Yorkville Christian guard Jayden Riley is enjoying a breakout summer, with up to six scholarship offers after his performances at Riverside-Brookfield and Romeoville. Riley, last year's Record Newspapers Player of the Year, has set lofty goals for his senior season.

Jeremy Fears Jr., a Joliet West alum and current Michigan State basketball star, threw out the ceremonial first pitch Friday at the Chicago White Sox game against the San Francisco Giants. Fears is a part of local NIL initiative funded by the White Sox.

Almost a year after the Sycamore Sycos 16U team won the travel program’s first Storm Dayz title, the Sycos 15U team brought home another – playing up an age group and winning the 16U bracket Sunday at the Sycamore Park District Fields.

Shaw Local is counting down the top five under-the-radar Chicago Bears this week. Here is No. 5, rookie cornerback Zah Frazier.

A collection of 40 of the top prep baseball players this past spring from across The Times' 13-school coverage area.

Congratulations to the 2025 Times Baseball Player of the Year, Marquette all-state pitcher/leadoff man Alec Novotney.

Shaw Local is ranking the top-five position battles to watch during training camp. Here’s a look at No. 1 on the list, left tackle.

Here is a look back at the top boys basketball players in the Sauk Valley area for the 2024-25 season.

As an encore to a stellar junior season when he scored more points than any Dixon player, Darius Harrington obliterated his own scoring record on his way to taking over the top spot on the Dukes’ all-time scoring list. He is the 2024-25 SVM Player of the Year.