Sycamore senior pitcher Bella Jacobs, despite a blister on the thumb of her pitching hand, fired a four-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts against Ottawa at Peck Park on Tuesday to help the Spartans clinch the outright Interstate 8 Conference championship.

Sycamore defeated Ottawa 2-0 on Thursday, May 5, 2026 at Peck Park in Ottawa.

The DeKalb baseball team met Neuqua Valley Tuesday in a DuPage Valley Conference clash.

Addi Rodriguez had a pair of goals to lead Sycamore to a victory over Ottawa, plus more in the roundup.

"I don't tell myself anything. I just go up there and swing." Senior Lily Stiles on her no-overthink approach, why it's working for the Cogs, and how it resulted in an inside-the-park home run in 16-1 win against Rockford Lutheran on Monday.

Genoa-Kingston and Sycamore each earned No. 1 seeds and are hosting regionals when the playoffs get underway May 18. We look at what the Spartans and Cogs, along with DeKalb, Kaneland and Hinckley-Big Rock have to expect this postseason.

Crewe Bartelt helped power Sycamore to a win at the Gib Seegers Classic, Kaneland avoided an I-8 sweep at the hands of Sycamore, Quinn McLane scored three goals for the DeKalb girls soccer team and more from Friday and Saturday in the roundup.

Sycamore decided to walk DeKalb No. 2 hitter Cole Latimer with one out and runner on second in a tie game in the bottom of the sixth. Evan Johnson made the Spartans pay, sparking a six-run rally in a 12-8 win on Saturday,

No. 9 hitter Sean Peterson had four hits and four runs as Genoa-Kingston clobbered Oregon, Marshall Ledbetter had a two-hit shutout as Hinckley-Big Rock beat Indian Creek, Ari Rich, Brooklynn Ordlock and Kaylee Luepkes homered for G-K in a win and more in the roundup.