Eddie Carifio

"I know having a social life is pretty much out the window." DeKalb baseball and football standout Cole Latimer committed to play both sports at NIU on Monday and said he is ready for the challenge of playing both at the NCAA Division I level.

The NIU football team heads to Toledo on Wednesday to take on the Rockets, the last scheduled meeting between the two teams ahead of the Huskies leaving the Mid-American Conference at the end of the school year.

NIU got a double-double from 6-11 true freshman post Gustav Winther, a 10-assist, zero-turnover game from Gianni Cobb and an efficiency clinic from Jao Ituka off the bench in a 102-82 win over Louisiana-Monroe in the season opener on Monday.

Luke Gadomski already had an interception under his belt when Lakes quarterback Ean Ankney was eyeing a receiver on a comeback pass. Gadomski saw what was coming, jumped the route, and took off 64 yards for a touchdown, one of three pick-sixes in the Knights’ 68-21 win over the E

Kaneland's Carson Kaiser cruised to a sectional title and helped the Knights qualify as a team, the Genoa-Kingston girls qualified as a team and more cross country results.

Here is the list of scores from first-round games in the IHSA football playoffs.

Kaneland, Genoa-Kingston and Hiawatha had their volleyball season come to an end.

Sycamore trailed 23-19 after a lopsided loss in the first set on Thursday in the Class 3A Rochelle Regional championship. But they stormed back to win the second set, then won a third-set that featured 15 ties to claim the regional crown, 13-25, 26-24, 25-23.

Join hosts J.T. Pedelty, Sam Ramirez and Eddie Carifio as they preview Round 1 of the IHSA football playoffs in the western and southern portions of northern Illinois

The Mendota attack was relentless against Genoa-Kingston on Tuesday in a Class 1A Indian Creek Sectional semifinal. The Trojans connected twice for the 2-0 win an a trip to the finals.

Sycamore starts the postseason with a trip to Cary-Grove, Kaneland hosts Lakes, and Hiawatha will face Polo for the second time in three weeks. We break down each game.

Genoa-Kingston and Kaneland advanced into regional finals with wins on Tuesday, while the season for DeKalb, Indian Creek and Hinckley-Big Rock came to an end.

Laney Block and Isabella Culotta closed out the second set with kills, Ava Wente-Argo had five blocks and Sycamore advanced to the Class 3A Rochelle Regional final with a 25-20, 26-24 win over the Hubs.

The Sycamore football team secured a playoff berth, Kaneland knocked off the defending 1A state champs and more as we look back at Week 9.

In the playoff brackets released by the IHSA Saturday night, No. 7 Kaneland will host No. 10 Lakes and No. 11 Sycamore will head to No. 6 Cary-Grove in the Class 5A bracket. Hiawatha will head to Polo in the eight-man playoffs.