Braydon Porter scored 10 of his 12 points in the first half, including a monster dunk to start the second quarter that shook the basket support, and Yorkville went on to a 54-30 win over Minooka in the Southwest Prairie Conference.

Yorkville girls basketball and Newark boys basketball dropped games on Tuesday.

The Yorkville boys wrestling team beat Bolingbrook to clinch its fifth straight Southwest Prairie Conference title and run its conference win streak to 29 straight dual wins. That and more in Thursday'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.

Cody Kulbartz and Reggie Chapman each scored 16 points as Newark rallied for a one-point win at Serena, Braydon Porter scored 20 in Yorkville's win over Plainfield North and Nick Michalek had a double-double in Sandwich's loss to Rochelle.

Joey Jakstys scored 19 points to pace Yorkville to a win at Plainfield East, and Oswego East and Oswego boys basketball and Yorkville and Oswego East girls basketball were also winners in Tuesday's roundup.

Yorkville senior Caleb Viscogliosi will play football at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville next year, but he wasn’t sure he was going to wrestle this season. There’s no doubt Yorkville wrestling coach Jake Oster and the Foxes are thrilled he’s returned.

Oswego's boys wrestlers took third at Wheaton Warrenville South's Ed Ewoldt Invite, Yorkville girls basketball beat Sycamore, Oswego boys basketball lost in double overtime and Sandwich boys basketball dropped one in Saturday's roundup.

Dshaun Bolden scored 17 points and Mason Lockett 15 to lead Oswego East boys basketball past St. Charles East into the second round of the Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic, Sandwich won a thriller at the Plano Christmas Classic and more in Saturday's roundup.

Josh Abushanab had 23 points and eight rebounds, and made three key plays in succession to help Glenbard West ward off a Yorkville rally als the Hilltoppers moved into the second round of the Jack Tosh Holiday Classic with a 53-43 win over Yorkville Friday.

Will Kaneland and Yorkville Christian meet in a Plano Christmas Classic finals rematch? Can Oswego East take the title at Hinsdale Central? And what about Oswego and York at the Jack Tosh Holiday Classic? We preview area holiday tournaments.

Oswego East junior Jacsen Tucker is one of the state's top baseball prospects, committed to Oklahoma State. But it's December, so he's all basketball. Tucker had 16 points and 10 rebounds to spark the Wolves' bounce-back 57-37 win over visiting Yorkville Friday.

Aubrey Lamberti had 23 points and 10 rebounds and Nicole Warbinski 17 points, and Oswego East put up 50 points in the first half and went on to a startling 70-31 win at Yorkville in the Southwest Prairie Conference.

A day after the IHSA announced that a proposal had passed to expand the football playoffs by 128 teams, Kendall County-area coaches reacted to the news. "More kids get a chance to play high school football one extra week.”

Yorkville Christian girls and boys basketball both picked up wins over Ottawa Marquette, plus Yorkville and Plano boys basketball results and Yorkville and Plano boys bowling results in Tuesday's roundup.

Jayden Riley's 36 points paced Yorkville Christian boys basketball past Lemont at the Team Rose Shootout, Ethan Vahl's 21 points led Oswego past Waubonsie, Yorkville boys wrestling won three matches at a quad meet and Oswego boys wrestling won two of three in Saturday's roundup.

Nate Kubin had a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds, a steal in the final seconds – and his first in-game dunk – and Joey Jakstys a steal off an inbounds and go-ahead score as Yorkville scored the final six points to beat visiting Oswego 46-43 on Friday.

Here is the 2025 Record Newspapers All-Area football team.

Senior Macie Jones made 10 of 10 free throws and scored 16 points to lead Yorkville to a 47-43 victory over Oswego in Southwest Prairie Conference action Thursday.

Newark boys basketball beat Dwight, plus Yorkville boys basketball and Plano girls basketball results in Wednesday's roundup.

Here is the 2025 Record Newspapers All-Area girls volleyball team.

The 2025-2026 girls wrestling season is underway. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The 2025-2026 boys wrestling season is underway this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Lincoln-Way co-op had seven wrestlers make their respective first-place matches to dominate the Minooka Thanksgiving Throwdown

Here is the 2025 Kendall County Record All-Area boys soccer team.

