Yorkville senior Owen Horeni, who took second place in the Class 3A 800-meter run and led the Foxes to conference and sectional titles, is the Record Newspapers boys track and field Athlete of the Year.

Sandwich senior and Duke commit Sunny Weber, who won the Class 2A 1,600-meter run state championship and took second in the 3,200 to finish her career with six total state titles and eight medals in track, is the Record Newspapers girls track and field Athlete of the Year.

Here are Gary Duncan's photos from the Riverside-Brookfield Shootout boys basketball event.

Oswego rising senior Dontrell Young, a seven-time state medalist in track, made his verbal commitment to Iowa State for football this week. Young, a defensive back going into his third varsity football season, chose Iowa State from nine scholarship offers.

Oswego senior Jaelynn Anthony and Yorkville senior Kayla Kersting were named to the Illinois Coaches Association Class All-State first team, released Monday, leading Kendall County-area selections.

Mike Rembert, a 41-year-old graduate of St. Rita who played collegiately at Bradley and Southeast Missouri State, and overseas in Austria, and most recently as an assistant for two years at Benet, has been named the boys basketball coach at Yorkville Christian.

Here are the 2026 All-Kishwaukee River Conference selections, as voted on by KRC coaches. Johnsburg’s Liz Smith was named Player of the Year and Woodstock’s Erin Doherty was named Goalkeeper of the Year.

Standing in the dugout in the bottom of the seventh, Oswego sophomore Adalynn Fugitt never got her final at-bat of the season. But the second baseman is ready to lead the Panthers forward after finishing fourth at state.

Oswego senior shortstop Kennedy Gengler has seemed to have the knack for clutch hitting in the postseason, and did again Friday with two hits and an RBI, but Mundelein scored five runs in the first inning and went on to a 13-3 win in the Class 4A semifinal.

Marengo's Brady Kentgen was named the Kishwaukee River Conference Player of the Year and Johnsburg's Peyton Mesce earned Pitcher of the Year honors. Here is the rest of the 2026 All-KRC baseball team, as selected by coaches.

Separated by 9 years, Oswego sisters Hailey and Sophie Morland seem inseparable in softball. Hailey is in her fourth year as assistant coach while Sophie is a freshman third baseman as the Panthers return to state for the third straight year. 'It makes my heart want to explode.'

Oswego sophomore Adalynn Fugitt, who was 8-for-11 with four runs scored across three playoff wins to help lead Oswego back to state for the third straight year, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Putnam County's Johnathon Stunkel struck out the side in the top of the first inning and the Panthers scored two runs in the bottom half to set the tone early in an 11-1, five-inning victory over Newark in a Class 1A Putnam County Sectional semifinal Wednesday.

Chase Dykstra was dominant on the mound and Fulton capitalized on seven Parkview Christian errors to win 12-1 in five innings in a Class 1A Putnam County Sectional semifinal Wednesday.

Putnam County defeated Newark 11-1 on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at Putnam County High School. The Panthers will take on Fulton on Saturday at 11a.m. for the Sectional title.

Fulton defeated Parkview Christian 12-1 in five innings on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at Putnam County High School in Granville. Fulton will play for the Sectional title on Saturday at 11a.m.

Ryan Paradise, a Northern Illinois graduate who played basketball there and was Marmion basketball coach before running his Basketball Paradise program in the Fox Valley area, has been hired as Yorkville Christian’s athletic director.

Marengo's Gabby Christopher was named the Kishwaukee River Conference Player of the Year and Woodstock North's Kylee Nicholson earned Pitcher of the Year honors. Here is the rest of the 2026 All-KRC softball team, as selected by coaches.