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Jeremiah Cain has a checklist of NFL receivers that he enjoys watching. Davante Adams and Justin Jefferson come to mind. Cain, an Oswego senior and Northern Iowa commit, considers Odell Beckham Jr. his favorite. Cain, though, has his own highlight reel that’s next-level worthy.
With the release of the 2024 statewide football schedule, here are the top games to watch, week by week, in the Record Newspapers coverage area.
Oswego senior Dasean Patton made his final appearance in the Morris Shootout an unforgettable moment. Patton closed out a strong showing by the Panthers at Morris by drilling a fadeaway 3-pointer at the buzzer to defeat Galesburg on the final day of the prestigious summer event.
Oswego's girls basketball team finished up an encouraging summer with a 3-0 finish at its Oswego Shootout on Friday.
Oswego and Plano girls basketball teams participated in a shootout at Oswego on Friday, June 28, 2024.
Oswego and Sandwich both showed improvements over two days at the 37th Morris Shootout held this week.
Here is the 2024 Record Newspapers All-Area baseball team.
Here is the 2024 Record Newspapers All-Area softball team.
Led by Player of the Year Anya Gulbrandsen, here is the 2024 Record Newspapers All-Area soccer team.
Junior catcher Kiyah Chavez of state finalist Oswego and senior pitcher Kodi Rizzo of sectional finalist Newark were among those Kendall County-area players selected to the Illinois Coaches Association All-State teams released this past weekend.
Oswego pushed eight runs across the board to come away from their first state tournament with a third-place trophy after defeating Mundelein 12-7 in the Class 4A third place game.
Oswego defeated Mundelein 12-7 to win third place in the IHSA Class 4A softball tournament on Saturday, June 8, 2024 at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex in Peoria.
St. Charles North laid down four bunts in the final two innings, including one that drove in Skyla Ritter for the game winner to defeat Oswego 2-1 and advance to the Class 4A title game against Marist.
St. Charles North defeated Oswego 2-1 in the Class 4A State semifinal game on Friday, June 7, 2024 at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex in Peoria. St. Charles North advances to the championship game on Saturday at 4:30p.m.
Oswego's softball team has rewritten the program record book this season, won its first regional title in 37 years and first-ever sectional title. Next up? The Panthers' first state appearance, where they'll play St. Charles North in a semifinal at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Peoria.
Aubriella Garz hit a tying two-run homer that tipped off the center fielder's glove and went over the fence, Maddie Hernandez doubled in two go-ahead runs and Oswego scored five runs with two outs in the fifth to top Minooka 5-2 to advance to the program's first state tournament.
Oswego faced Wheaton North in the Class 4A Plainfield North Sectional final on Friday, May 31, 2024.
Jaelynn Anthony singled in Kaylee LaChappell with two out in the top of the eighth, then struck out Reagan Crosthwaite with the tying run at third as Oswego beat Wheaton North 1-0 in a Class 4A Plainfield North Sectional final thriller for the program's first sectional title.
Oswego junior Kiyah Chavez, who set a new program single-season hit record with her 55th, an RBI double, in Oswego’s regional final win over Yorkville for Oswego’s first regional title since 1987, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote.
Oswego defeated Wheaton Warrenville South in a Class 4A Plainfield North Sectional semifinal softball game on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.
Jaelynn Anthony in five different innings worked out of jams with multiple baserunners by striking out nine and receiving two key defensive plays behind her, and she also hit her 13th homer as Oswego beat Wheaton Warrenville South 5-0 in a sectional semifinal.
Yorkville sophomore Owen Horeni battled a tough field to finish fourth in the 800, Oswego freshman Dontrell Young was fifth in the 400 and Yorkville jumper Taelor Clements, Oswego East's 4x800 relay and Sandwich junior Simeion Harris took seventh at state.
Iowa recruit Kiyah Chavez continued a breakout season with her program record 55th hit, a rocket RBI double in the first, and Oswego rolled from there to a 9-1 win over Yorkville in the Class 4A Oswego Regional final for the program's first regional title since 1987.
Oswego softball faced Yorkville in the Class 4A Oswego Regional final on Friday, May 24, 2024.
Yorkville sophomore Owen Horeni was a two-time state medalist as a freshman, and posted the state's top 800 time at sectionals last week. Now he leads Kendall County area medal hopefuls at Charleston this weekend.
Sophomore Patrick Connors had a leadoff triple and three-run double in Hinsdale Central's eight-run first inning, and doubled in a run in the second, and the Red Devils went on to a 12-2, five-inning win over Oswego in Wednesday's Class 4A Waubonsie Valley Regional semifinal.
Gabby Mcphee found herself open and Gulbrandsen delivered a perfect pass. The sophomore midfielder delivered, tapping in an insurance goal as the Wolves outlasted Oswego 2-0 in a Lockport Class 3A semifinal match.
