Dixon boys track and field won Oregon's Gebhardt-Worley Invitational with 207 points. Dixon softball won twice, Fulton won the Pearl City tournament, Sterling baseball split with Belvidere North and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Oswego East's Jamari McKay won the 100 and triple jump among four medals to lead the Wolves to the Stagg Invite title, Adalyn Fugitt's two-run double with two out in the ninth led Oswego softball to a win and Yorkville's Jackson Knickerbocker fired a complete game shutout.

Glenbard West rallied back after losing the first set, then overcame a 13-5 deficit in the third set to score a 23-25, 25-19, 25-22 title game victory over the host Rams.

Genoa-Kingston didn't allow a goal in three games to win its home tournament, the DeKalb girls track team won at Kaneland behind a pair of first-place finishes for Me'She Eubanks, Sycamore dominated a doubleheader at Cary-Grove and so much more in the roundup.

Ella Bonk hit a walk-off home run to lead off the bottom of the seventh as Downers Grove North softball rallied past Mother McAuley, Paige Rook hit her fifth homer of the year as Downers Grove South won, Brady Koren's two-run homer in the seventh sent Lyons past Lemont and more.

The L-P girls track and field team won its invitational, Princeton girls soccer won its tournament, Geno Dinges threw a two-hit shutout for St. Bede baseball and more in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

St. Laurence took advantage of a few Fightin' Irish errors and scored nine runs with two outs to down host Bishop McNamara 16-6 on Saturday.

Ottawa, Seneca and Newark softball, Streator and Marquette baseball and Ottawa girls soccer were among the winners in a jam-packed Times Saturday Roundup.

Genevieve Burda finished a cross from Ivana Vukas in the ninth minute, Chloe Reifsnyder scored on a long-range shot in the 71st minute and Benet's girls soccer team remained undefeated with a 2-0 win over Providence on Saturday afternoon.

Bishop McNamara suffered a 16-6 loss on the softball diamond to St. Laurence at home Saturday, April 11, 2026.

Nathan Napolitano was pitching junior varsity last spring while Waubonsie Valley was winning its first sectional title in 20 years. The senior right-hander has stepped into a key role this year, and won his third straight start with six strong innings to beat Oswego 6-1.

Kankakee got hat tricks from Jocelyn Sanchez and Alina Mkhwanazi in an 8-0 win over Bishop McNamara on Saturday, a win that gave the host Kays a share of the 2026 All-City title with Bradley-Bourbonnais.

A four-run bottom of the first inning and five scoreless innings from pitcher Cam Shriey was all the good start Seneca's baseball team needed Saturday morning in a 7-2 win over visiting Serena.

Two sophomore pitchers. Two dominating performances. One winner. Will Smrz and Kanon Baxley matched each other all game, but Smrz and DeKalb came away with the 2-1 win over Baxley and Kaneland on Saturday.

A Rock Falls man convicted in late 2025 of severely beating his 61-year-old neighbor is challenging his guilty verdict and 7-year prison sentence, arguing he was denied a fair trial due to Whiteside County’s previous systemic exclusion of qualified jurors from the jury pool.

Conor McCabe's big day at the plate sparked a Lincoln-Way Central baseball win, Joliet Catholic and Lockport baseball each won in their final at bat and Lockport, Lincoln-Way East and Morris softball were also winners Friday.

Sterling girls track and field won its home invite by two points. Newman's Evan Bushman pitched a complete game in a 4-0 win over Orion, Oregon and E-P softball won, and more in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Sandwich softball topped Streator by one run, Seneca softball moved to 16-0, Fieldcrest baseball bested rival El Paso-Gridley, and more in The Times Friday Roundup.

Izel Duenas' first varsity goal, in the 23rd minute Friday, ended Glenbard East's scoring drought, and the Rams went on to a 5-0 win over Willowbrook in Villa Park.

IC Catholic Prep softball built a seven-run lead and held on to beat York 9-8 in a crosstown game, and Wheaton Warrenville South baseball kept rolling with a win in Friday's roundup.

The Sandwich baseball team used a nine-run inning and Sandwich softball team a seven-run inning to earn nonconference wins, plus Oswego East softball in Friday's roundup.

Peotone's Sophie Klawitter, coming off a seven-inning no hitter against Milford/Cissna Park on Thursday, struck out all 15 batters in a five-inning perfect game against St. Anne, and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.

Hampshire's baseball team scored single runs in the sixth and seventh innings to pull out a come-from-behind, 2-1 win over host Crystal Lake Central in Fox Valley Conference action Friday.

