Plano's girls track team won its Field of Dreams Invite and the boys team was second, and Oswego, Oswego East and Yorkville Christian baseball, Yorkville, Oswego and Oswego East softball and Yorkville volleyball were winners Thursday.

Lexi McCluskey's corner goal kick late in the game sent Plainfield Central past Yorkville on Thursday.

Yorkville senior Kayla Kersting, who batted .750 (9-for-12), with three doubles, a triple, a home run, nine runs scored and seven RBIs in four wins last week, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Sports Editor Josh Welge.

Ellie Fox struck out 12, Austyn Strike hit a grand slam and Alyssa Muhlbach a two-run homer in a Yorkville softball win, Plano's Julian Gates homered twice in a 19-17 loss, plus Oswego and Yorkville baseball, Sandwich softball and Newark baseball and softball results.

Gabe Sanders and Frankie Pavlik combined on a seven-hitter with nine strikeouts in Yorkville baseball's win over Minooka, Oswego baseball beat Bolingbrook in its Southwest Prairie West opener and more in Monday's roundup.

Braden Behringer singled in Nick Michalek in the bottom of the seventh as Sandwich rallied for a walk-off win, Sandwich softball scored four in the seventh for a comeback win, Callie Ferko and Kayla Kersting homered in a Yorkville win and Yorkville Christian baseball swept two.

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.

Freshman Alyssa Muhlbach sparked Yorkville's seventh-inning rally with a leadoff single, Ellie Fox singled her in and the Foxes tacked on three more runs for an 8-4 win at Oswego on Friday.

Betsy Jack's two homers, including a grand slam, powered Oswego softball past Plainfield Central, Alyssa Muhlbach and Ellie Fox homered in Yorkville's nine-run inning in a win, Newark softball held on to beat Amboy 14-13, and Sandwich softball and Oswego baseball were winners.

Yorkville senior Owen Horeni, who took third place in the 800-meter run at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational in California in 1:50.25, breaking his own school record, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Sports Editor Josh Welge.

Yorkville softball rallied from a four-run deficit for a walk-off win over Minooka and Oswego, Oswego East and Newark softball and Sandwich baseball were also winners Monday.

Yorkville senior Gabe Sanders didn't allow a 39-minute weather delay to faze him, and took a no-hitter into the sixth inning with nine strikeouts as the Foxes beat visiting Romeoville 3-0 in Monday's Southwest Prairie Conference crossover game.

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.

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.

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.

Yorkville senior Ellie Fox, who struck out 13 in a complete-game two-hitter in a win over Logan and struck out 11 in a win over Johnson City, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Yorkville's Gavin Shimizu and Brody Dryden threw a combined no-hitter with 11 strikeouts, Newark's David Ulrich struck out 13, Plano's McKenzie Straussberger and Elizabeth Hansel combined to shut out Sandwich and Yorkville's Lindsay Ingemunson and Becca Wasserberg had hat tricks.

Jeffrey Ashley homered as Sandwich baseball won a 16-7 slugfest with Plano, Sandwich softball's Kayden Corneils homered, hit two doubles and drove in three in a win, Gabe Sanders' sharp outing led a Yorkville baseball win and Oswego baseball also won in Monday's roundup.

Yorkville Christian senior guard Jayden Riley was named to the Illinois Media Class 2A All-State First Team in voting released on Sunday. Oswego East senior Mason Lockett earned Honorable Mention in Class 4A.

Yorkville's boys volleyball team won the silver bracket of the West Aurora Invite, and Bryce Baxa slugged two home runs in a Yorkville baseball loss.

West Aurora's boys volleyball team advanced all the way to the championship match of its own invite Saturday, where it took highly regarded Bolingbrook to the limit before falling 25-18, 18-25, 23-25.

Ellie Fox struck out 13 in a complete game two-hitter for Yorkville softball, plus Yorkville and Plano baseball results in Thursday's roundup.

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

Jaelynn Anthony hit a two-run homer and struck out nine in three innings of relief in an Oswego softball win, Ellie Fox struck out 11 in a Yorkville win and four Plano baseball pitchers combined on a six-hitter in a win in Tuesday's roundup.

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

Kayla Kersting hit a three-run homer and Alyssa Muhlbach an inside-the-park homer in a Yorkville softball win in Myrtle Beach, Drew Kleinhans had a two-run single in Oswego's six-run fifth in a win over Joliet Catholic and Sandwich baseball and softball were both winners.

Yorkville's Aiden Kolkmeyer won the high jump and Owen Horeni was second in the 1,600 at the Illinois Indoor Championships, Oswego East softball came back in the seventh to stay unbeaten and Yorkville volleyball was second at the Oswego Invite. That and more in the roundup.

Jillian Freemon struck out 13 batters in a Sandwich softball win, Austyn Strike drove in four runs in a Yorkville softball win, Adelaide Johnson had four hits in a Newark softball win and more in Friday's roundup.

Justin Giese doubled and scored on Robbie Mueller’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh as Yorkville baseball was a walk-off winner, Aiden Jaquez struck out 10 in an Oswego baseball win, Oswego East baseball hit three homers in a win and Oswego softball got its first win.

Yorkville softball scored three runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to rally past Kaneland, Kal Arntzen's three-run home run highlighted Yorkville baseball's 10-hit attack to beat Metea Valley, plus Newark softball and Oswego baseball results in Monday's roundup.

Oswego East softball won big in its season opener, Oswego baseball rolled to a win plus Southwest Prairie Conference girls indoor track in Saturday's roundup.

Owen Horeni swept the 800 and 1,600 to lead Yorkville's boys track and field team to second place at the Southwest Prairie Conference meet and Sandwich baseball was a winner in Friday's roundup.

Gabe Sanders threw six shutout innings to lead Yorkville baseball past Geneva in its season opener, Azaleah Salgado recorded a hat trick in a Plano soccer win and Newark baseball was also a winner in Thursday's roundup.

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

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

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.

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

Yorkville senior Gabe Sanders, who had 18 points and nine rebounds in the Foxes' regional final win over Downers Grove South for the program's first regional title in 21 years, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

Colin Stack had dunks for the first two baskets of Tuesday's game, and it set the tone in No. 1-ranked Benet's dominating 67-30 win over 13th-seeded Yorkville in the Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional semifinal.

Senior guard Gabe Sanders scored nine of his team-high 18 points in the first quarter, and 13th-seeded Yorkville – the lowest seed remaining in Class 4A – never trailed after the game's first point in beating Downers Grove South 57-40 for its first regional title in 21 years.

Yorkville sophomore Lauryn Trotter got her competitive start in mixed martial arts and jiu-jitsu. As a wrestler she made Fargo Nationals in 2024. Now, after an injury-shortened freshman year, Trotter is headed to the IHSA state meet this weekend.

Joey Jakstys scored 21 points as Yorkville upset Naperville North in a regional semifinal, and Plano, Yorkville Christian, Newark and Parkview Christian also won regional games in Wednesday's roundup.

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.

Sandwich junior Cooper Corder, Yorkville junior Donovan Rosauer and Yorkville Christian senior Jackson Allen all advanced to the state semifinals with two wins Thursday at the IHSA state wrestling meet in Champaign.

Yorkville junior Van Rosauer, who won the 150-pound sectional championship at the Class 3A Edwardsville Sectional with an overtime decision to qualify for state, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

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 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.

Yorkville girls basketball dropped its regular season finale to Bolingbrook on Thursday.