Eddie Carifio

The NIU baseball team won the MAC tournament for the first time in its last year in the conference.

Sycamore pole vaulter Sydney Fabrizius and Kaneland pole vaulter Delainey Baran reached the state finals along with the Spartans' 4x800-relay team, Genoa-Kingston soccer won a regional title, Sycamore tennis qualified three for state and more in the roundup.

Charlotte Yates's first goal of the season opened up the Sycamore scoring, Cortni Kruizenga's two goals in 80 seconds sealed it, and Izzie Segreti had a wild Hail Mary go in as the Spartans beat Rock Island 5-0 to claim a regional title Friday.

Indian Creek's Ally Keilman finished in the top 30 in both hurdle events at the Class 1A State Championship, DeKalb long jumper Drake Gay qualified for state, and more in the roundup

Genoa-Kingston sprinter Michael Schmidt qualified for state in the 200, plus more in the roundup.

Kaneland qualified athletes in 14 out of 18 events from Wednesday's Class 2A Rochelle Boys Track and Field Sectional, while Sycamore is sending eight entries to next week's state track meet.

DeKalb's defense was making big plays early and bats were bopping. But once Harlem's pitcher found her changeup and the Barbs defense lost its footing, a four-run lead became a season-ending 5-4 loss Tuesday.

Three freshmen. One senior's quest for a medal. Sycamore's Layla Janisch heads to state this weekend for her third trip to Charleston. “It’s like we’re about to have a two-day sleepover and have so much fun."

Bella Jacobs threw a no-hitter for the second straight start in a Sycamore win, Indian Creek softball kept its season alive with a combined no-hitter from Makenna Barshinger and Avery Kern, plus more in the roundup.

Sycamore's Krista Cobb and Sydney Fabrizius and Kaneland's Delainey Baran Peyton Haywood enter the state meet seeded in the top 10 in their respective events. DeKalb, Indian Creek and Genoa-Kingston athletes will also compete in Charleston starting Thursday.

Crewe Bartelt won three individual races and a relay, including an insanely close 200-meter dash at the Interstate 8 Conference Championships on Friday, plus more in the roundup.

The Sycamore girls won the Class 2A Genoa-Kingston Sectional on Friday, claiming a conference and sectional crown in the same season for the 1st time in school history. Sandwich's Sunny Weber dominated the distance races, Peyton Heywood pulled of an upset in the high jump.

The Class 1A and 2A Daily Chronicle area baseball teams each start with play-in games. Sycamore, DeKalb and Kaneland don't have that obstacle, but have tough roads ahead of them in their IHSA regionals. We look at where each team ended up.

Indian Creek baseball topped Hiawatha 27-15 for its first win in a game that featured 22 errors, 24 walks, 15 hits and took 3.5 hours to play; DeKalb baseball finished its sweep of Metea Valley while Sycamore avoided one at the hands of Morris; and more in the roundup.

Bella Jacobs was a walk away from a perfect game, and Jill Carpenter picked up her 400th win on the same NIU field where she played collegiately as Sycamore softball picked up a rivalry win against DeKalb on Thursday.