Stories about West Aurora high school sports
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.
Yorkville played their first game on the school's new turf field against West Aurora on Monday, April 15, 2024.
The high school boys outdoor track and field season is coming to the starting line. Here are previews of teams in the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.
The 2024 high school softball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.
The 2024 high school baseball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.
Bolingbrook faced West Aurora boys basketball in the Class 4A Yorkville Regional final on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.
Yorkville and West Aurora boys basketball faced off in a Class 4A Yorkville Regional semifinal on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024.
Gabriel Gonzales barely averaged four points during the regular season, but the 6-foot-7 West Aurora junior was an unlikely hero with a career-high 17 points and 11 rebounds in the Blackhawks' 64-53 win over Yorkville in a regional semifinal.
Noah Mason led three Oswego East players scoring in double figures with 17 points and a big edge on the glass, and Oswego East never trailed in avenging a December loss to West Aurora with an emphatic 65-44 win to pull ahead in the Southwest Prairie West race.
Oswego East hosted West Aurora in boys varsity basketball on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.
Trailing by 13 early in the second quarter, Wheaton North methodically whittled away at West Aurora's lead and eventually pulled out a 65-61 win at the Geneva MLK Day of Hoops on Monday afternoon.
Corrine Reed scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds in a 43-36 win over West Aurora on Wednesday.
Oswego hosted West Aurora in boys varsity basketball on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023.
Oswego East faced West Aurora boys basketball in the Hoops for Healing Tournament at Naperville North on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023.
Christian Martyn ran for 238 yards on 39 carries, his 7-yard TD run late in the fourth quarter completing Oswego East's 14-13 comeback win over West Aurora to keep the Wolves' playoff hopes alive.