Eddie Carifio

Sycamore's Luke Curtis leads the Spartans to a 4-3 win over DeKalb in thrilling rivalry match. DeKalb's Ryan Lottes and Matthew Williams stayed hot with their third win of the week at No. 1 doubles.

Cortni Kruizenga had a hat trick to power Sycamore to a win, DeKalb softball lost a heartbreaker at Metea Valley and more in the roundup.

La Salle-Peru starter Gavin Kallis pitched six shutout innings, allowed three hits and struck out nine as the Cavaliers snapped Sycamore's eight-game winning streak on Wednesday.

Genoa-Kingston won its 10th straight soccer game, DeKalb baseball secured a series win against Waubonsie Valley, and a whole lot of personal records fell at track meets across the area. All that and more in the roundup.

Bella Jacobs struck out 17 in a shutout, and Ellison Hallahan homered in Sycamore's 3-0 win over Kaneland on Tuesday.

Cole Latimer homered twice in a DeKalb win, Martin Ledbetter powered Hinckley to a wild victory, Kyle Prebil homered for Sycamore and more in the roundup.

Genoa-Kingston averaged almost 11 runs per game in a trio of wins against Big Northern foes last week. But against Winnebago on Monday, the bats cooled off in a 9-4 loss.

NIU coach Thomas Hammock said the offense being installed by new coordinator Quinn Sanders will be different from what the Huskies have run in the past. Sanders said it will be a more spread out version of the Huskies' pro-style attack.

Breydon Martin broke open a scoreless tie in the top of the seventh as DeKalb won the final two games of the DuPage Valley Conference opening series against Naperville North. And more in Thursday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.

Jaida Modesto's goal in the second half broke a scoreless tie against Rockford Christian and led Genoa-Kingston to a 3-0 win Thursday, running the Cogs' winning streak to nine games.

Kairi Lantz's walkoff homer run made a winner of Sycamore and starter Bella Jacobs, who struck out 20. That and more in the roundup.

Riley Silvers’ home run with two outs in the third inning broke up Cassidy Cavazos’ no-hitter and set the stage for Naperville Central’s comeback in an 8-4 win over DeKalb on Wednesday.

Elizabeth Davis homered in a Genoa-Kingston victory, Ellie Peck pitched a gem in a Kaneland loss, plus more in Tuesday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.

After starting the season undefeated through 12 games, DeKalb ran into a couple of hiccups. But a dominant pitching performance by Brodie Farrell got things back on track for DeKalb Tuesday. He struck out 12 in an 11-1 win in six innings against Naperville North.

Two Sycamore pitchers combined on a perfect game, Spartans slugger Davis Collie slugged three homers, H-BR's Martin Ledbetter had three homers and two grand slams, and more in the roundup.