Yorkville senior Ryder Janeczko, who won the 190-pound championship at the Southwest Prairie Conference meet, helping lead Yorkville to its fourth consecutive conference championship, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Josh Welge.

Josie Larson, who rolled an ankle on the game's first play, led Plano's rally from down five in the fourth quarter, assisted Chloe Rowe's go-ahead basket in the last minute of overtime and stole the ball in the final seconds as Plano beat Marengo 42-40 for its 13th straight win

Gabe Steele scored 23 points to pace Plano past Serena, and Rhiannon Reynolds bowled Oswego's high series of 658 and high game of 266 in a dual meet win over Waubonsie Valley. That, plus Oswego and Sandwich wrestling results.

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Plano hosted Marengo in girls varsity basketball on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.

With stars Dylan Long of Newark suffering an injury late in the first half and Martin Ledbetter of Hinckley-Big Rock home sick, Reggie Chapman scored 13 of his 21 points in the second half to lift Newark to a 67-64 win to take sole possession of first place in the Little Ten.

Kendall Grant scored a career-high 30 points to power Oswego past Romeoville, Maggie Lewandowski's 26 points led Oswego East to its 11th straight win and Yorkville girls and boys basketball both beat Joliet Central in Tuesday's roundup.

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Newark hosted Hinckley-Big Rock boys basketball on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.

Simeion Harris led a Sandwich 1-3-1 defense that caused havoc on Plano, Dom Rome scored 19 points and Harris 17, and the visiting Indians beat the Reapers 64-54 for their sixth straight Kishwaukee River Conference win and eighth total win in nine games.

The Ottawa girls basketball team, after a tough first half shooting, used defense to create offense in the second half of Monday's 48-36 victory over Sandwich at Kingman Gymnasium.