It was a calendar year of outstanding achievements for many Kendall County athletic programs and individuals. Teams recording historic seasons. Record-setting accomplishments. Individual glory on the greatest of stages. Here are the Top 5 Sports Stories of 2025 in Kendall County

Tray Alford hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer and Jayden Riley scored 40 points to give Yorkville Christian the championship of the 608 Tournament in Wisconsin, and Mason Lockett and Oswego East rallied for a big win over Waukegan in Saturday's roundup.

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The Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers 22-16 in an important NFC North battle Saturday night at Soldier Field in Chicago.

Jayden Riley scored 30 points to lead Yorkville Christian to a win over Madison LaFollette in Wisconsin, Reggie Chapman's 18 points paced Newark past Somonauk plus Sandwich and Plano boys basketball results in Friday's roundup.

The Ottawa and Fieldcrest girls basketball teams each opened Friday's Ottawa Girls Holiday Tournament with strong starts and eventually victories over Newark and Streator respectively.

Oswego East junior Jacsen Tucker is one of the state's top baseball prospects, committed to Oklahoma State. But it's December, so he's all basketball. Tucker had 16 points and 10 rebounds to spark the Wolves' bounce-back 57-37 win over visiting Yorkville Friday.

Two-time defending tournament champion Kaneland, currently undefeated, received the No. 1 seed for the 62nd Plano Christmas Classic at the seeding meeting held Thursday evening. Yorkville Christian, last year's runner-up, is the No. 2 seed in the event that tips off Dec. 26.

Aubrey Lamberti had 23 points and 10 rebounds and Nicole Warbinski 17 points, and Oswego East put up 50 points in the first half and went on to a startling 70-31 win at Yorkville in the Southwest Prairie Conference.

Yorkville Christian senior Jackson Allen, who won his second consecutive Plano Reaper Classic tournament championship, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.