Eddie Carifio

At Bloomington, Kaneland’s Angelina Gochis and Brooklyn Sheaffer are guaranteed medals after each picked up a pair of wins on the first day of the IHSA Girls Wrestling State Championship.

Marquise Bolden made a heads-up play to avoid a defender and then drained a 3-pointer, the third of straight 3s, on his way to 20 points DeKalb's 57-45 win over Hononegah to claim the Harlem regional title.

NIU athletic director Sean Frazier is betting that having football and Olympic sports in separate conferences will set the university up well in an ever-changing landscape of college athletics. It seems like it's a good bet.

NIU athletic director Sean Frazier said the university's decision for a new home for most of its athletic programs came down to two conferences, with the Horizon League winning out.

The NIU Board of Trustees on Thursday approved $1.4 million to pay the entrance fee to join the Horizon League, effective July 1, 2026. The move will officially end NIU’s run as a full member of the Mid-American Conference, of which they’ve been a member since 1997.

Indian Creek briefly took the lead in the third quarter against Aurora Christian, but the Eagles didn't stay down long and ran past the Timberwolves to reach a regional final.

The DeKalb and Sycamore boys basketball teams each reached regional finals with wins on Wednesday.

Sycamore wrestling dropped their team sectional to Geneseo while the NIU men lost at Miami (Ohio).

Dixon built a 31-9 lead and held on a 40-30 victory over the Knights in a Class 3A Boylan Sectional semifinal on Tuesday behind 15 points from Ahmyrie McGowan.

Northern Illinois University is set to join the Horizon League for most of its non-football sports, according to the agenda of a Board of Trustees special session set for Thursday.

Logan Schrader scored 20 as No. 4 Indian Creek advanced to face No. 5 Aurora Christian in a regional semifinal on Wednesday while Hiawatha's season came to an end.

Genoa-Kingston used a 28-0 run between the first and second quarters, shooting 10 of 11 from long range in the half in a playoff-opening win against North Boone on Monday.

The boys basketball season postseason kicks off locally Monday with Indian Creek, Hiawatha and Genoa-Kingston opening with first-round regional games before semifinals Wednesday. Here are five things to keep an eye on as the postseason gets underway.

Hinckley-Big Rock's Martin Ledbetter scored 34 points, passing 2,000 career points, in a win at the Indian Creek Shootout, Kaneland also won at the Indian Creek Shootout, DeKalb boys basketball won a nonconference game and the NIU women were winners in Saturday's roundup.

A total of four DeKalb boys and girls wrestlers, five from Kaneland and seven from Sycamore qualified for state tournaments. Alex Gregorio-Perez, Angelina Gochis, Brooklyn Shaeffer and Carson West won sectional titles.