The 2025 girls golf season is underway. Here are previews of teams from around the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.

The 2025 football season is just around the corner. Here's a preview of where the teams in the DuKane Conference stand, as well as five players to watch, five can't miss matchups, and Steve Soucie's conference predictions.

After returning eight of their starters from last season's DuKane Conference winning team, St. Charles North's defense, headlined by players like linebackers Matthew Plumb and Aidan McClure, are ready to go further in 2025.

Here are Karen Naess' photos as St. Charles North football held its first fall practice on Monday, August 11, 2025.

The Illinois high school football season gets underway Monday with the start of preseason practices. Here are some of the top storylines to watch in Kane County this season.

With the release of the IHSA 2025 statewide football schedule, here are the top games week by week to watch in the Kane County coverage area.

Friday Night Drive’s Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz discuss what the IHSA football schedule will look like in the western suburbs for the 2025 season, games they are looking forward to, and more

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.

Former St. Charles North standout and current New York Giants safety Tyler Nubin returned to his alma mater to host what he hopes in his first of many youth football camps.

Tyler Nubin may be a breakout star in the National Football League, but at heart he didn’t feel that different from the kids flying around his old turf, the football field at St. Charles North.

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.

Former St. Charles North standout and current New York Giants defensive back Tyler Nubin worked with young players on the first day of a three-day football camp on Friday, June 20, 2025 in St. Charles.

Headlined by Girls track and field Athlete of the Year Katie Kostro, here is the Kane County Chronicle All-Area girls track and field team.

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

Former St. Charles North star and current New York Giants defensive back Tyler Nubin is returning to his alma mater to host a three-day skills camp.

The South Elgin softball team was ready for action right from the get-go Thursday afternoon at the Class 4A Fremd Sectional semifinals against No. 2-seeded St. Charles North, shutting out the North Stars 5-0.

After coming off a record-setting junior season, St. Charles North wide receiver Keaton Reinke announced his commitment to play football at Northwestern on Monday.

South Elgin's Jacob Robertson pitched a complete game and the Storm capitalized on St. Charles North errors to win the Class 4A Batavia Regional championship Saturday.

Wheaton-Warrenville South had five different goal scorers, which included Ashlyn Adams breaking the career scoring record, to lead it to a 6-0 victory over St. Charles North for its first sectional title since 2003.

Wheaton Warrenville South defeated St. Charles North in the Class 3A Glenbard West Sectional final against St. Charles North on Friday, May 30, 2025 in Glen Ellyn.

St. Charles North, led by senior Matt Kelly, used a five-run first inning to propel them to a 10-2 victory over Batavia in a Class 4A regional semifinal.

St. Charles North baseball faced Batavia in a Class 4A Batavia Regional semifinal on Thursday, May 29, 2025 in Batavia.

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.

Kaitlyn Nudera's goal in the 50th minute proved to be the difference maker as St. Charles North secured the win in the crosstown rivalry with a 1-0 victory over St. Charles East in Tuesday's sectional semifinal.

St. Charles North defeated St. Charles East in a Class 3A Glenbard West Sectional semifinal game on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 in Glen Ellyn.

Rosary junior Katie Kostro soared to the Class 2A high jump state championship on Saturday, leading area medalists in Charleston. St. Charles North, St. Charles East, St. Francis, Aurora Central Catholic and Burlington Central also had medalists.

Led by doubles champions Cole Weddle and Ben Goddard, St. Charles North's tennis team won its third straight sectional title on Saturday.

St. Charles North junior Kaitlyn Nudera scored the tying goal late in regulation and Kaitlyn Glenn the game-winner in overtime as the North Stars turned away Batavia 2-1 for their 22nd consecutive regional title.

Batavia seems to have everything clicking at the right time, as the Bulldogs took home the Class 3A Lake Park boys sectional track and field Friday night title with 118 total points in Roselle.

St. Charles North's 4x800-meter relay team posted the top time in the Class 3A preliminary rounds to advance to the finals, while the North Stars' softball team secured a share of the DuKane Conference with a win over Geneva. That and more results in Friday's sports roundup.

With the DuKane Conference title on the line, Keaton Reinke set the pace on the mound before Josh Kobylinski forced a game-ending double play to help St. Charles North take a 4-3 victory over Geneva to win the DuKane Conference.

Can St. Charles North replicate its team success for a chance at the Class 3A title? What can we expect from Batavia's young core? Here are five storylines to watch for Kane County-area athletes this weekend.

Sophomore Gianna Furlano had herself a day, recording her 300th career strikeout in the circle and adding a walk-off single to help Lake Park to a 2-1 victory over St. Charles North.

Wheaton North won its sixth straight DuKane Conference tennis championship on Saturday.

Even with one event remaining, Batavia used six wins to successfully defend it's DuKane Conference championship. St. Charles North and Wheaton-Warrenville South rounded out the top three.

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.

St. Charles North junior Mason Netcel, who went 7 for 14 with three doubles, a triple and nine RBIs across four baseball games to secure series wins against St. Charles East and Glenbard North, is the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week.

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.

St. Charles East hosted St. Charles North varsity softball on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Jordyn McBride drove in four runs off of three hits and Paige Murray struck out 13 batters to help St. Charles North to a 6-0 victory over St. Charles East.

Paige Murray hit the go-ahead double and added 11 strikeouts in the circle to help St. Charles North softball to a low-scoring victory, Marmion and Kaneland baseball win thrillers and Batavia girls soccer upset St. Charles East on the road. That and more in the sports roundup.

Batavia baseball secured a series victory over St. Charles East, while Geneva and St. Charles North both won to secure a share of the lead in DuKane Conference play.

Despite only managing two wins on the day, St. Charles North surpassed expectations to win it's first-ever Kane County Meet championship, while five meet records were broken across the board at the 106th event, the most since 1977.

After losing the DuKane Conference indoor girls track and field title in heartbreaking fashion, St. Charles North used five victories on the day to win its first conference title in program history.

Batavia and St. Charles North each won tight contests to secure their respective rivalry series, while St. Francis won its 13th straight in dominating fashion. That and more scores from Monday in the Kane County Chronicle sports roundup.

St. Charles East pitcher Joey Arend laid the foundation for a narrow victory over St. Charles North on Friday.

St. Charles North accumulated five wins and had multiple double-scoring events to score 132.5 points and secure a commanding victory in the Kane County Meet.