Jared Birchfield – Shaw Local News Network correspondent

After scoring two first half goals, St. Charles North held firm against Wheaton North’s increased second half offensive pressure to win Saturday’s Class 3A South Elgin Sectional championship, 2-1.

Sycamore junior pitcher Addison Dierschow had the upper hand in Wednesday’s rematch with Kaneland’s Brynn Woods in a 10-1 Interstate 8 win for the Spartans Wednesday.

Junior Jacob Barraza won the 800-meter race with a time of 1:56.93 and the Barbs’ relay team of Cam Matthews, Braylen Anderson, Isiah Butler and Talen Tate took first place honors in 4x100, crossing the finish line in 42.35.

Jackson Kees pitched five shutout innings as DeKalb baseball picked up its first win against Sycamore since 2018.

In their DuPage Valley Conference series finale Thursday, Waubonsie Valley made the most of the few scoring opportunities it had against DeKalb.

Kaneland batters finally reached Addison Dierschow in the fifth, stringing together three base hits to take a 2-0 lead. Kaneland (6-8, 3-2) added an insurance run in the sixth for a 3-0 league win.

The Geneva softball team rallied twice in the late innings Friday to pull out an 8-7 win over Batavia.

The Geneva girls and St. Charles North boys won titles at the Geneva Invite on Saturday.

Lake Park exploded for 12 runs in the top of the fourth inning to overwhelm Batavia 17-0 in DuKane Conference baseball action on Tuesday in a four-inning game.

Batavia won the 4x800 relay and 4x400 relay, and five individual events in between, in dominating the track events at the Les Hodge Invitational on Friday in Batavia.

Trailing 34-27 at the start of the second half, Kaneland tightened up at both ends of the court to pull ahead of the host Cadets, ending the period with a 42-40 lead. The Knights remained dominant in the final frame for a 58-50 win and a berth in their own sectional.

Davon Grant scored 18 points, all in the first half, as the DeKalb boys basketball team knocked off Jefferson and advanced to the Class 4A DeKalb Regional Championship game.

Everett Willis missed two free throws but snared the rebound after the second attempt and made the putback at the buzzer to pull out a 47-45 win over Dwight in Mondays’s Class 1A Somonauk Regional quarterfinal.

St. Charles East won a hard fought double-overtime 85-76 victory over Wheaton North in the Class 4A DeKalb Regional championship.

Wheaton North overcame a sluggish first half to down host DeKalb 57-44 in Monday’s second Class 4A DeKalb Regional semifinal. DeKalb’s tenacious defense had the Falcons trailing the Barbs, 25-24 at halftime. In the second half, the Falcons found their inside game.