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With a new coach coming in, the players on the volleyball team are thrilled with how summer drills have gone in advance of the fall season.
With 26 seniors having graduated from last year's team, players like senior midfielder Henry Garcia will have a big role in making sure DeKalb keeps up its momentum from late last year.
DeKalb junior quarterback Cole Latimer said he's got a simple goal for his second year as starter - improve off the Barbs' 3-6 record from a year ago and get the team back into the playoffs.
The DeKalb and Sycamore soccer teams met Wednesday night for a scrimmage at Sycamore High School as they prepare for the upcoming season.
Several local football teams including DeKalb, Geneva, Kaneland, Plano and Woodstock North took part in the Kaneland 7-on-7 Tuesday afternoon at Kaneland High School in Maple Park.
The amount of multisport standouts in local boys athletics runs very deep. So many athletes with NCAA Division I offers in one sport are still playing another. It makes for a lot of strong candidates for the Daily Chronicle 2024-2025 Boys Athlete of the Year.
There's a bunch of up-and-coming multisport standouts that make the race for the Daily Chronicle 2024-2025 Girls Athlete of the Year very interesting.
The IHSA just released its statewide football schedule for the 2024 season. Here are some top games to watch in the Daily Chronicle coverage area.
Even with the returning winniner back and more than nine months until the season begins, the 2025 race for the Daily Chronicle Baseball Player of the Year award is wide open.
In every full season since 2017, a Sycamore girls basketball player has been named the Daily Chronicle Player of the Year, including future NIU guard Lexi Carlsen last season. But the Spartans graduated a ton of talent while a few players on other teams have more experience.
The Daily Chronicle is looking ahead to the 2024-25 athletic season and five different Player of the Year competitions. Today, we look at five potential Boys Soccer Players of the Year.
The focus on DeKalb's summer was finding consistency, said head coach Mike Reynolds. It’s especially important for players like Justin O’Neal and Marquise Bolden, both rising seniors who started last year.
The Kishwaukee Valley Storm, Sycamore Sycos and other travel teams will compete in the 24th Annual Storm Dayz Tournament, which runs Friday through Sunday at the Sycamore Park District softball fields.
Davon Grant already has two high-level basketball seasons under his belt, a breakout football campaign and seven NCAA Division I football offers. The DeKalb rising junior is the Daily Chronicle Boys Athlete of the Year.
Jay Moore, founder of TRUTH Basketball Academy and an assistant boys basketball coach at DeKalb High School, worked with a player Tuesday at the School. Moore started the academy to give area players a chance to hone their basketball skills locally.
Korima Gonzalez qualified for the state cross country for the first time, then set a school record in the 800 at the state track tournament. The DeKalb senior was named the Daily Chronicle 2024 Girls Athlete of the Year.
The DeKalb girls basketball team last year matched its highest overall and conference win totals since the pandemic in coach Brad Bjelk’s second season. With summer ball winding down this month, the team is gunning for a lot more.
The 32-team Morris Boys Shootout will take place Tuesday and Wednesday next week
It wasn't just about strong arms and popping bats. The Daily Chronicle 2024 Baseball All-Area Team also features many players who flashed the leather with strong defensive performances.
Nine of the 12 players on the Daily Chronicle 2024 All-Area softball team are freshmen, sophomores or juniors. Check out the full team.
The DeKalb boys basketball team played Elk Grove in summer action at DeKalb High School.
The DeKalb girls basketball team met Boylan Monday in summer league action at DeKalb High School.
From two 20-goal scorers to a handful of strong backline players, we take a look at the top talent with our Daily Chronicle 2024 Girls Soccer All-Area Team.
The Hiawatha boys basketball team held a practice Thursday in Kirkland under second-year head coach Matthew Montavon from DeKalb.
Sycamore did what has become custom. DeKalb did something it hadn’t done in a long time. And plenty of players put up eye-popping numbers by ripping the cover off of a baseball. With the 2024 baseball season over, we look at some of the facts that defined the season.
Sycamore senior Eli Crome closed out his high school career in style, anchoring the Spartans' 4x400 relay to the Class 2A state championship in Charleston after taking third in the 400. Teammate Aidan Wyzard took second in long jump and DeKalb's Jacob Barraza third in the 1,600.
