Stories about Hiawatha high school sports
With the regular season a third of the way complete, we take a look at each DeKalb area team and one key factor heading into their Week 4 games.
Sycamore takes on Rochelle in not only the Interstate 8 opener but a showdown between undefeated teams. DeKalb plays its first Southwest Valley Green game at home against Lincoln-Way Central. We look at every Daily Chronicle area Week 4 game.
Jason Brewer had a pair of goals as Indian Creek tied Pecatonica, plus other soccer, volleyball and golf results in the roundup.
The Genoa-Kingston soccer and volleyball teams earned wins and more results in Monday's Daily Chronicle roundup.
Sycamore and Kaneland had outstanding defensive showings in Week 3 victories. Even in a loss, the Genoa-Kingston defense held Oregon to three points. Here are the key stats and plays from all Daily Chronicle area Week 3 games.
Genoa-Kingston fell at Oregon while Hiawatha dropped its game at Polo
Harrison Zorica picked up co-medalist honors for Genoa-Kingston, plus other golf, soccer and volleyball results in the roundup.
Kaneland, Sycamore and Genoa-Kingston all improved to 2-0 last week, while Hiawatha fell to 1-1 and DeKalb slipped to 0-2 despite leading in the fourth quarter of both its games. Here is one storyline for each team heading into Week 3.
Jameson Carl scored three times as the Spartans had five first-half goals in a 6-4 win at Rochelle to begin Interstate 8 play. That plus more soccer, golf and volleyball in the roundup.
DeKalb and Kaneland square off in a battle of former conference foes, Sycamore heads way down south to battle Mahomet-Seymour, Genoa-Kingston heads to Oregon looking to go 3-0 and Hiawatha looks to bounce back against Polo.
Ava Carpenter and Khiara Thomas combined for 21 kills for Sycamore in loss to Stillman Valley and Indian Creek and Hiawatha pulled off Little 10 comeback wins. Plus more volleyball, golf, cross country and soccer in the roundup.
DeKalb, Sycamore, Kaneland and Genoa-Kingston all had Week 2 games that felt similar to their Week 1 outings. We look back at the season's second week in high school football
Genoa-Kingston had three interceptions and shut out North Boone in a big BNC win while Hiawatha fell to West Carroll.
DeKalb, Sycamore, Kaneland, Genoa-Kingston and Hiawatha went a combined 4-1 last week, with the 11-man teams using strong aerial assaults in their games. Here is one storyline for each team heading into Week 2.
DeKalb heads down to Plainfield South, Sycamore hosts Class 8A Oswego East and Kaneland looks to stay hot against Wauconda. We look at all Daily Chronicle area Week 2 games.
Kaneland Evan Nosek won the Sycamore Invite, and the Spartans' Layla Jansich was fourth on the girls side. DeKalb volleyball coach Keith Foster and Genoa-Kingston coach Taylor Spellman picked up their first wins at their new schools. That and more in the roundup.
Passing offense were on full display on Friday night, as DeKalb, Sycamore, Kaneland and even Genoa-Kingston did big things in the air in Week 1.
Kaneland and Hiawatha picked up season-opening road wins on Friday night, including a big win at state power Washington for the Knights
A confident DeKalb. A Sycamore team getting it done in the trenches. The start of brutal nonconference schedule for Kaneland. We take a look at one big storyline for each Daily Chronicle team heading into Week 1 of the football season.
DeKalb and Sycamore meet for the 25th anniversary of their traveling trophy game. Plus we look at the Week 1 contests for Kaneland, Genoa-Kingston and Hiawatha.
Indian Creek and Hiawatha picked up volleyball wins on Tuesday, including a back-and-forth thriller for the Timberwolves.
DeKalb, Genoa-Kingston and Hiawatha all have new coaches as the season gets underway. Check out what to expect from every Daily Chronicle area volleyball team.
A preseason look at Shaw Local's eight teams playing eight-man football in 2024 – West Carroll, Polo, Milledgeville, Hiawatha, Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland, Ashton-Franklin Center, Alden-Hebron and Amboys/LaMoille.
Here's a look at the schedules for all seven high school athletic programs and NIU football for this week.