The 2025-2026 boys basketball season tips off this week. Here are five players to watch in the Record Newspapers coverage area.

As the 2025-2026 boys basketball season tips off this week, here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Yorkville senior Owen Horeni, who finished third at the Class 3A state meet in a school record time of 14:07.46, is the Record Newspapers boys cross country Athlete of the Year. Here is his Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

As the 2025-2026 girls basketball season tips off this week, here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The 2025-2026 girls basketball season tips off this week. Here are five players to watch in the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Sandwich senior Sunny Weber, who recently committed to run collegiately at Duke, repeated as IHSA state cross country champion on Saturday – this time in a loaded Class 1A field. Meanwhile Yorkville's Owen Horeni was third in Class 3A.

Here are Gary Duncan's photos from the Class 7A first-round playoff game between Glenbard North and Yorkville.

Tyler Hvorcik had one of two interceptions in Glenbard North's dominant defensive effort, and Donato Gatses rushed for 179 yards and two touchdowns as the visiting Panthers beat Yorkville 17-0 in Friday's Class 7A first-round game.

The Joliet West girls volleyball team advanced to the sectional semifinals for the fourth consecutive season with their win over Yorkville at Oswego East on Thursday.

With three-time 7A State Champion Mount Carmel moving up to Class 8A, there's plenty of team chomping at the bit for a chance to be the new team hoisting the state championship hardware. Steve Soucie breaks down the opening round of the 2025 IHSA Class 7A Playoffs.

Here are previews and picks for first-round matchups for Kendall County football teams.

Teyha Knapp had two kills early in the third set and two more to set up match point, as Yorkville – following a familiar theme – rallied past Oswego East in the deciding third set for a 25-21, 16-25, 25-22 win in the Class 4A Oswego East Regional semifinal.

Conor Tully missed all of last season with a broken foot, but Oswego's senior linebacker is back as the energetic leading tackler of the Panthers' defense heading into the playoffs. That, plus notes on Oswego East and Yorkville in Joshua Welge's Kendall County football notebook.

TJ Lewis rushed for 173 of his 203 yards in the second half, Tyson Ward also rushed for over 100 yards and had the go-head touchdown with just over a minute left as Bolingbrook beat Yorkville 26-21 to win the Southwest Prairie West championship.

Sophomore Lindey Balsano and Plainfield North turned away three Yorkville match points in the second set, twice on Balsano kills, and Balsano took over in the third set with six kills as the Tigers rallied past the visiting Foxes in the Southwest Prairie Conference season finale.

Get ready for Week 9 with Joshua Welge's previews and picks for all the games from around the Kendall County area.

Yorkville set for Week 9 showdown at Bolingbrook for the Southwest Prairie West title, Oswego offense and its big-play threat gets bounce-back game, Oswego East's spectacular play in defeat and Plano gets in the win column in Joshua Welge's Kendall County football notebook.

There is only one week left until the postseason, and three Kendall County area teams still are battling for positioning in the field of 256. Here is where teams stand heading into Week 9.

Jack Beetham completed his first seven pass attempts and closed out Yorkville's 21-13 win over visiting Plainfield North with his third rushing touchdown of the night from a yard out.

The Yorkville boys and girls cross country teams both took third place at the Southwest Prairie Conference meet held Friday at Channahon Community Park. Individually, Yorkville senior Owen Horeni and Yorkville sophomore Athena Triner each placed fourth.

Yorkville senior Callie Ferko, who teamed up with Alana Hogan to win the No. 2 doubles championship at the Southwest Prairie Conference tennis meet, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Get ready for Week 8 with previews and picks for all the games from around the Kendall County area.

Jeremiah Smith barely saw the field as a junior, but after throwing himself into the weight room the Oswego East senior has emerged as a key part at left tackle of an offensive line that's helped pave the way to a 6-1 start. That and more in Joshua Welge's Kendall County notes.

Plainfield Central scored on the game's opening drive and never trailed in a 22-8 win over Yorkville in Monday's Danville Sectional semifinal