Preps

Hinckley-Big Rock is ready to defend its state title.

PECATONICA – By 10:30 Monday morning, Hiawatha's game plan immediately changed.

Indian Creek outlasts Paw Paw in playoff opener

The Genoa-Kingston wrestling team is sending seven wrestlers to sectionals after taking second place at the Class 1A Harvard Regional on Saturday.

BELVIDERE – It has been a long wait for Chauncey Carrick.

DeKalb beats Milwaukee Madison in rematch of last year's nationally-known game

Kaneland boys stop Sycamore

SYCAMORE – Throughout the first half of Saturday’s Sycamore girls bowling sectional, DeKalb looked like it could possibly be on the outside looking in concerning a berth in next week’s state tournament

The Genoa-Kingston girls basketball team has been missing Elizabeth Brown's contributions. When she returned from a back injury this week, she made an immediate difference.

YORKVILLE – Yorkville boys and girls basketball players defended their Kaneland counterparts with a 2-3 zone from 5:30 p.m. Friday to moments before 9.

SYCAMORE — Throughout roughly the first 31 minutes and 45 seconds of Friday's game against Rochelle, Harlan Johnson's final home game wasn't exactly going the way he wanted it to.

SOMONAUK – For the past 2 1/2 years, Eddie Soler has been Indian Creek's secret.

Jouris' trey completes rally

It took Jenna Thorp just 18 seconds on Tuesday night to score her first points, becoming the Hinckley-Big Rock girls basketball team's career scoring leader.

DeKalb girls bowling coach Bill Holland knows that anything can happen on any given day in competition.

SOMONAUK – Leland-Earlville set the tone of the second half right away against Hinckley-Big Rock.

Timberwolves' upset bid comes up short

Implements safeguards for electronic communications

The DeKalb, Genoa-Kingston, Kaneland and Sycamore wrestling teams have had a week off.

SYCAMORE – C.J. Compher is unassuming.

Central Michigan, Montana State and Youngstown State arrived late to the Brandon Beitzel recruiting sweepstakes, trying over two weeks to compete with a school that had courted Geneva’s senior quarterback for two years.

The DeKalb girls basketball team had an easy time against Elgin, beating the Maroons 63-19. Emily Bemis led the Barbs with 17 points, while Taylor White finished with 11. Kelli Gerace had 10.

Friday and Saturday will be two dramatically different games for the DeKalb boys basketball team.

SOMONAUK – For a moment, Somonauk was stunned.

SYCAMORE – There were plenty of moments that encapsulated Sycamore’s night.

G-K’s Fischer signs with Ashford

Saturday ended with a disappointing loss for the Genoa-Kingston girls basketball team.

T'wolves take advantage of duo's foul troubles; Hiawatha comes up short

GENOA – Plenty of examples could have told the story of Saturday night’s Big Northern Western Division girls basketball game between Stillman Valley and Genoa-Kingston.

The Sycamore boys bowling team finished the state meet in ninth place on Saturday O’Fallon with a final score of 12,056. Plainfield South won the meet with 12,604.

CHICAGO – Xavier Nady insisted his best days are ahead, and the Chicago Cubs would love to see him prove it after finalizing his $3.3 million, one-year contract.

Chaon Denlinger’s first name is pronounced like the more typical spellings, Sean or Shawn. The Kaneland junior has had several PA announcers scrambling to figure that out during a breakout junior season. While 6-foot-9 senior Dave Dudzinski commands most of the attention from Kaneland’s opponents, Denlinger, of Elburn, has emerged as a capable second scoring option. In this week’s Weekend Chit-chat with Shaw Suburban Media sports editor Jay Schwab, Denlinger discusses the origins of his name, his favorite spot on the floor and a special day in store for Kaneland next month. The following is an edited transcript:

The Sycamore boys bowling team sits in sixth place after Day 1 of the IHSA state tournament after rolling a 6,137 on Friday.

SHABBONA — Reece Bend is the Indian Creek boys basketball team's best defensive player.

Spartans score game's final 13 points

Donnelly, Sisler step up as Threloff is held in check

At least a half-dozen states are considering measures that would toughen restrictions on young athletes returning to play after head injuries, inspired by individual cases and the attention the issue has received in the NFL.

G-K's Meier scores 1,000th point

Spartans look to qualify for 2nd day of tourney

SYCAMORE – Not to long ago, it was the DeKalb girls basketball team that held a long streak of consecutive wins in its rivalry with Sycamore.

For boys, it's the game of the year

Johnson's senior night triumph sparks come-from-behind victory for DeKalb

Barbs swimmers win season finale

Kyle Culton and Jed Lightfoot are polar opposites.

Foul shooting goes awry in 1st overtime

Spartans get full week to ready for DeKalb

The DeKalb girls bowling team defeated Kaneland, 2,903-2,317, to clinch the Western Sun Conference title. Brandi Underwood led the way for DeKalb with a 670 series. Underwood's high series included games of 235 and 220. Catlyn Cochrane added a 618 series.

Jouris' layup sends game into OT

H-BR boys hoops defeats IMSA

With Friday's showdown between DeKalb and Sycamore at the Convocation Center on the campus of Northern Illinois looming, the Barbs and Spartans are trying to keep their focus on today's games before preparing for each other.

Wrestling coaches often guilty of using body English on sideline

Hayes to be a preferred walk on

BURLINGTON – It didn’t matter how they won.

PERU – One pin.

YORKVILLE – Dan Jones put the microphone down and stepped away from the scorers’ table.

Don’t be fooled by the 10-9 record. Sycamore sophomore Matt Copple can win Western Sun Conference title at 215 pounds. In a lineup stocked with talented, young wrestlers between 119 and 145 pounds, Copple quietly has gone about his business and earned the No. 2 seed for the Western Sun Conference Tournament at 215 pounds.

The DeKalb girls bowling team has been tough to beat this season.

The Sycamore girls basketball team evened its Western Sun Conference record to 4-4 with a 56-35 victory against Yorkville on Friday.

SYCAMORE – The Sycamore boys basketball team needed a conference win.