The DeKalb softball team took on Harlem Tuesday in a Class 4A regional matchup at DeKalb High School.

Three freshmen. One senior's quest for a medal. Sycamore's Layla Janisch heads to state this weekend for her third trip to Charleston. “It’s like we’re about to have a two-day sleepover and have so much fun."

The Ottawa baseball team scored four runs in the sixth - the big blow a two-run double by Adam Swanson - to defeat Kaneland 6-4 in the Interstate 8 Conference contest at King Field on Monday. With the win the Pirates earned a share the league championship with the Knights.

Bella Jacobs threw a no-hitter for the second straight start in a Sycamore win, Indian Creek softball kept its season alive with a combined no-hitter from Makenna Barshinger and Avery Kern, plus more in the roundup.

Sycamore's Krista Cobb and Sydney Fabrizius and Kaneland's Delainey Baran Peyton Haywood enter the state meet seeded in the top 10 in their respective events. DeKalb, Indian Creek and Genoa-Kingston athletes will also compete in Charleston starting Thursday.

Crewe Bartelt won three individual races and a relay, including an insanely close 200-meter dash at the Interstate 8 Conference Championships on Friday, plus more in the roundup.

The Sycamore girls won the Class 2A Genoa-Kingston Sectional on Friday, claiming a conference and sectional crown in the same season for the 1st time in school history. Sandwich's Sunny Weber dominated the distance races, Peyton Heywood pulled of an upset in the high jump.

Sycamore, Kaneland, Genoa-Kingston, Sandwich, St. Viator, Plano, Crystal Lake South, Dixon, Rochelle, and Carmel are among the teams that took part in the Class 2A girls track sectional Friday at Genoa-kingston High School.

The Class 1A and 2A Daily Chronicle area baseball teams each start with play-in games. Sycamore, DeKalb and Kaneland don't have that obstacle, but have tough roads ahead of them in their IHSA regionals. We look at where each team ended up.