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The Sycamore girls track and field team scored 104 points to finish second at the Spartans' Indoor Invitational on Tuesday, while DeKalb finished in sixth with 46 points.

Leadership handoff goes to G-K's Fischer, Rod and Hansen

DeKalb senior Kay Smith has signed to play soccer at Division II Concordia University (St. Paul, Minn.).

Sycamore junior Sam Ford was named first-team in the final season of the Western Sun Conference.

Genoa-Kingston senior Scott Suchy was named third-team all-state in Class 2A by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association recently. He averaged 22.0 points and scored over 500 points this season.

This spring, Jenna Thorp is getting a much-needed break.

State runner-up Chaberski the Wrestler of the Year

DeKALB – It was a first for Clinton Rosette wrestling coach Dan Weller.

Brian Aversa feels Kaneland’s budget crunch from all angles.

HAMPSHIRE – Collin Seibert pounded his broad chest like a gorilla as he took the court.

No quit in Barbs after Threloff fouls out

Daily Chronicle sports editor Jon Styf and sports reporter John Sahly think a lot of themselves. That's why, starting today, they'll give their viewpoint on the local sports scene every week.

DeKalb gets an assist from Comcast

Donnelly's shooting, 'D' spark victory

DeKalb's Courtney Thomas, the 2009 Daily Chronicle Volleyball Player of the Year, has been named one of the Top 25 Underclassmen to Watch by Sports Imports Volleyball magazine.

Barbs, Pretzels clashing in another sectional showdown

MAPLE PARK – Kaneland senior center Dave Dudzinski recently has leapt into costly action in the paint underneath the north basket in the Knights' gym.

Royalty sets Sycamore records on her way to finishing 15th place at state

Sycamore's Ricker named Daily Chronicle Boys Bowler of the Year

The Kaneland girls track and field team took 13th and Genoa-Kingston finished 17th at the Hononegah Girls Indoor Classic on Saturday.

MAPLE PARK – The box-and-one defense passes as junk in some boys' basketball playbooks. Maybe "gimmick" is a nicer term.

Controversial call goes against Knights

The Genoa-Kingston wrestling team had seven senior athletes honored by the Big Northern Conference Western Division.

Genoa-Kingston senior guard Scott Suchy was named a unanimous choice for the Big Northern Conference West Division All-Conference team on Tuesday.

It’s been a while since the Kaneland boys basketball team won a regional title.

DeKALB – Six-foot-10 DeKalb center Jordan Threloff and 6-foot-9 Kaneland center Dave Dudzinski are similar in height.

Most seasoned swimmers avert repetitive motion injuries by balancing workouts and stretching.

The Ashford University men's track and field program announced a pair of recent signings on the Ashford University Web site, including pole vaulter Matthew Holley of Genoa.

Rhianna Fleetwood of Sycamore will compete for the Central College softball team this spring.

Timberwolves struggle to knock down 3s in semifinal loss

Dudzinski leads way with 22 points

Record 5 H-BR players named all-conference

For some unknown reason, tournament play has more than appealed to the Indian Creek boys basketball team this season.

Win much like DeKalb's other 2 against Sycamore

Hillmer listens to assistants, move pays off

NORMAL – With 0.4 seconds on the clock and the Hinckley-Big Rock girls basketball team ahead 38-32 in Saturday's state championship game, the referees called a jump ball.

NORMAL – How do you sum up two years of greatness?

EVANSTON –Grant Alef accomplished a feat no other Kaneland swimmer had ever done in the history of the school during Saturday’s IHSA state final meet. 

NORMAL – Call them champions. Again.

BLOOMINGTON – The Sycamore wrestling team made it to the final match of Saturday's state team dual opener with Crystal Lake Central.

BATAVIA – Dave Dud-zinski and the Kaneland boys basketball team deserve congratulations for this one, but the way Dud-zinski explains it, it might best not to reach out to shake any of the Knights’ hands.

SHABBONA – As the Indian Creek boys basketball team waited for its pregame music to play, a two-sided line of students clad in black snaked all the way to mid-court.

EVANSTON – Grant Alef shook his head with an easy smile as an overflow crowd glanced at the video board.

SYCAMORE – During the opening quarter of the Geneva’s final regular-season game, it appeared Sycamore was going spoil the Vikings’ hopes of grabbing sole possession of second place in the Western Sun Conference.

POPLAR GROVE – During the final seconds of the third quarter in Friday’s Class 2A North Boone Regional final, it looked like the Genoa-Kingston boys basketball team would enter the fourth trailing Rockford Christian by just one point after a strong third got the Cogs back in the game.

Rourke leads the way with 19 points

NORMAL – The only thing standing between the Hinckley-Big Rock girls basketball team and back-to-back Class 1A state championships is Jacksonville Routt.

NORMAL – Jenna Thorp was dragging.

H-BR girls one victory from back-to-back state basketball titles

The Hinckley-Big Rock girls basketball team won its IHSA Class A girls basketball state semifinal, 49-46, over Ridgewood in overtime Friday in Normal.

SYCAMORE — As the Sycamore wrestling team gathered at the end of Thursday's practice, coach Chauncey Carrick reminded his team of what its schedule is when it heads to Bloomington today in preparation for Saturday's Class 2A Dual Team State Tournament.

Ishimaru leaning on teammates in his 1st state meet

Hinckley-Big Rock girls basketball player capsules

HINCKLEY – Jes Meyer knows her defensive weakness.

HINCKLEY – Mike Bayler crouched into his defensive stance like he had done a million times before at practice.

HINCKLEY – Dave Dudzinski chuckles when he tells the story.

HINCKLEY – All appearances make it look like the top two teams in the Class 1A state tournament will meet up at 2 p.m. today when Hinckley-Big Rock (31-2) takes on Ridgewood (31-2), a first-year co-op between Alwood and Cambridge high schools.

Hinckley-Big Rock aims to cap off 4 years with wins No. 118, 119

Kaneland coach Brian Johnson arrived at his desk to a detached rim and a note from his standout big man, Dave Dudzinski, that read “To Coach, From Dave. Oops.”

POPLAR GROVE – Genoa-Kingston guard Scott Suchy experienced that euphoric feeling in the second quarter of Wednesday night’s game against Harvard.