The Kaneland High School football practices Monday as they prepare for the upcoming season.

Here's everything you need to know about the Interstate 8 Conference in 2025, including teams, players and matchups to watch plus Steve Soucie's predictions for how the final standings will wind up.

We break down each area boys golf team, their top players and goals for the season.

With the boys golf season underway, we take a look at five are golfers poised for strong seasons.

With the girls golf season just having started, we take a look at five local golfers that are poised for big seasons.

We take a look at each girls golf team, their top players and expectations for the 2025 season.

As the whistle blows to kick off a promising 2025 soccer season in DeKalb County, perennial contenders Sycamore and Kaneland aim seek postseason glory, DeKalb and Genoa-Kingston seek redemption and Hinckley-Big Rock and Indian Creek look to build on last year's successes.

In the latest installment of our series looking at the favorite calls of football coaches' careers, Michael Thorgeson describes a pivotal halftime adjustment that turned the tide against Andrew that not only secured an upset but turned out to have major playoff implications.

In the first installment of our series looking at the favorite calls of football coaches' careers, current DeKalb coach Derek Schneeman reflects on the game-changing two-point conversion that secured a playoff victory in 2014 in his first year as a head coach with Fieldcrest.

In an accelerated two-week summer season, Kaneland volleyball's new dynamics unfold as seniors cultivate leadership and chemistry.

The 2025 football season will again start with a key rivalry game as DeKalb and Sycamore meet in Week 1. We break down each week's top game after the IHSA released schedules on Friday morning.

Kaneland football coach Mike Thorgesen has said that his team last year had boys, but this team has men. Jake Buckley is a man among boys. A chiseled 6-foot-4 and 265-pound senior, Buckley is the anchor of Kaneland’s line on both sides of the ball.

The annual "Battle of the Butts" Lineman Challenge was held on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at West Aurora.

Oswego football hosted a joint practice with Kaneland on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at Oswego High School.

Kaneland senior Freddy Hassan, who led the basketball team to 31 straight wins and their first sectional title since 1982 and took second place in the high jump at the boys track and field state meet, is the Kane County Chronicle 2024-25 Male Athlete of the Year.

Here is the 2024-2025 Kane County Chronicle All-Area Baseball Team.

Here is the 2024-2025 Kane County Chronicle All-Area softball team.

Led by Kane County Chronicle girls soccer Player of the Year Mya Leon, here is the 2024-2025 All-Area team.

Headlined by Boys track and field Athlete of the Year Freddy Hassan, here is the Kane County Chronicle All-Area boys track and field team.

Kaneland senior Freddy Hassan, who cleared 2.02 meters and won second place in the Class 3A high jump, is the Kane County Chronicle 2024-25 Boys track and field Athlete of the Year.

Big boppers dominated the softball season, with school record falling and big numbers going up. We look at all the best offensive and pitching talent on the Daily Chronicle All-Area Softball Team.

The Interstate 8 released its all-conference teams on Thursday for six spring sports.

DeKalb's Brodie Farrell and Kaneland's Kanon Baxley shined both at the plate and on the mound and Sycamore's Davis Collie had a monster year the plate. They are just a handful of players named to the Daily Chronicle 2025 All-Area Baseball Team.

A look back at the Kane County Chronicle's prep sports photos from the 2025 spring season.

In one three-game stretch, Erin Doucette scored 14 goals, elevating her season from great to record-setting. The Kaneland junior is the Daily Chronicle 2025 Girls Soccer Player of the Year.

School records, freshman phenoms and lockdown defenders - we honor the best players with the Daily Chronicle 2025 Girls Soccer All-Area Team.

History tends to repeat itself in regards to the IHSA Football Playoffs, but the new enrollment numbers could lead to a bracket that looks a lot different in the next postseason chase. Here is Steve Soucie's 2025 IHSA football preseason playoff projection.

Benet baseball faced Kaneland in the Class 3A Kaneland Regional final on Saturday, May 31, 2025 in Maple Park.

