News, articles, scores and more about Hinckley-Big Rock high school sports
Senior Adrianna Larsen had 13 kills and eight digs to help top-seeded Newark defeat No. 3-seeded Hinckley-Big Rock 25-16, 25-15 in Saturday's championship match of the 50th Little Ten Conference Tournament in Newark. It is the Norsemen's eighth consecutive championship.
Sycamore's Gavin Sedevie qualifies for the state boys golf tournament, plus other golf, soccer and volleyball results in the roundup.
Kaneland qualified three golfers, Sycamore two, and Genoa-Kingston and Hinckley-Big Rock one each for the sectional round. That plus volleyball, soccer and tennis results in the roundup.
Austin Roop scored the go-ahead goal on a breakaway in the 72nd minute sandwiched between two Sawyer Smith penalty kicks for a 3-1 Hinckley-Big Rock win over Indian Creek at Larry "Doc" Peppers Field.
The Hinckley-Big Rock boys soccer team took on conference foe Indian Creek Wednesday night in Hinckley.
Kaneland will send two golfers into the sectional round while Genoa-Kingston advanced three. That plus more volleyball, soccer and cross country in the roundup.
Sycamore soccer beat Rochelle to stay atop the Interstate 8 Conference, and Kaneland soccer, Genoa-Kingston volleyball and Hiawatha volleyball were also winners in Monday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.
Jacob Barraza took second at Bartlett for DeKalb in cross country, Hinckley-Big Rock wins its first game on its newly named home field and the Barb soccer team picks up a win. That plus more soccer, cross country, volleyball and golf in the roundup.
At 5-foot-7, Courtlyn Brockway doesn’t have the size associated with most outside hitters. Against Indian Creek on Tuesday, it didn’t matter. Brockway recorded kills from all over the court, including attacking from the back row to help the Royals topple the Timberwolves in three
The Indian Creek volleyball team traveled to Hinckley-Big Rock High School Tuesday for a match against the Royals.
The Oregon Hawks downed Hickley-Big Rock's Royals 3-1 at Oregon Park West on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. Steven Guardado scored two goals for Oregon and Danny Chisamore added one. Aiden Hammer and Eduardo Garcia each had an assist. Deryk Withers had four saves in the goal.
The Genoa-Kingston soccer and volleyball teams earned wins and more results in Monday's Daily Chronicle roundup.
Kaneland's Evan Nosek and DeKalb's Jacob Barraza had strong finishes at First to the Finish in Peoria on Saturday. Plus more cross country, golf, soccer and volleyball.
Harrison Zorica picked up co-medalist honors for Genoa-Kingston, plus other golf, soccer and volleyball results in the roundup.
Ava Carpenter and Khiara Thomas combined for 21 kills for Sycamore in loss to Stillman Valley and Indian Creek and Hiawatha pulled off Little 10 comeback wins. Plus more volleyball, golf, cross country and soccer in the roundup.
Genoa-Kingston's Ayden Hernandez scored twice as the Cogs beat Hinckley-Big Rock 4-0 in boys soccer. Plus more boys soccer, volleyball and boys golf in Monday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.
DeKalb's Jacob Barraza won at Plainfield, Layla Janisch had a strong showing at Oregon, plus other cross country and soccer results in the roundup.
The DeKalb and Indian Creek volleyball teams rolled to victories on Thursday, plus cross country and soccer results in the roundup.
Kaneland Evan Nosek won the Sycamore Invite, and the Spartans' Layla Jansich was fourth on the girls side. DeKalb volleyball coach Keith Foster and Genoa-Kingston coach Taylor Spellman picked up their first wins at their new schools. That and more in the roundup.
The Sycamore girls tennis team won its home doubles tournament, Genoa-Kingston soccer was third in Oregon and Indian Creek volleyball was fourth at Ottawa.
DeKalb opened the Barb Cup with a win, and Sycamore lost a nail-biter to Larkin. Plus golf and cross country in the roundup.
Sycamore cross country runners went to Morris, Genoa-Kingston competed at Rock Falls and the Sycamore girls tennis team had a strong doubles showing to beat Yorkville. That and more in the prep roundup.
DeKalb, Genoa-Kingston and Hiawatha all have new coaches as the season gets underway. Check out what to expect from every Daily Chronicle area volleyball team.
From stalwarts in goal to offensive weapons old and new, we take a look at five players that can have an impact on the soccer season.
DeKalb looks to build off a big summer, Kaneland and Sycamore expect to battle for an Interstate 8 title and Genoa-Kingston will have scoring in new places this year. We look at each soccer team.
Here's a look at the schedules for all seven high school athletic programs and NIU football for this week.
At Indian Oaks in Shabbona, the Royals were second in a Little 10 quad golf meet that included Indian Creek.
Four non-seniors make the cut of our list of five boys golfers to keep an eye on this year as youth seems ready to reign on the links this year.
We break down all six boys golf teams and what to expect for the season.
Our list of can't-miss players includes everything from a hotshot freshman to a senior in a new leadership role. Here are five players to keep an eye on this year.
Sycamore and DeKalb are co-oping again. It's a sister act in Genoa. Kaneland has high expectations. And Hinckley-Big Rock has its smallest turnout in more than a decade. We look at the main storylines for each girls golf team in the Daily Chronicle area.
With practices in full swing ahead of the start of games Aug. 26, we take a look at five storylines that will define the soccer season for the Daily Chronicle area.
Hiawatha had it's best season in decades. Genoa-Kingston, Sycamore and Kaneland won regionals. And some of the best players in the area graduated after last year. We take a look at some of the top volleyball storylines for the 2024 season.
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.
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.
Teams really didn’t like pitching to Martin Ledbetter. The Hinckley Big Rock junior slugger drew 26 walks this year, a chunk of those intentionally and a handful with the bases loaded. He still hit .492 with nine home runs and 28 RBIs with an OPS of 1.774.
The Hinckley-Big Rock girls basketball team, under new head coach Bob Barnett, began summer practices Monday morning at the school.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
The Hinckley-Big Rock baseball team got a home run and a triple from Martin Ledbetter but fell to Serena.
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.
Genoa-Kingston freshman Natasha Bianchi won four events as the Cogs finished runner-up to Seneca at their own girls track and field meet. Plus more track and field, girls soccer, softball and baseball results in Saturday's Daily Chronicle sports 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.