Indian Creek Preps

Collegiately, Cam Russell will be pulling rare double duty at Waubonsee College, playing both soccer and basketball. It’s going to seem like a practical vacation compared to the Indian Creek athlete’s senior year, in which he competed in five sports and was all-state in two of them.

A look at the first-team and honorable mention for the Chronicle's all-area squad.

A look at the Chronicle's first team, second team and honorable mention

A look at the players who made our first team and honorable mention

The Indian Creek senior placed third in the triple jump (43 feet, 11 1/2 inches) and fourth in the high jump (6-5) to earn medals.

DeKalb, Indian Creek join the Spartans in being well-represented at the season finale; Kaneland and Genoa-Kingston will also send athletes

Brooke Probst and Reagan Gibson each medaled for Indian Creek on Thursday at the Class 1A State Track and Field Championships in Charleston.

Sycamore has a pair of athletes at the 2A event, DeKalb has an athlete at the 3A event, and Kaneland is sending two athletes to compete at 3A as well.

He won almost 300 games, finished with a winning record 13 times and had four 20-win seasons in a row, but Indian Creek athletic director Ehren Mertz said that boys basketball coach Joe Piekarz will leave a legacy that goes beyond the hardwood.

Serena needed an extra inning to rally from a three-run deficit to overtake Indian Creek and win a Class 1A Regional semifinal contest 7-5 Friday afternoon.