DeKalb senior wrestler Ben Aranda is the Daily Chronicle wrestling Player of the Year. Story to come.

Caden Emmert, Nick Kocher, Donny Gramer and Carson Campbell comprised the 4x800 relay team that brought home the IHSA Class 2A state title from the meet in Charleston June 18.

“They were surreal moments for sure,” Conklin said. “It’s hard to put words to that, just because you don’t really think it’s going to happen, especially in back-to-back starts. I was on a roll and just threw the ball really well both games.”

A look at the Chronicle's first team, second team and honorable mention

A look at the players who made our first team and honorable mention

It turns out the IHSA would resume soccer this year and Carlson’s hyperextended offseason workout paid off, as she scored 15 goals and 18 assists. She was named the Daily Chronicle 2021 Girls Soccer Player of the Year.

Teams and athletes from across Illinois competed in the Class 3A Boys Track and Field State Meet on Saturday, June 19, 2021 at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.

Kaneland's Aiden Gatz was third and teammate Ted Allen was sixth in the pole vault at the Class 3A Boys Track and Field State Meet on Saturday. The Knights' Porter Conroy took fifth in the high jump; DeKalb's Toriano Tate placed fifth in the long jump.