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For two years, Dylan Sanagustin has been buried behind a pair of dynamic wide receivers in the Kaneland offense. But with Aric Johnson and Dom Deblasio graduated, Sanagustin has spent the summer readying for his increased role in the Knights’ offense.
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.
The IHSA revealed the 2024 regular-season schedule Thursday. Here are the top games to watch, week by week, in the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.
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.
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.
Headlined by four selections from St. Charles North, including player of the year Josh Caccia, here’s the Kane County Chronicle 2024 All-Area team.
Here is the 2023-2024 Kane County Chronicle Softball All-Area team
Headlined by 2023 Kane County Chronicle Girls Soccer Player of the Year Laney Stark, here is the Kane County Chronicle Girls Soccer All-Area Team.
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.
Meet the 2023-24 Kane County Chronicle All-Area Boys track and field team, featuring standouts from across the area.
Meet the 2023-24 Kane County Chronicle All-Area Girls track and field team, featuring standouts from across the area.
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.
St. Charles North pitcher Paige Murray and St. Charles East catcher and outfielder Hayden Sujack were named to the 2024 ICA Class 4A first team All-State softball team. East led the coverage-area teams with four picks, while North had three and Kaneland and St. Francis had one.
Sycamore center fielder Addie McLaughlin earned a spot on the Illinois Coaches Association All-State Softball Class 3A first team, one of four Spartans to make the list. Genoa-Kingston also had four representatives, while Indian Creek and Kaneland each had one.
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.
Dominant pitchers, big boppers, postseason runs and an area-wide youth movement. With the 2024 softball season coming to an end in DeKalb County, we look back at five things that defined the season.
Bella Jacobs threw six scorless innings, Ema Durst drove in two runs off the bench and Kait Williams homered as Sycamore knocked off Kaneland 6-0 on Thursday to reach the 3A Sycamore Sectional championship game.
The Kaneland softball team met a familiar foe Thursday as they battled Sycamore in the Class 3A sectional semifinal at Sycamore High School.
Sycamore softball can avenge its only loss to a 3A school when it faces Kaneland on Wednesday, plus Sycamore baseball coach Jason Cavanaugh invoked a 90s movie when talking about his team's offense.
Kaneland clinched all-state medals in the 3,200-meter run and high jump, while Marmion and St. Charles North both had all-state finishers in the pole vault.
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.
St. Charles North's Nathan McLoughlin and Dimitri Roslaes, Kaneland's Fredrick Hassan and Marmion's Ryan Anderson each qualified for the state track finals in their respective events, while St. Charles North softball won their fourth straight regional title.
Kaneland's upset bid against Benet came up short as the baseball season ended for the Knights on Wednesday.
After five athletes from Kaneland, St. Charles East and Batavia made it to state in the Class 3A 3,200-meter run, each runner hopes to fight their way up to all-state honors during this weekend's IHSA Boys Track and Field State Meet.
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.
Parker Violett hit two home runs and drove in six of Kaneland's seven runs in the Knights' playoff opener, which also featured a gem by Alex Schiefer.
The Sycamore soccer team will face Boylan in a sectional semifinal on Tuesday. The Titans beat the Spartans earlier this year.
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.
Batavia, Rosary and St. Francis each had three all-state finishes, St. Francis taking the Class 2A state championship in the 4x800 relay, while St. Charles North had two all-state finishes on Saturday at Eastern Illinois University.
For the second time in less than two weeks, Sycamore came onto Kaneland’s home field and came away with a victory on penalty kicks after a scoreless regulation, this time giving the Spartans a regional title behind strong play in goal from Tayla Brannstrom.
Kane County teams had six individuals and five relay teams advance to the second day of the state meet, while St. Charles East needed a last-minute goal from Anika Dodrill to get past South Elgin and earn a regional title.
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 typically competes in 2A in track and field but did well in a bump up to 3A with six individuals and a relay qualifying for the state meet.
A year after suffering a disqualification in the sectional round, Batavia's 4x200 relay is looking to work its way back to the podium at the state meet at Eastern Illinois University.
The Sycamore girls soccer team took on Woodstock in a Class 2A regional semifinal Wednesday at Kaneland High School in Maple Park.
St. Charles East and Kaneland had dominating victories in the regional semifinal matches, while Burlington Central baseball got its 20th win of the season with an 8-4 win over Sycamore.
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.
With postseason play looming in the distance, here's how the Kane County Chronicle coverage area teams stand heading into the regional semifinals.
St. Charles North's Reagan Sipla, who joined the track team just six weeks ago, punched her ticket to state in three different events Thursday, while Conent took home the sectional title.
Sycamore junior pitcher Addison Dierschow had the upper hand in Wednesday’s rematch with Kaneland’s Brynn Woods in a 10-1 Interstate 8 win for the Spartans Wednesday.
Jack Wheeler was 2 for 3 with a home run and three RBIs as Morris topped Kaneland 12-4 to clinch the Interstate 8 Conference title.