News, articles, scores and more about Hinckley-Big Rock high school sports
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.
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.
Genoa-Kingston baseball, softball and girls soccer all win. Read about that and more in Tuesday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.
Indian Creek hosted Hinckley-Big Rock in a Little 10 baseball matchup Monday in Shabbona.
DeKalb wins baseball, Genoa-Kingston wins girls soccer and Sycamore wins boys tennis. That and more in Tuesday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.
Kaneland won the West Aurora Boys Track and Field Invitational, plus more in Saturday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.
Layla Janisch won a pair of mid-distance races for Sycamore, Addison Vicary had a high jump win for Genoa-Kingston and Olivia Pastovich won both hurdle races for Kaneland. That plus more track, baseball and softball results in the roundup.
Sycamore soccer wins, DeKalb softball falls: Daily Chronicle Sports round for Thursday, Apr. 18, 2024.
Hinckley-Big Rock baseball cruises, as does DeKalb: Daily Chronicle Sports roundup for Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2024.
Hinckley-Big Rock and DeKalb both win in baseball, Genoa-Kingston softball blanks Rockford Lutheran, plus more in Monday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.
Genoa-Kingston baseball won dramatically while Indian Creek softball cruised to a Little 10 Conference win at Hiawatha. That and more in Friday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.
Genoa-Kingston baseball gets first win. DeKalb and HBR roll: Daily Chronicle Sports roundup for Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2024.
The Tigresses got goals from six different players, including two by senior newcomer Miyah Fox, to run away with a 7-1 win over visiting Hinckley-Big Rock with junior keeper Maddie Oertel on goal.
After an illegal tag-up prevented Hinckley-Big Rock from run-ruling Newark in the sixth inning on Monday, the Norsemen made things interesting in the seventh but fell short in a 9-4 loss. Martin Ledbetter pitched 5 1/3 innings of scoreless, no-hit ball for the Royals.
The Hinckley-Big Rock baseball team hosted Newark Monday afternoon.
Sycamore baseball swept a doubleheader, DeKalb tennis won a doubles tournament and a G-K track athlete set a school record. All that and more in the roundup.
Kaneland is moving up to Class 3A this year, setting up a lot of postseason showdowns with DeKalb. We look at every area team in our previews.
We take a look at each track team in the area, including loaded squads in DeKalb, Sycamore and Kaneland plus a Genoa-Kingston squad looking for a breakout season.
Sycamore remained unbeaten in baseball with a 12-3 win over Boylan; and more in Saturday's DeKalb Daily Chronicle high school sports roundup.
Sycamore softball blanks DeKalb, Hinckley baseball comes back for win: Daily Chronicle Sports roundup for Friday, Mar, 29, 2024.
Sharp-shooting guards that found their way into their schools' record books dominate our all-area first team. See the full Daily Chronicle All-Area Girls Basketball Team here.
Addison McLaughlin went 2 for 4 with a homer and three RBIs to lead Sycamore softball to a nonconference victory over North Boone. Plus much more in Thursday's local roundup.
Post players dominated the area this year, and the all-area first team features some big paint presences from DeKalb, Kaneland and Hinckey-BIg Rock.
DeKalb wins softball, boys tennis, G-K draws in girls soccer. That and more in Thursday's roundup.
Sycamore baseball opens season with win. DeKalb baseball scores 28 in win: Daily Chronicle Sports Roundup for Tuesday, Mar. 19, 2024
A couple of super-slugging catchers, a prototypical shortstop/pitcher, a high-upside player in his first varsity season and a pitcher with a big arm and bigger bat are the five players to keep an eye on locally this year.
Sycamore took third in Class 3A last year but lost a lot of starters. DeKalb had its most wins in eight years and returns most of its starters. We take a look at what 2024 holds for the Barbs, Spartans and every other area baseball team.
While there are a couple of seniors among the five players to keep an eye on this year, there are also a freshman and a sophomore being put in pivotal positions for their respective teams this year as the girls' soccer season gets underway.
The Little Ten Conference has released both its girls and boys basketball all-conference teams for the 2023-24 season.
With practices underway and the season scheduled to begin in less than two weeks (weather permitting), we take a look at five questions hanging over the upcoming baseball season.
Kaneland advances to regional final, Hinckley-Big Rock, Indian Creek and Genoa-Kingston seasons come to an end, and the NIU women win: Daily Chronicle Sports Roundup for Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024.
Genoa-Kingston wins boys basketball. That and more in Monday's roundup.
With the postseason underway Monday, we take a look at four things to keep an eye on as DeKalb, Kaneland, Sycamore, Genoa-Kingston, Hinckley-Big Rock, Indian Creek and Hiawatha start their postseason journeys.
The Kaneland and Sycamore girls basketball team opened postseason plays with victories, while Hinckley-Big Rock's upset bid fell short. That, the NIU men winning and more is all in the roundup.