Oswego East Preps

Relying on a memorable kick in the final 110 meters, Yorkville senior Josh Pugh finished in third place with a personal-record time of 47.50 in the 400. And then he anchored the Foxes' state championship 4x400 relay.

Griffin Sleyko struck out seven in a complete-game five-hitter, and Mike Polubinski had two run-scoring hits as Oswego East beat Waubonsie Valley 5-1 in the Class 4A Waubonsie Valley Regional final for the program's first-ever regional title.

Wisconsin recruit Anya Gulbrandsen scored her 30th goal of the season, but Naperville North ended Oswego East's season for the second straight year, beating the Wolves 4-1 in Friday's Class 3A East Aurora Regional final.

Oswego East senior Alexander Das dealt with his fair share of injuries in the last seasons. But he's headed back to state in the 1,600 after winning the event at the Class 3A Plainfield North Sectional. Meanwhile Plainfield East's Michael Jimmer won the shot put,

Wisconsin recruit Anya Gulbrandsen scored four goals, two in each half, her spectacular effort sending Oswego East past Plainfield East 5-1 in Tuesday's Class 3A East Aurora Regional semifinal.

Enes Hettinger was at Oswego East when it first opened its doors – before then, in fact. Now, after 19 years at the school, Oswego East's beloved athletic assistant is retiring at the end of the school year. 'I truly feel like I'm leaving my family behind.'

Plainfield North took a businesslike approach, scoring a goal in each half to post a 2-1 win over Oswego East on Thursday afternoon to exorcise the demons of losses to the Wolves in each of the past two seasons.

Yorkville softball earned a No. 1 sectional seed while Oswego and Oswego East softball and Oswego and Oswego East baseball received top five seeds in playoffs seeds and pairings released by the IHSA this week.

Junior Noah Mottet continued to make the most of his chances in the Oswego starting rotation, pitching into the seventh inning, and Tyler Stack homered as the Panthers beat Oswego East 5-3 in the second game of a key Southwest Prairie West series.

Here are Sean King's photos from Wednesday's baseball game between Oswego and Oswego East.

Griffin Sleyko returned to the mound with a vengeance Tuesday, striking out nine in a complete-game two-hitter to lead Oswego East past Oswego 4-1 in the opener of a key three-game series between Southwest Prairie West leaders.

May Pasqualini had three hits and reached base five times, Mia Corres had a two-run inside-the-park homer and Kenzie Gatz struck out six for Oswego East in a 13-1, six-inning win over West Aurora Monday.

In a race, anything can happen. That’s why Audra Soderlind, a senior from Oswego, kicked with 300 meters left in Wednesday night’s 1,600-meter run in the Southwest Prairie Conference Championship at Plainfield Central, in which Oswego East took the team title.

Simon Skroch struck out 11 over six innings and pitched out of a number of jams, Kam Yearsley stayed hot with three hits and Nate Harris' bases-clearing double in the sixth broke open a close game as Yorkville beat Oswego East 5-1 on Tuesday.

Oswego East won three relays, and got first-place finishes from Alexander Das in the 1,600-meter run and Nicholas Morrison to edge Yorkville for the team title at the Red Ribbon Classic on Saturday at Waubonsie Valley. Wheaton Warrenville South was fourth.