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Avery Boehne hit for the cycle in Indian Creek's win, Brynn Woods homered for Kaneland and more in the roundup.

Sycamore starter Bella Jacobs stuck out 13 in a shutout, besting Ottawa and starter Adelynn Russell, who allowed three hits, no walks and no earned runs, in a 1-0 Spartans' win.

A Sycamore-DeKalb soccer match that came down to one goal. An Interstate 8 girls track championship that came down to the final few races. There was no shortage of great games this weekend, and with that came outstanding performances. Here’s a look at a few of the best.

Ellison Hallahan, Addie McLaughlin, Faith Heil and Sycamore used late heroics for an extra-inning win, Brodie Farrell pitches DeKalb to a win, G-K sprinters shine in home meet and more in the roundup.

Cortni Kruizenga took a feed from Izzie Segreti and punched it home the game's only goal in Sycamore's win over DeKalb in El Classicorn on Saturday.

Angela Gary and Alyssa Tumminaro win DVC titles for DeKalb, Jackson Kees pitches DeKalb to a key DVC win, G-K soccer finishes season on 17-game win streak, Hiawatha drops wild 35-13 game and IC and H-BR place second and third at the L10 boys track meet. Plus more in the roundup.

Erica Swan spent five years as Genoa-Kingston’s head softball coach before taking over at DeKalb this season. Her players were well aware of this when the Barbs headed north to take on the Cogs, posting four runs to break open a tie game in the fifth inning of a 7-3 victory.

The 2024 season was the first time Drew Hoth didn't play tackle football since the fifth grade. But he had a new passion to takes it places as he started student teaching. He's set to be a 5th grade teacher at Mitchell when the school opens in the fall.

Cassidy Cavazos had three hits as DeKalb knocked off Metea Valley, Sycamore tennis picked up a win and more in the roundup.

Ellison Hallahan homered twice as the Sycamore softball team knocked off Kaneland in an Interstate 8 battle on Wednesday.

Genoa-Kingston finished Big Northern Conference play undefeated and won its 16th straight game, Max Hintzsche tossed a no-hitter for Hinckley-Big Rock and more in the roundup.

Ottawa and Sycamore combined for 24 runs and 28 hits. But it was Tyler Lojko's three bunt singles that proved big in the Spartans' 14-10 win.

The girls soccer playoff brackets are set. So as the season winds down, we take a peak at how the postseason lines up for the Daily Chronicle area teams.

With the DeKalb vs. Sycamore baseball and softball games in the book after this weekend, we take a look at four hidden plays that made a difference in the two games.

Sawyer Valdez drove in two runs and allowed three hits in 4⅓ innings on the hill to help Sycamore knock off rival DeKalb 7-4 on Saturday.