NIU football will start its season two days earlier than planned, kicking off against EIU on Thursday, Sept 1. The school also announced other start times and TV coverage on Thursday.

A second-inning home run by Ethan Storm was all the offense Griffin Hallahan needed in a 12-strikeout performance on Wednesday against Belvidere. Storm’s third-inning home run was icing on the cake as the Spartans opened the postseason with a 9-0 win.

DeKalb and Sycamore qualified four relays. Kaneland qualified three. This weekend at the IHSA State Track and Field Championships is going to have a team feel to it for those teams.

Kaneland softball coach Mike Kuefler said his team has struggled with offspeed pitches all season. But on Tuesday in a Class 3A Kaneland Regional semifinal, the Knights smashed the slow stuff from Woodstock and rolled to a 23-2, four-inning win.

It was the Jori Heard show from the opening pitch as the Huntley Red Raiders dismantled the DeKalb Barbs 9-0 in a Class 4A DeKalb Regional semifinal. Heard struck out 16 batters on her way to a perfect game against the regional hosts.

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The Woodstock High School softball team traveled to Maple Park to take on Kaneland in a Class 3A Regional contest.

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The finals of the IHSA Girls Track and Field Championships were held at O'Brien Field on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston on Saturday, May 21, 2022.

Katlyn Schraeder doubled in the go-ahead runs in the fourth inning, and Yorkville went on to a 5-1 win over Kaneland in a game called because of rain after five innings and in the process matched a program record with the Foxes' 26th win.

The DeKalb girls track team qualified both of its relay teams on Friday for the finals of the Class 3A Championships in Charleston. The finals in all three classes will be held Saturday. Kaneland and Sycamore each had an entry qualify for the 2A finals.