Kaneland senior Freddy Hassan won his third All-State medal on Saturday at the state track meet in Charleston, tying for second place in the Class 3A high jump. Batavia also found success in field events, Isaiah Brown fourth in the triple jump and Gavin Pecor seventh in the shot.

Aidan Wyzard and Dylan Hodges won state titles and help Sycamore claim the team points crown on Saturday at the Class 2A boys track and field state championships. Indian Creek, Kaneland and DeKalb also had medalists.

Quinn Rooney's three-run home run capped off Benet's five-run fifth inning, as Benet rallied past Kaneland 5-4 to win the Class 3A Kaneland Regional title.

Kaneland scored twice in the top of the seventh with two outs to even the score, but Makayla Malone's walk-off hit in the bottom half secured a 4-3 victory for Crystal Lake Central in Friday's Class 3A Woodstock North Regional final.

Aidan Wyzard qualified in four events and Dylan Hodges in three as Sycamore will be represented in 11 events on Saturday in the state finals, while DeKalb softball won its first regional title since 2016.

Three Indian Creek athletes advanced in the IHSA Class 1A state boys track and field meet along with state tennis and regional baseball results in Thursday's Daily Chronicle roundup.

Can Batavia continue its postseason success? Will St. Charles North's Nathan McLoughlin find gold? Will Kaneland have a three-time all-stater? Here are five storylines to watch for Kane County boys track and field athletes at state this weekend.

For more than 86 minutes, Kaneland senior goalie Natalie Myers made save after save to keep it a one-score game. But Boylan connected twice in the final 2:30 for the 3-0 win in the Class 2A Belvidere Sectional semifinals.

The Kaneland girls soccer team met Boylan Wednesday night in the Class 2A sectional semifinal game at Belvidere High School.

The DeKalb baseball team rolled past Jefferson, DeKalb softball used a late rally to continue its season, and Brynn Woods' gem powered Kaneland softball.

The Sycamore softball team opened the postseason with a 17-strikeout gem from Bella Jacobs and Kaneland baseball won its regular-season finale.

We take a look at each Daily Chronicle-area competitor at the boys track and field state championships and what to expect at the tournament.

The Class 3A and 4A baseball and softball playoffs are set to begin this week. We check in on where DeKalb, Sycamore and Kaneland stand heading into the postseason.

Once again, Kaneland’s combination of an explosive offense and an airtight defense delivered a positive result for the Knights on Saturday morning - a 6-0 Class 2A Kaneland Regional championship win over Woodstock. 

Cary-Grove junior Logan Abrams, who had foot surgery last November, is "almost there" as he showed in the Class 3A Huntley Boys Track and Field Sectional Thursday. He won the shot put and discus, convincingly, while Kaneland comfortably won the team title.

Local athletes compete in the Huntley IHSA Class 3A Boys Sectional Track and Field Meet on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at Huntley High School.

Illinois commit and DeKalb rising senior Davon Grant leads a talented group of returning football players in the Daily Chronicle area next season. We look at five, most of whom have D-I offers under their belts already.

We take a look at all the area girls track qualifiers, including three-time qualifier Natasha Bianchi of Genoa-Kingston and two-time qualifier Alyssa Stacy of Sycamore.

Both Kaneland and DeKalb were struggling to get runs across the plate Saturday until Natalie Naab came through with a two-out, two-run single in the top of the eighth that gave the Knights a 3-1 win.

Geneva and St. Charles North baseball each secured a series sweep, setting up a DuKane Conference-deciding series, which starts Saturday. Plus, Batavia baseball and girls soccer got big conference victories, and other sports results from Thursday.

St. Charles North's Alexzandria Richardson and a pair of North Stars' relays were among the state qualifiers from Thursday's Class 3A Hoffman Estates Sectional, which was delayed several times because of lightning and clock issues.

Geneva and St. Charles North baseball each got victories to stay atop the DuKane Conference standings, while Batavia softball secured the series sweep with a win against Geneva. That and more in Wednesday's sports roundup.