Interstate 8 releases spring all-conference teams

The All-Interstate 8 Conference teams were announced Thursday for six spring sports as selected by the coaches.

L-P's Kaedin Bond smacks a double against Ottawa on Friday, May 2, 2025 at Ottawa High School. — La Salle-Peru's Kaedin Bond smacks a double against Ottawa at Ottawa High School. (Scott Anderson)

Baseball

Kaneland: Brady Alstott, Kanon Baxley, Hayden Foster, Preston Popovich

La Salle-Peru: Kaedin Bond, Grey Ernat

Morris: Ximi Baftiri, Brett Bounds, Colin Pfeifer, Mick Smith, Jack Wheeler, Griffin Zweeres

Ottawa: Harry Carretto, Jacob Rosetto, Adam Swanson

Rochelle: Carson Lewis

Sycamore: Davis Collie, Cal Harbecke

Kaneland's Erin Doucette (left) and Sycamore's Cortni Kruizenga go after the ball Wednesday, April 30, 2025, during their game at Kaneland High School in Maple Park. — Kaneland's Erin Doucette (left) and Sycamore's Cortni Kruizenga go after the ball during their game at Kaneland High School in Maple Park. (Mark Busch)

Girls Soccer

Kaneland: Hannah Boyer, Erin Doucette, Zoe Gannon, Kyra Lilly, Natalie Myers

La Salle-Peru: Vicky Tejada

Morris: Kenzie Ahern, Danica Martin, Mekensi Martin

Ottawa: Taylor Brandt, Chloe Carmona

Rochelle: Betty Flores, Makayla Lara

Sycamore: Grace Amptmann, Brooke Cutlip, Cortni Kruizenga, Izzie Segreti, Peyton Wright

Ottawa's Piper Lewis strikes out swinging against L-P on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at Ottawa High School. — Ottawa's Piper Lewis strikes out swinging against La Salle-Peru at Ottawa High School. (Scott Anderson)

Softball

Kaneland: Angela Campise, Brynn Woods

La Salle-Peru: Makenzie Chamberlain, Kelsey Frederick, Karmen Piano, Anna Rivera, Callie Mertes, Taylor Vescogni

Morris: Mylie Hughes, Halie Olson

Ottawa: Piper Lewis, Addie Russell, Bobbi Snook

Rochelle: Mya Martinez

Sycamore: Addison Armstrong, Ema Durst, Faith Heil, Bella Jacobs

Connor Barth of Morris returns the ball during the first round of the 1A boys state tennis meet on Thursday, May 29. 2025 at Buffalo Grove High School. — Connor Barth of Morris returns the ball during the first round of the Class 1A boys state tennis meet at Buffalo Grove High School. (Sandy Bressner)

Boys Tennis

La Salle-Peru: Michael Milota, Nick Olivero, Daniel Santoy

Morris: Connor Ahearn, Connor Barth, Andrew Ochoa, Chris Ochoa, Tristan Olvera, Shane Phillips

Sycamore: Marty Eich, James McConkie

Ottawa's Savannah Markey competes in the long jump during the Interstate 8 Conference girls track championship on Friday, May 9, 2025 at Morris High School. — Ottawa's Savannah Markey competes in the long jump during the Interstate 8 Conference girls track championship in May 2025 at Morris High School. (Scott Anderson)

Girls Track and Field

Kaneland: Delainey Baran, Danielle Bowers, Lilia Fleshman, Kyla Schulz, Audrey Walker

La Salle-Peru: Aniya Lumpkins, Elli Sines

Morris: Ava Conley, Dynasty Hicks, Aubrey Lines, Hannah Linn, Leah Martin, Makensi Martin, Leah Ortiz, Giselle Reyes, Paityn Valentine

Ottawa: Isabella Markey, Savannah Markey, Karsyn Moore, Shaylen Quinn, Mary Rodriguez

Rochelle: Carol Carpenter, Kyrie Cragin, Annaliese Koziol, Rose Luxton, Elyse Manning, Erin Murphy, Gwendolyn O’Dell, Marianna Saldana, Jasmine Walsh

Sycamore: Uliana Baylor, Reese Becker, Bronwyn Butler, Kennah Butler, Krista Cobb, Sydney Fabrizius, Layla Janisch, Genevieve Law, Mackenzie Mann, Isabella Massey, Madilyn Patton, Alyssa Stacy, Lilianna Vasquez

Sycamore’s Aidan Wyzard who placed in the 200-meter dash, 100-meter dash as well as the long jump at the IHSA meet speaks during the pep rally on Tuesday June 4, 2025, at Sycamore High School after the team brought back the championship trophy. — Sycamore’s Aidan Wyzard who placed in the 200-meter dash, 100-meter dash as well as the long jump at the IHSA meet speaks during the pep rally earlier this month at Sycamore High School after the team brought back the championship trophy. (David Toney for Shaw Local News /David Toney)

Boys Track and Field

Kaneland: Rileyn Adams, Brady Aversa, Brady Brown, Luke Gadomski, Nathan Hansen, Fredrick Hassan, Carson Kaiser, Benjamin Karl, Alex Moos, Evan Nosek, Evan Olp, Tyler Rebacz, Kyle Rogers, Dylan Sanagastin, Griffin Seaton, Gavin Smith, David Valkanov, Evan Whildin

La Salle-Peru: Griffin Hammers, Ricardo Santiago

Morris: Nikita Hovidos, Brodie Peterson, Cuyler Swanson, Everett Swanson

Ottawa: Weston Averkamp, Joey Liebhart

Rochelle: Jonathan Bearrows, Andrew Nuyen, Jack Tilton

Sycamore: Vasilios Arhos, Crewe Bartelt, Jack Daskal, Corey Goff, Dylan Hodges, Logan Jones, Devin Karda, John Lochbaum, Josh Miller, Luke Miller, Eliu Molina, Preston Picolotti, Will Rosenow, Braedon Shaner, Colton Sharpness, Kaiden Von Schnase, Dylan Weides, Aidan Wyzard