Even with a possible hamstring injury, Aidan Wyzard still has a chance at a state long jump championship. Plus more for DeKalb and Kaneland track and Sycamore tennis in the roundup.
Facing DeKalb for a Class 4A DeKalb Regional championship on Friday afternoon at NIU, Huntley decided to flip the top hitters in the lineup. The move paid dividends from the start, with the Red Raiders scoring four in the top of the first en route to an 8-0 win over the Barbs.
The DeKalb and Huntley baseball teams met Friday in the Class 4A DeKalb Regional championship game at Ralph McKinzie Field at Northern Illinois University.
Auburn kept scoring, and DeKalb kept coming back. Finally, the Knights ended things with a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh for a 5-4 win in a Class 4A Hampshire Regional semifinal on Wednesday.
The DeKalb High School softball team traveled to Hampshire to take on Rockford Auburn Wednesday in Class 4A regional action.
It’s not often track and field athletes talk about the momentum of their sport. But as Sycamore prepares for the Class 2A state championships in Charleston, the Spartans are hoping for a strong showing with team chemistry playing a big role.
We take a look at all 24 individuals and seven relay teams that qualified from the Daily Chronicle area for the boys track state tournament, which begins on Thursday.
Genoa-Kingston's Natasha Bianchi took third in the Class 2A long jump and Indian Creek's Reagan Gibson took second in the Class 1A pole vault at the IHSA Girls Track and Field State Meet on Saturday at Eastern Illinois University's O'Brien Stadium.
Indian Creek's Reagan Gibson enters the final round of state track with the top mark in the pole vault, while Sycamore and DeKalb baseball picked up wins and Kaneland sends a contingent to the state boys track finals.
Kaneland soccer, Indian Creek baseball and Genoa-Kingston softball all opened postseason runs with victories on Tuesday, with the Timberwolves getting two homers from Jeffrey Probst in the win. That and more in Tuesday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.
It’ll be, very literally, a high-flying good time in Charleston for Daily Chronicle-area athletes who qualified for the IHSA Girls Track and Field State Championships. Eleven of the 14 qualifiers are in a jump of some kind, while the other three are in the 800 meters.
Sycamore boys track won the Oregon Last Chance Meet, and DeKalb softball dropped a DVC Tournament game to Naperville Central in Monday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.
We take a look at each girls' track and field athlete from the Daily Chronicle coverage area who earned a spot in the upcoming IHSA state tournament.
DeKalb baseball picked up a win, Genoa-Kingston soccer won its playoff opener and the DeKalb girls soccer team lost its playoff opener. That and more in the roundup.
DeKalb High School is the site of the IHSA State Badminton Championships Friday and Saturday drawing teams and fans from all over Illinois.
Joscelyn Dieckman vaulted 3.73 meters to win, while teammate Alyssa Tumminaro also qualified in second place.The Barbs also will be sending 800 champion Korima Gonzalez and high jumpers Sydney Myles and Tawonna Keith to state.
Hinckley-Big Rock state champion Jenna Thorp, Malta's final points and rebounding record-holder Justin Allen and current DeKalb coach Mike Reynolds were inducted into the IBCA Hall of Fame earlier this month
DeKalb bounced back from a six-run loss to Neuqua Valley on Monday for a 5-4 win on Tuesday against the Wildcats, keeping its shot at the No. 2 seed alive entering the DuPage Valley Conference tournament next week.
The DeKalb High School baseball team took on DuPage Valley Conference foe Neuqua Valley Tuesday afternoon at DeKalb High School.
Kyle Hartmann hit a grand slam as Sycamore came back from five down in the bottom of the seventh for a win. The Indian Creek boys track team won the Little 10 Conference meet and Sycamore tennis swept Streator. That and more in the roundup.
Sycamore boys track took first behind a strong day for Aidan Wyzard, Emily Frazier had a home run and key RBI in Indian Creek's win at Rochelle and more in the roundup.
DeKalb takes conference series against Naperville Central, Joscelyn Dieckman wins the DVC pole vault for the Barbs and Sycamore soccer picks up a nonconference win. That and more in the roundup.
In front of an energetic crowd, Sycamore’s Izzie Segreti scored the game’s only goal in the 10th minute as the Spartans won El Classicorn as the rivalry game is known, 1-0.
Genoa-Kingston baseball, softball and girls soccer all win. Read about that and more in Tuesday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.