Josh Stellwagen doubled in two runs in the top of the eighth as Plano baseball beat Sandwich, Kodi Rizzo struck out 13 and homered and Kate Bromeland hit a grand slam as Newark softball beat Sandwich, and Yorkville baseball won in extras in Saturday's roundup.
Nick Oraham, a Crystal Lake native and Lockport resident who was previously head coach at Elk Grove for the past six seasons, has been named the new head boys basketball coach at Oswego High School.
Yorkville baseball beat Oswego East in a wild 13-12 game to take the lead in the SPC West race, Oswego softball won on Natalie Muellner's walk-off homer and Yorkville Christian baseball beat Plano in nine in Friday's roundup.
Rikka Ludvigson reached base four times, came a hit shy of hitting for the cycle, and drove in three runs. Oswego, in a game played in a hard drizzle throughout, poured it on offensively in a 21-11, five-inning Southwest Prairie Conference win on Yorkville’s all-turf field.
The Seneca girls track and field team won its 12th consecutive Class 1A sectional championship, while Newark placed second in Thursday's wet and cold event in Seneca.
Kodi Rizzo’s grand slam highlights Newark softball win: Thursday’s Record Newspapers sports roundup:
Kodi Rizzo hit a grand slam and Kate Bromeland slugged a two-run homer in Newark softball's win over Aurora Christian.
Oswego sophomore Jaelynn Anthony, who struck out nine in a 13-2 win over Plainfield South and hit two three-run home runs and had six RBIs in a 14-4 win over Plainfield East, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.
Minooka softball rallies in seventh to beat Yorkville: Wednesday’s Record Newspapers sports roundup:
Minooka softball scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat Yorkville, and Marengo won a pair of one-run games against Sandwich in Wednesday's roundup.
Sandwich's Chance Lange bounced back after giving up a tying three-run homer to shut out Plano over the last four innings, and the visiting Indians beat the Reapers 7-4 on Wednesday to pull into a second-place tie in the Kishwaukee River Conference.