Maddie Hernandez and her St. Charles North friends felt they were ready for the 2024 softball season, but with no games scheduled the week of spring break and a string of weather-related ...

A 5-foot-2 junior, St. Charles North’s Maddie Hernandez struggles to picture herself as the prototypical cleanup hitter, but she just might have to get used to it. Hernandez, who’s filling the ...