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February 8, 2010
By JOHN SAHLY - jsahly@daily-chronicle.com
Hinckley-Big Rock is ready to defend its state title.
By JOHN SAHLY - jsahly@daily-chronicle.com
PECATONICA – By 10:30 Monday morning, Hiawatha's game plan immediately changed.
By JON STYF - jstyf@daily-chronicle.com
Indian Creek outlasts Paw Paw in playoff opener
February 6, 2010
By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF - sports@daily-chronicle.com
The Genoa-Kingston wrestling team is sending seven wrestlers to sectionals after taking second place at the Class 1A Harvard Regional on Saturday.
By JAMES NOKES - sports@daily-chronicle.com
BELVIDERE – It has been a long wait for Chauncey Carrick.
By JOHN SAHLY - jsahly@daily-chronicle.com
DeKalb beats Milwaukee Madison in rematch of last year's nationally-known game
By TAMMY SWANSON - sports@daily-chronicle.com
Kaneland boys stop Sycamore
By STEVE NITZ - sports@daily-chronicle.com
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
February 5, 2010
By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF - sports@daily-chronicle.com
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.
By KEVIN DRULEY - kdruley@kcchronicle.com
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.
By BY STEVE NITZ - sports@daily-chronicle.com
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.
By JON STYF - jstyf@daily-chronicle.com
SOMONAUK – For the past 2 1/2 years, Eddie Soler has been Indian Creek's secret.
By JOHN SAHLY - jsahly@daily-chronicle.com
Jouris' trey completes rally
February 4, 2010
By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF - sports@daily-chronicle.com
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.
By BY STEVE NITZ - sports@daily-chronicle.com
DeKalb girls bowling coach Bill Holland knows that anything can happen on any given day in competition.
By JOHN SAHLY - jsahly@daily-chronicle.com
SOMONAUK – Leland-Earlville set the tone of the second half right away against Hinckley-Big Rock.
By JON STYF - jstyf@daily-chronicle.com
Timberwolves' upset bid comes up short
By JAY SCHWAB - jschwab@kcchronicle.com
Implements safeguards for electronic communications
February 3, 2010
By JAMES NOKES - sports@daily-chronicle.com
The DeKalb, Genoa-Kingston, Kaneland and Sycamore wrestling teams have had a week off.
By JON STYF - jstyf@daily-chronicle.com
SYCAMORE – C.J. Compher is unassuming.
By KEVIN DRULEY Shaw Suburban Media
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.
By DAILY CHRONICLE
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.
By JOHN SAHLY jsahly@daily-chronicle.com
Friday and Saturday will be two dramatically different games for the DeKalb boys basketball team.
By JON STYF jstyf@daily-chronicle.com
SOMONAUK – For a moment, Somonauk was stunned.
By JOHN SAHLY jsahly@daily-chronicle.com
SYCAMORE – There were plenty of moments that encapsulated Sycamore’s night.
February 1, 2010
By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF - sports@daily-chronicle.com
G-K’s Fischer signs with Ashford
By JON STYF - jstyf@daily-chronicle.com
Saturday ended with a disappointing loss for the Genoa-Kingston girls basketball team.
By JON STYF - jstyf@daily-chronicle.com
T'wolves take advantage of duo's foul troubles; Hiawatha comes up short
January 31, 2010
By JON STYF - jstyf@daily-chronicle.com
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.
January 30, 2010
By Daily Chronicle Staff - sports@daily-chronicle.com
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.
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
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.
By JAY SCHWAB - jschwab@kcchronicle.com
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:
By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF - sports@daily-chronicle.com
The Sycamore boys bowling team sits in sixth place after Day 1 of the IHSA state tournament after rolling a 6,137 on Friday.
By BY STEVE NITZ - sports@daily-chronicle.com
SHABBONA — Reece Bend is the Indian Creek boys basketball team's best defensive player.
By JON STYF - jstyf@daily-chronicle.com
Spartans score game's final 13 points
By JOHN SAHLY - jsahly@daily-chronicle.com
Donnelly, Sisler step up as Threloff is held in check
January 28, 2010
By NOAH TRISTER -- The Associated Press
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.
By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF - sports@daily-chronicle.com
G-K's Meier scores 1,000th point
By BY STEVE NITZ - sports@daily-chronicle.com
Spartans look to qualify for 2nd day of tourney
By JON STYF - jstyf@daily-chronicle.com
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.
By JON STYF - jstyf@daily-chronicle.com
For boys, it's the game of the year
By JOHN SAHLY - jsahly@daily-chronicle.com
Johnson's senior night triumph sparks come-from-behind victory for DeKalb
January 27, 2010
By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF - sports@daily-chronicle.com
Barbs swimmers win season finale
By JAMES NOKES - sports@daily-chronicle.com
Kyle Culton and Jed Lightfoot are polar opposites.
By ERIC VAN DRIL - sports@daily-chronicle.com
Foul shooting goes awry in 1st overtime
January 26, 2010
By JOHN SAHLY - jsahly@daily-chronicle.com
Spartans get full week to ready for DeKalb
By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF - sports@daily-chronicle.com
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.
By JON STYF - jstyf@daily-chronicle.com
Jouris' layup sends game into OT
January 25, 2010
By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF - sports@daily-chronicle.com
H-BR boys hoops defeats IMSA
By JOHN SAHLY - jsahly@daily-chronicle.com
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.
By JAMES NOKES - sports@daily-chronicle.com
Wrestling coaches often guilty of using body English on sideline
By JON STYF - jstyf@daily-chronicle.com
Hayes to be a preferred walk on
January 24, 2010
By JON STYF - jstyf@daily-chronicle.com
BURLINGTON – It didn’t matter how they won.
January 23, 2010
By JAMES NOKES - sports@daily-chronicle.com
YORKVILLE – Dan Jones put the microphone down and stepped away from the scorers’ table.
January 22, 2010
By JAMES NOKES - sports@daily-chronicle.com
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.
By BY STEVE NITZ - sports@daily-chronicle.com
The DeKalb girls bowling team has been tough to beat this season.
By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF - sports@daily-chronicle.com
The Sycamore girls basketball team evened its Western Sun Conference record to 4-4 with a 56-35 victory against Yorkville on Friday.
By BY STEVE NITZ - sports@daily-chronicle.com
SYCAMORE – The Sycamore boys basketball team needed a conference win.

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Updated: Tuesday postponements/IC regional

1. The Hinckley-Big Rock and Indian Creek girls basketball regional playoff games for Tuesday have been postponed. H-BR will play Westminster Christian at 6 p.m. on Wednesday and Indian Creek will host Amboy at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
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Updated Western Sun boys/girls hoops standings

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