Ella Arana hit a pair of home runs to power Crystal Lake Central softball past Dundee-Crown, Cary-Grove and Hampshire softball won on walk-off hits, and more softball, baseball, girls soccer, girls lacrosse and track and field results in Friday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Kelsie Roeder was 3 for 3 with three doubles and scored the winning run in Providence's 4-3 softball win over Joliet West

Liv Lathen reached on a bunt with one out in the bottom of the eighth and eventually came around to score ahead of the throw on Kayla Kersting's grounder as Yorkville used little ball late to beat visiting Benet 3-2 on Friday.

Ian Boland struck out six and held Crystal Lake South to two hits over five innings as McHenry, which didn't record a hit until the sixth inning, manufactured runs to outlast the Gators 3-2 in a low-scoring Fox Valley Conference baseball game Friday.

Liliana Vasquez won the 200 and helped the 4x200 win at the Sterling Invite for Sycamore on Friday, Benjamin Karl and Jackson Boryc dominated the sprints for Kaneland, and more in the roundup.

The Mendota baseball and softball teams beat Earlville, three L-P softball players hit home runs in a win over Rock Falls and more in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

Due to declining numbers in participation and an inability to field multiple softball teams at each school, the four District 155 schools are set to move to a co-op structure in 2027, pairing Crystal Lake Central with Prairie Ridge and Crystal Lake South with Cary-Grove.

The following property transfers were recently recorded at the Bureau County Recorder of Deeds’ office in the Bureau County Courthouse.

The following property transfers were recently recorded at the Bureau County Recorder of Deeds’ office in the Bureau County Courthouse.

Erie-Prophetstown's Wynn Renkes is the Sauk Valley Athlete of the Week, presented by Loescher Heating and Air Conditioning. She struck out 15 and walked none in a 7-1 complete-game win against Rock Falls. Here is a Q&A with the junior standout.

The Ottawa Police Department added a member to its force Tuesday night, after Kyle Henson was sworn in as its newest officer.

Kankakee won its first-ever All-City boys volleyball title, and the first with all three city schools active in the same year, with a 2-1 comeback win at Bradley-Bourbonnais Thursday, April 9, 2026.

Streator and the HBR co-op's girls soccer teams, Seneca and Newark softball, Seneca and Marquette baseball, and Seneca's girls and boys track and field teams were all winners, and more in The Times Thursday Roundup.

Sterling's Lily Martinez pitched a one-hitter in a 6-0 win at Galesburg. Rock Falls softball won, Milledgeville baseball beat Amboy, Forreston track and field won at home and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley Roundup.

Sophie Klawitter threw a no-hitter to power Peotone softball, while Bradley-Bourbonnais and Coal City both took sixth-inning leads that turned into wins. Those games and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

Laine Griswold scored the only goal of the contest in the 13th minute, and St. Charles North would hold the line for the rest of the game to secure a 1-0 victory over Geneva.

Anna Herrmann scored four goals in a Hinckley-Big Rock win, Ellison Hallahan homered twice for Sycamore, Ashley Leifheit pitched a gem for Indian Creek and more in the roundup.

Brady Lawrence struck out eight and Dixon's advantageous offense pulled away for a 10-4 Big Northern Conference win at Rock Falls on Thursday.

After dropping the opening set, Kankakee rallied for a road win over Bradley-Bourbonnais to win the second-ever boys volleyball All-City title in the first season with all three All-City schools competing at the varsity level.

Gabby Christopher hit her 40th career homer to tie the school record in Marengo's win over Woodstock. Huntley pounded out 27 hits in a 23-7 win over Crystal Lake South. Plus, more softball, baseball, girls soccer and boys tennis in Thursday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Keegan Schwarting fired a four-hitter as Joliet West blanked Minooka and more in Thursday's Herald-News Roundup.

Yorkville's Ellie Fox struck out 15 with her 250th career strikeout in a three-hit shutout, Newark's Adelaide Johnson homered twice and drove in six, Oswego East's Andrew Schmidt fired a five-inning no-hitter and Oswego baseball and softball and Sandwich softball were winners.

Harvard's Leona Eichholz struck out 15 batters and hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning as the Hornets shut out Richmond-Burton 7-0 in their Kishwaukee River Conference softball game Thursday.

Marquette's softball team run-ruled Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell for the second time this week, sweeping the Tri-County Conference series with an 18-0 home win Thursday.

During the last five innings of DeKalb’s 9-2 win over Naperville North in the DuPage Valley Conference opener for both teams, the Barbs scored seven runs, committed no errors, and Jasmine Rodriguez retired 15 of the 16 batters she faced.

As the MLB and MLS seasons have kicked off in recent weeks, several area natives are continuing their professional careers.

Commissioner of Public Health Tom Ganiere pointed to the fact that kratom is not controlled by the FDA, and is often mixed with other ingredients that are not listed on the item’s packaging, making kratom even more dangerous.