankings

Girls soccer

Girls soccer Top 20
May 11, 2026 8:44 am - Records through May 10 Team Comment 1. Naperville Central 15-0-1 Emerson Burke now all-time points scorer 2. St. Charles East 16-0-5Mya Leon with an astounding 39 goals 3. Libertyville 12-2-2 MF O’Donnell does so many thing well 4. Benet 15-2-0
 
 

Baseball rankings

Prep baseball

Baseball Top 20
May 11, 2026 8:51 am - Records through May 10 Team Comment 1. Geneva 24-3 9 straight wins; running away with DuKane race 2. Huntley 23-4Two-out hitting sparks win over Maine South 3. Libertyville 17-6 Plays NSC leader Lake Forest twice this week 4. Warren 16-6One gam
 
 

Softball rankings

Softball

Softball Top 20
May 11, 2026 8:48 am - Records through May 10 Team  Comment 1. Barrington 30-0 23rd 30-win season in program history 2. St. Charles North 19-1 Another win over rival SCE in last at-bat 3. Antioch 25-3 Won 17 of last 18 4. Palatine 20-3 Undefeated MSL East champio
 
 

‘Edgy’ Tim O’Halloran

Prep football

‘Edgy’ Tim: Geneva’s Peterson, ICCP’s Shaw make commitments
May 10, 2026 1:42 pm - Geneva junior quarterback Ben Peterson (6-foot-4, 205 pounds) recently gave Eastern Michigan University his verbal commitment. “We had the Eastern Michigan coaches here for an in-home visit a few nights ago for dinner,” Peterson said. “I had been th
 
 

Top prep sports events

Girls soccer

Looking at the top prep sports events this week
May 11, 2026 6:09 pm - We’ll be a bit slanted with this edition of the High Five. Spanning the suburbs as always, we’re again looking at the top prep sports events of the coming week. Only this High Five especially has its eye on the northwest suburbs. It’s the first of tw
 
 

Mustangs beat Bison

Prep baseball

Baseball: Rolling Meadows tops Buffalo Grove, moves into first in MSL East
May 11, 2026 9:02 pm - Rolling Meadows walked its way into first place in the MSL East baseball standings on Monday. Quinn Hextall drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh to score pinch runner Nico Zimmerman for the game’s only run as the host Mustangs held o
 
 

Lake Zurich rallies past Warren

Softball

Softball: Lake Zurich rallies past Warren
May 11, 2026 9:09 pm - With a 3-run lead heading into the bottom of the sixth, things were looking pretty good for Warren’s softball team Monday at Lake Zurich. But the host Bears exploded for 7 runs on 6 hits in the bottom of the sixth on their way to an 8-4 North Suburba
 
 

Glenbard North edges St. Charles North

Softball

Softball: Miller lifts Glenbard North to key win over St. Charles North
May 11, 2026 9:44 pm - It was a scary situation in the softball circle for Avery Miller. With runners on second and third with no outs in the fifth inning, the Glenbard North senior faced down the heart of the St. Charles North lineup with the goal of preserving a one-run
 
 

Huntley tops McHenry

Prep baseball

Baseball: Huntley’s Larson aces test against McHenry
May 11, 2026 9:51 pm - To ace its second test in four days, Huntley turned to its ace. One of them. “We got about seven guys that we can throw out there each day,” Red Raiders coach Andy Jakubowski said. “We have six or seven guys with 20-plus innings (pitched).” Nate Lars
 
 

Cary-Grove beats Crystal Lake South

Softball

Softball: Green, Cary-Grove bounce back to beat CLS
May 11, 2026 9:15 pm - A varsity softball starter since her freshman year, Cary-Grove‘s Addy Green mixes fun and business in the circle. “She’s fun but she holds her teammates accountable, which honestly is one of the best types of seniors you can have,” C-G coach Cara Nef
 
 
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