Ellie Peck tossed her third complete game of the postseason and Madi Kossakowski collected extra-base hits in her first three at-bats Wednesday to lead Kaneland past Woodstock North 7-4 in the teams' Class 3A Belvidere North Sectional semifinal.

The Kaneland and Woodstock North softball teams traveled to Belvidere North High School Wednesday to meet in a Class 3A sectional semifinal.

Taylor Vescogni struck out 12 in a one-hit shutout, Addie Piecha drove in three runs and the La Salle-Peru softball team beat Sycamore 3-0 to win the Class 3A Sterling Regional for the Cavaliers' first regional title since 2013.

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.

The DeKalb softball team took on Harlem Tuesday in a Class 4A regional matchup at DeKalb High School.

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.

The Sycamore and DeKalb softball teams continued their rivalry Thursday night at Mary M. Bell Field at Northern Illinois University.

The DeKalb boys track team put in a strong showing at its home meet as the postseason starts gearing up, Maddie Swanson and Jessie Fredrickson had a record-setting Saturday for Genoa-Kingston and other top performances in the Weekend Rewind.

Alyanna Johnson's two-run, two-out single in the fourth proved pivotal in DeKalb's 3-2 win over Kaneland on Saturday. The Knights scored a run in the seventh and had two on and no outs, but Jasmine Rodriguez escaped the jam to finish the complete game.