Jaelynn Anthony hit one of Oswego's four homers, giving her 12 on the year and the team 44, and doubled in the go-ahead run in a five-run seventh as the visiting Panthers beat Oswego East 14-9 in the regular season finale for both teams.
Newark senior Kiara Wesseh, who signed her letter of intent with Baylor last week, is set to defend her Class 1A state high jump title this weekend among her four events at state. Wesseh, Sandwich's Sunny Weber and Yorkville's Courtney Clabough lead medal hopefuls in Charleston.
Minooka and Oswego are in a battle for the top spot in the Southwest Prairie Conference, while Lincoln-Way Central sits comfortably atop the Southwest Suburban Conference standings. And more in this week's Herald-News softball notebook.
Oswego senior pitcher Noah Mottet showcased his pitching prowess by striking out 10 batters and allowing a mere three hits in a complete-game shutout Monday, leading the Panthers to take the first of a three-game series against Oswego East, 7-0.
Led by Wisconsin recruit Liz Phillips, who swept the two distance races, Naperville Central edged Downers Grove North to take the team title at the Class 3A Downers Grove North Sectional. Among other state qualifiers, Yorkville's Courtney Clabough swept the throwing events.
Rikka Ludvigson reached base four times, came a hit shy of hitting for the cycle, and drove in three runs. Oswego, in a game played in a hard drizzle throughout, poured it on offensively in a 21-11, five-inning Southwest Prairie Conference win on Yorkville’s all-turf field.
Oswego sophomore Jaelynn Anthony, who struck out nine in a 13-2 win over Plainfield South and hit two three-run home runs and had six RBIs in a 14-4 win over Plainfield East, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.
Minooka's duo of Nate George and Dejay Smith shined, while Plainfield South had a few winners as well on Wednesday at the Southwest Prairie Conference Meet.
Oswego scored three goals in a three-minute span midway through the second half to secure the victory over Joliet West on Tuesday.
Ryan Williams played her junior season with a torn ACL in her left knee, and tore the other ACL before her freshman year. But the Newark senior shortstop is back and better than ever to spark the 19-3 Norsemen. That plus notes on Oswego, Yorkville and Oswego East from Josh Welge.
Taylor McClain anchored two of Plainfield North's four relay wins and later won the 200-meter dash, as the Tigers raced to their first Southwest Prairie Conference track and field championship since 2010.
Kentucky recruit Nate Harris hit a tying grand slam, and Joe Onasch – in his first game in over a month – hit the go-ahead two-run homer as visiting Yorkville rallied from an early 6-0 deficit to beat Oswego 8-7 in the first of a three-game series.
Oswego hosted Yorkville in varsity baseball on Monday, April 29, 2024.
Noah Shannon, an All-State defensive tackle at Oswego and two-year starter at Iowa who lost his final season to an NCAA suspension for allegedly placing wagers on Iowa sporting events, signed a contract as an undrafted free agent with the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday.
Hayden Bowman’s book smarts prevented the Oswego senior from finishing a brilliant start Thursday, not that he minded. All in a busy day’s work. Bowman walked off the mound after six shutout innings and 75 pitches in a 6-2 win and walked right to a National Honor Society event.
Jordyn Washington’s high school soccer debut endured a one-year delay because of a devastating knee injury, but it never took away the Oswego striker’s determination. On Tuesday she had a goal and assist in the Panthers' 'amazing' 2-1 win over Oswego East.
Oswego hosted Oswego East girls varsity soccer on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.
Ivana Vukas scored on a pass from Johnna Caliendo to give Benet a 1-0 win over Oswego in the Naperville Invitational on Friday.
NIU recruit Aubriella Garza added to her career home run record with a three-run shot in Oswego's six-run first, the 18th of her career, and Garza and the Panthers held off a late Oswego East comeback for a 9-8 win on Thursday.
Minooka's Sofia Dziuba went 3 for 3 with a home run, while Taylor Mackin fired a five-hitter with seven strikeouts for the Indians in a 7-0 win over Oswego
After a year away, San Diego State recruit Riley Gumm is back for one last go-around with Oswego East and best friend Anya Gulbrandsen. That, Plano freshman Analia Ortiz closing in on a scoring record and Oswego off to good start in girls soccer notes.
Bryson Norwood didn't play in Oswego's first five games, but he's hit ever since he entered the lineup and did Tuesday, drilling a go-ahead two-out double in the fourth as the Panthers went on to beat Plainfield East 11-3.
Oswego pitchers Aubriella Garza and Jaelynn Anthony combined to hold unbeaten Wheaton Warrenville South's bats at bay, combining on nine strikeouts and stranding nine runners on base in the Panther's 6-2 win. Prior to the game, Oswego dedicated Panther Memorial Field.