Ryan Paradise, a Northern Illinois graduate who played basketball there and was Marmion basketball coach before running his Basketball Paradise program in the Fox Valley area, has been hired as Yorkville Christian’s athletic director.

Yorkville sophomore Aiden Kolkmeyer and Oswego junior Dontrell Young both earned All-State honors in three events at the IHSA Boys Track and Field state meet, while Owen Horeni ended his high school career with a second-place finish in the 800-meter run.

Newark's Eastin McBroom tossed a complete-game four-hitter with eight strikeouts to send the Norsemen past Somonauk to the regional final, and Yorkville Christian's Graham Razum advanced to the Class 1A state track and field finals in the 800-meter run.

The IHSA boys track and field state meet is this weekend on the campus of Eastern Illinois in Charleston. Here are five storylines to watch for Kendall County-area athletes this weekend.

The IHSA boys track and field state finals take place Thursday-Saturday at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Here is the full list of state qualifiers from the Kendall County area.

Parkview Christian and Yorkville Christian baseball both rolled in their respective regional semifinals, while Oswego baseball lost a 1-0 regional game to Downers Grove North in Wednesday's roundup.

In almost every event in the 1A Seneca Sectional on Thursday night, a Fighting Irish track and field athlete was competing for the lead and producing points en route to another championship while advancing multiple girls to state.

Teams from Beecher, IC Catholic, Yorkville Christian, Westmont, Serena, Dwight, Somonauk, Seneca, Peotone, Earlville, Reed Custer, Marquette, Aurora Christian and Newark all competed in the Class 1A Sectional meet on Thursday, May 14, 2026 at Seneca High School.

The IHSA has released the baseball playoff schedule. Here are pairings for Kendall County-area teams.

Yorkville softball won two games Saturday to win the championship of the Bradley-Bourbonnais Invitational and Oswego East softball, Yorkville and Yorkville Christian baseball were also winners while Yorkville volleyball was sixth at the Brother Rice Smack Attack.

The Yorkville boys and girls track and field teams swept the team titles at their Matt Wulf Invitational, and Yorkville Christian baseball took the second game of a series with Parkview Christian in Friday's roundup.

The Ottawa softball team played a flawless game while showcasing the future of its program during its 20-0 win over Yorkville Christian on Thursday night.

Christian Mulder struck out 10 in a five-inning no-hitter and had three doubles at the plate, and Landon Malkowski slugged a two-run homer as Parkview Christian beat Yorkville Christian 12-0 on Thursday at Stuart Sports Complex in Aurora.

As girls track and field season heads outdoors, here are previews of teams from the Record Newspapers coverage area.

As boys track and field season heads outdoors, here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Katie Silva and Katie Maday each had three hits as Oswego East softball exploded for 18 runs to beat West Aurora, Yorkville Christian baseball put up 20 runs in a win, and Oswego and Yorkville softball lost in the last at-bat in Tuesday's roundup.

Aaron Sovern, who has been at Yorkville Christian for 13 years, started the boys basketball program there in the 2014-2015 school year and coached the Mustangs to the 2022 Class 1A state championship, is stepping down as coach and athletic director to move to Arizona.

Yorkville Christian senior guard and SIU-Edwardsville commit Jayden Riley, who became the second player in program history to score 2,000 career points and led the Mustangs to 23 wins, regional title and sectional final, is the Record Newspapers Player of the Year.

Here is the 2025-2026 Record Newspapers All-Area boys basketball team.

The 2026 baseball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Here is the 2025-26 Record Newspapers all-area girls basketball team.

Bishop McNamara roared to a comeback 69-56 overtime victory against Yorkville Christian in the IHSA Class 2A Seneca Sectional championship on Friday, March 6, 2026. See photos from the game.

Bishop McNamara pulled off an improbable comeback win in Friday's IHSA Class 2A Seneca Sectional championship against Yorkville Christian, outscoring the Mustangs 37-10 down the stretch to erase a 14-point deficit and win 69-56 in overtime.

Jayden Riley hit a tie-breaking jumper with 46 seconds left and four free throws in the final minute to cap a 28-point night, sending Yorkville Christian past Pontiac 50-44 in the Class 2A Seneca Sectional semifinal.

Yorkville Christian boys basketball rolled past Chicago Christian to a Class 2A regional title, Oswego Co-Op's Owen Lippoldt qualified for the state swim finals in two events and anchored a relay finalist and Oswego East's Ella Cooper is still alive at the state wrestling meet.

Yorkville Christian senior Jayden Riley, who scored 45 points and handed out seven assists in a win over Freeport, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Sandwich junior Cooper Corder got revenge for his lone loss of the season, taking down Unity Christian's Clinton VerHeecke in a 10-9 decision to win his first individual state title.