Tommy Butler has literally been a leader on the field for three years, plowing the way as lead blocker for a stable of speedy Hiawatha running backs. A senior this year, Butler may be running the ball more.
DeKalb, Sycamore, Genoa-Kingston, Kaneland and Hiawatha high school football all made the postseason two seasons ago. Can all five Daily Chronicle area schools do it in 2024?
Hiawatha had it's best season in decades. Genoa-Kingston, Sycamore and Kaneland won regionals. And some of the best players in the area graduated after last year. We take a look at some of the top volleyball storylines for the 2024 season.
The IHSA just released its statewide football schedule for the 2024 season. Here are some top games to watch in the Daily Chronicle coverage area.
It wasn't just about strong arms and popping bats. The Daily Chronicle 2024 Baseball All-Area Team also features many players who flashed the leather with strong defensive performances.
Nine of the 12 players on the Daily Chronicle 2024 All-Area softball team are freshmen, sophomores or juniors. Check out the full team.
The Little Ten Conference has released its 2024 spring all-conference teams for softball and baseball.
In Year 1 under new head coach Matthew Montavon, the Hiawatha boys basketball team won more games than they had in any season in the last two decades. Montavon and the players said they hope it’s just a start.
The Hiawatha boys basketball team held a practice Thursday in Kirkland under second-year head coach Matthew Montavon from DeKalb.
Kaneland soccer, Indian Creek baseball and Genoa-Kingston softball all opened postseason runs with victories on Tuesday, with the Timberwolves getting two homers from Jeffrey Probst in the win. That and more in Tuesday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.
Kyle Hartmann hit a grand slam as Sycamore came back from five down in the bottom of the seventh for a win. The Indian Creek boys track team won the Little 10 Conference meet and Sycamore tennis swept Streator. That and more in the roundup.
DeKalb takes conference series against Naperville Central, Joscelyn Dieckman wins the DVC pole vault for the Barbs and Sycamore soccer picks up a nonconference win. That and more in the roundup.
Genoa-Kingston baseball, softball and girls soccer all win. Read about that and more in Tuesday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.
The DeKalb softball team exploded for a win over Neuqua Valley, G-K softball picked up a win as well. That and more in the roundup.
Indian Creek's Derrick Milostan tossed a five-inning no-hitter to beat Earlville, and Sycamore outlasted Kaneland 12-10 in a slugfest. Plus more scores and results in Wednesday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.
DeKalb wins baseball, Genoa-Kingston wins girls soccer and Sycamore wins boys tennis. That and more in Tuesday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.
Layla Janisch won a pair of mid-distance races for Sycamore, Addison Vicary had a high jump win for Genoa-Kingston and Olivia Pastovich won both hurdle races for Kaneland. That plus more track, baseball and softball results in the roundup.
Sycamore, Hinckley-Big Rock win baseball, Kaneland, Sycamore win softball. That and more in Wednesday's roundup.
Hinckley-Big Rock and DeKalb both win in baseball, Genoa-Kingston softball blanks Rockford Lutheran, plus more in Monday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.
Genoa-Kingston baseball won dramatically while Indian Creek softball cruised to a Little 10 Conference win at Hiawatha. That and more in Friday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.
Jakob McNally’s success against Hiawatha on the hill wasn’t a big secret. The Indian Creek pitcher said he just relied on his fastball and let the pieces fall into place in the Timberwolves 18-2 win over Hiawatha on Friday.
Genoa-Kingston baseball gets first win. DeKalb and HBR roll: Daily Chronicle Sports roundup for Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2024.
Kaneland, Indian Creek win baseball, Sycamore, Genoa-Kingston win softball. That and more in Monday's roundup.
Sharp-shooting guards that found their way into their schools' record books dominate our all-area first team. See the full Daily Chronicle All-Area Girls Basketball Team here.
Addison McLaughlin went 2 for 4 with a homer and three RBIs to lead Sycamore softball to a nonconference victory over North Boone. Plus much more in Thursday's local roundup.
Post players dominated the area this year, and the all-area first team features some big paint presences from DeKalb, Kaneland and Hinckey-BIg Rock.