Sycamore’s boys cross country team got everything it could have wanted out of Tyson Kinsley when he transferred from Jacksonville, Ill. in time for his junior cross country season.

DeKALB – As much as the Mid-American Conference schedule comes under fire for various reasons, the schedule makers got the next two weeks right in terms of matchups.

DeKALB – The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team played like it was tired of moral victories.

WINNETKA – For the Rosary girls swimming team, this seems familiar.

BURLINGTON — Sycamore just had no answer for Auburn’s full court press Friday night at the Burlington Central Tournament.

Emily Bemis led DeKalb with 12 points and Shelby Wood added 11 as the Barbs had a convincing 49-10 win over Yorkville at the DeKalb Turkey Toss-up.

The Kishwaukee volleyball team’s run at a fourth consecutive NJCAA Division II National Championship came to an end on Friday.

LAKE FOREST – Bears running back Garrett Wolfe will miss the rest of the season after the Bears placed him on injured reserve Friday because of a lacerated kidney.

LAKE FOREST – The Chicago Bears placed backup running back Garrett Wolfe on injured reserve Friday, ending his season.

CHICAGO (AP) — Pitcher John Grabow became the first of the 171 free agents to reach agreement on a new deal, getting a $7.5 million, two-year contract Friday from the Chicago Cubs.

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian soccer fans burned Algerian flags and rioted outside the Algerian Embassy in Cairo, smashing cars and shop windows, in an escalating row between the two countries over a bitter World Cup rivalry.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks overpowered the Calgary Flames in a rematch of their first-round playoff series.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Until Thursday night, Pau Gasol had made more appearances this fall on "CSI: Miami" than in the Los Angeles Lakers' starting lineup.

Danielle Dlabal didn’t even expect to be on varsity this season.

DeKALB – When Casey Jepsen touched the wall and looked up at the scoreboard at the St. Charles East Regional last Saturday, she was in shock.

LAKE FOREST – As a “gunner” on the Bears special teams units, most of Corey Graham’s favorite statistics never will appear in a box score.

Molly Meier made five three-pointers to lead Genoa-Kingston to a 58-47 win over Rockford East at the Harvard Turkey Tournament.

The Kishwaukee volleyball team moved two steps closer in its goal of winning the NJCAA Division II National Championship on Friday, defeating North Platte and Johnson County at the Chula Vista Resort in The Wisconsin Dells.

The Kishwaukee College volleyball team beat North Platte 25-23, 21-19, 25-16 in the first round of the NJCAA Division II tournament at the Chula Vista Resort in The Wisconsin Dells on Thursday.

PHOENIX (AP) — Reliever Aaron Heilman has been acquired by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Chicago Cubs for two minor league prospects.