Oswego East's girls bowling team took fifth at the IHSA state meet and Jayden Riley poured in 45 points to lead Yorkville Christian past Freeport in the regular season finale.

Can Yorkville Christian, moved up to Class 2A, make a run? Will we get a star-studded rematch between Oswego East and Yorkville? Can the third time be the charm for Oswego against Bolingbrook? Here are Kendall County storylines as boys basketball postseason tips off.

The Midland girls basketball team received a huge 3-pointer from senior Emma Franks in the final minutes of a 52-45 victory over Yorkville Christian in the Class 1A Serena Regional championship game om Thursday. It's the Timberwolves first postseason title since 1999.

Here are the Record Newspapers-area qualifiers for the IHSA individual state wrestling meet.

Sandwich junior Cooper Corder is already a two-time state medalist. Now Corder is aiming for the top spot at the IHSA state wrestling meet in Champaign this weekend. He is among the area's top medal hopefuls with Yorkville's Van Rosauer and Yorkville Christian's Jackson Allen.

Yorkville Christian girls basketball rolled past Serena into Thursday's regional final, while Parkview Christian was upset by Ottawa Marquette and Oswego and Sandwich both lost.

Yorkville Christian sent eight wrestlers to state from the Coal City Sectional, while Yorkville's Van Rosauer and Sandwich's Cooper Corder won sectional championships to lead other state qualifiers and Oswego East's Ella Cooper and Yorkville's Lauryn Trotter qualified for state.

Parkview Christian, which plays four sophomores and two freshmen, is 26-3 and will be going for its first IHSA regional title next week, while Yorkville Christian is looking to build off winning the school's first regional title last year. That and more in the playoff preview.

Yorkville Christian junior Tray Alford, who scored 18 points, including his 1,000th career point, in a win over Joliet Catholic, and scored 17 points with the game-winning basket in the final seconds in a win over Christ the King, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week.

Payton Wallin poured in 32 points to lead Yorkville Christian past Bishop McNamara and Jadyn Long's 21 points led Plano to a two-point win over Seneca in Monday's roundup.

Yorkville sophomore Lauryn Trotter won a regional title and two other Foxes and two Sandwich wrestlers advanced to sectionals, Oswego East girls basketball got a big win at Naperville Central and Yorkville Christian boys basketball won again in Saturday's roundup.

Here are Gary Duncan's photos from Friday's game between Yorkville Christian and Christ the King.

Tray Alford rolled in a runner in the final seconds, lifting Yorkville Christian to a thrilling 70-69 win over visiting Christ the King on Friday.

Coal City emerged victorious over Yorkville Christian in the IHSA Class 1A Dual Team Sectional on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, to advance to team state finals for the fourth year in a row with a 56-14 win.

Coal City punched its ticket to the dual team state finals for the fourth year in a row with Thursday's 56-14 win over Yorkville Christian in the IHSA Class 1A Coal City Dual Team Sectional.

Jayden Riley scored 25 of his 31 points in the second half and Tray Alford his 1,000th career point as Yorkville Christian rallied past Joliet Catholic at Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum and Sandwich boys basketball and Plano and Yorkville Christian girls basketball were all winners.

Yorkville, coming off its fifth consecutive conference championship, is set to start the wrestling postseason this weekend along with Oswego and Oswego East with a Class 3A regional at Moline, while Sandwich and Yorkville Christian have high hopes at Class 1A regionals.

Glenbard East senior Danny Snyder received his coach's message to be aggressive Tuesday night, scoring 11 of his 18 points in the decisive fourth quarter of the Rams’ 86-78 win over Yorkville Christian.

One of four Mustangs in double figures, Payton Wallin's 25-point night led a red hot Yorkville Christian squad past Parkview Christian on Monday.

Reed-Custer hosted over 25 teams across the region for its Comet Classic Wrestling Invite on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026.

Jadyn Long had a near triple-double to lead Plano girls basketball past Richmond-Burton, Oswego boys basketball won its fifth straight, Yorkville Christian wrestlers were fourth at the Comet Classic and more in Saturday's roundup.

Sandwich junior Cooper Corder records his 100th career win as he sets sights for season stretch run, Yorkville's Van Rosauer takes second at Cheesehead and Yorkville Christian getting healthy at the right time in Joshua Welge's Kendall County wrestling notebook.

Graham Schwab scored 20 points and Mariano Velasco a career-high 17 as Oswego beat Plainfield East in double overtime, Jayden Zepeda hit a buzzer-beater to lift Plano past Woodstock, Gabe Sanders' 17 paced a Yorkville win, and Yorkville and Yorkville Christian girls both won.