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Plenty of unfinished business in the prep sports season
Batavia's Michael Vander Luitgaren runs the ball against Glenbard North during a playoff game last season. Karen Naess/Shaw Local News Network
Plenty of unfinished business in the prep sports season

The prep sports year may be winding down but there’s plenty of unfinished business.

This edition of the Daily Herald prep sports newsletter features “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran’s prep football recruiting column in addition to Dave Oberhelman’s College Achievers. And Kevin Schmit presents the top prep sports events of the coming week.

Football recruiting news

Prep football

‘Edgy’ Tim: Prospect’s Cichy flips to Illinois, Batavia’s Vander Luitgaren commits to Wyoming
May 24, 2026 2:45 pm - Prospect senior wide receiver Nathan Cichy (6-foot-1, 190 pounds) had quite a week. Cichy, who had been verbally committed to Harvard since last spring, added a last-minute offer from Illinois. A few days later Cichy gave the Fighting Illini and head
 
 

College Achievers

Prep sports

College Achievers: Lakes graduate Kao vaults to the top at Oshkosh
May 24, 2026 2:54 pm - As a freshman at the University of Illinois in 2022, Lakes Community High School graduate Collin Kao cleared 15 feet, 9¼ inches indoors in the pole vault. He would only go up from there. Concluding this term as a graduate student at University of Wis
 
 

Top prep sports events

Boys track and field

High Five: Looking at the top prep sports events this week
May 25, 2026 1:53 pm - Last week was one to remember as a bunch of title winners returned home from the IHSA girls track and field state meet, and Stevenson swept the boys and girls championships in water polo. But prep sports wait for no one. We’ve already moved on to ano
 
 

High school scores

Prep baseball

High school scores for May 25
May 25, 2026 9:27 pm - Monday, May 25 Baseball IHSA Regional quarterfinals Class 4A Barrington regional (8) Grant 4, (9) Elgin 2 Bartlett regional (14) Leyden 3, (19) Proviso West 2 Benet Academy regional (14) Plainfield East 21, (19) Aurora East 1 (4
 
 
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