Oswego senior Jaelynn Anthony, who hit three home runs, including a tying two-run homer and go-ahead grand slam, and in the process became Oswego’s all-time home run leader, in leading the team to a comeback win at Minooka, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week.

The IHSA has released the softball playoff schedule. Here are pairings for Kendall County-area teams.

Behind a three-title performance by Natalie Nahs, Minooka won its first Southwest Prairie Conference girls track and field championship since 2017.

Megan Halverson doubled in Katie Maday with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Oswego East's 6-5 walk-off win over Oswego giving the Wolves their first crosstown victory since 2023.

Yorkville sophomore pitcher Bella Rosauer and her counterpart, Oswego senior Jaelynn Anthony, worked out of multiple jams with stellar relief as the two Southwest Prairie Conference leaders played into extra innings, the game suspended in the 12th due to darkness.

The IHSA has released the girls soccer playoff schedule. Here are pairings for Kendall County-area teams.

Jayden Ruth won the 100, 200 and anchored the winning 4x100 relay to lead Yorkville to the Red Ribbon Classic title, Oswego East won the Palatine Relays, Oswego East softball scored eight runs in the seventh for a comeback win and Yorkville Christian baseball won in a walkoff.

Oswego's Dontrell Young won the 200 and 400 in record times and took second in the 100, leading the Panthers to second at their Roger Wilcox Invite, Oswego East girls track was fourth at the Glenbard North Weber Invite, and Jacsen Tucker homered twice in an Oswego East win.

Yorkville baseball finished off a three-game sweep of Oswego, Yorkville Christian's Phoenix Oliver tossed a complete-game one-hitter at Plano, and Oswego East and Parkview Christian baseball and Oswego, Oswego East and Yorkville softball all won big Thursday.

Mia Anderson capitalized off a deflected shot in the 73rd minute, scoring the game's only goal on a rainy Thursday evening as Lyons edged out Oswego 1-0 in an Ed Watson Naperville Invitational girls soccer match.

Oswego junior Dontrell Young, who won the 100 and took second in the 200 to be named Athlete of the Meet at Wheaton Warrenville South’s Red Grange Invitational, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Sports Editor Josh Welge.

Eastin McBroom struck out 17 and Shawn Seyller hit a walk-off single in Newark's 2-1 win over Earlville, Yorkville softball scored five runs in the sixth and two in the seventh to rally past Minooka, and more in Wednesday’s Record Newspapers sports roundup.

Jaelynn Anthony hit three home runs with a tying two-run homer and go-ahead grand slam, in the process breaking Oswego's homer record to rally the Panthers at Minooka, Plano's Quentin Santoria struck out 13 and homered, plus Yorkville baseball and softball were winners Tuesday.

Yorkville senior right-hander has been bringing the heat in relief all year, not allowing a run in 10 1/3 innings as closer. On Monday, he got a key hit to support Gabe Sanders' pitching in a 5-4 win over Oswego in a game shortened due to lightning.

Oswego girls track tied for the team title of its Mike Schable Invitational, Yorkville girls track won the title of the Megan Sporny Invitational at West Aurora, Oswego East was second at Neuqua Valley and Plano and Parkview Christian baseball and Yorkville softball won games.

Plano's girls track team won its Field of Dreams Invite and the boys team was second, and Oswego, Oswego East and Yorkville Christian baseball, Yorkville, Oswego and Oswego East softball and Yorkville volleyball were winners Thursday.

Oswego goalkeeper Kyla Baier turned away all four shots she saw in penalty kicks, and Jordyn Washington scored two goals in regulation as the Panthers beat Waubonsie Valley 4-2 in PKs to stay unbeaten on the season.

Jaelynn Anthony tossed a complete-game three-hit shutout with eight strikeouts to lead Oswego softball to a win at Plainfield North, plus Sandwich baseball and softball, Oswego East softball and Yorkville Christian baseball results.

Ellie Fox struck out 12, Austyn Strike hit a grand slam and Alyssa Muhlbach a two-run homer in a Yorkville softball win, Plano's Julian Gates homered twice in a 19-17 loss, plus Oswego and Yorkville baseball, Sandwich softball and Newark baseball and softball results.

Gabe Sanders and Frankie Pavlik combined on a seven-hitter with nine strikeouts in Yorkville baseball's win over Minooka, Oswego baseball beat Bolingbrook in its Southwest Prairie West opener and more in Monday's roundup.

Speed is always the name of the game for Oswego sophomore Adalynn Fugitt, but her tools aren't limited to her feet. She checked all the boxes – speed, power and pitching – with three doubles at the plate and six strikeouts in the circle in a 10-0 win over Oswego East Monday.

Braden Behringer singled in Nick Michalek in the bottom of the seventh as Sandwich rallied for a walk-off win, Sandwich softball scored four in the seventh for a comeback win, Callie Ferko and Kayla Kersting homered in a Yorkville win and Yorkville Christian baseball swept two.

Freshman Alyssa Muhlbach sparked Yorkville's seventh-inning rally with a leadoff single, Ellie Fox singled her in and the Foxes tacked on three more runs for an 8-4 win at Oswego on Friday.

Betsy Jack's two homers, including a grand slam, powered Oswego softball past Plainfield Central, Alyssa Muhlbach and Ellie Fox homered in Yorkville's nine-run inning in a win, Newark softball held on to beat Amboy 14-13, and Sandwich softball and Oswego baseball were winners.

Yorkville softball rallied from a four-run deficit for a walk-off win over Minooka and Oswego, Oswego East and Newark softball and Sandwich baseball were also winners Monday.

Oswego East's Jamari McKay won the 100 and triple jump among four medals to lead the Wolves to the Stagg Invite title, Adalyn Fugitt's two-run double with two out in the ninth led Oswego softball to a win and Yorkville's Jackson Knickerbocker fired a complete game shutout.

Nathan Napolitano was pitching junior varsity last spring while Waubonsie Valley was winning its first sectional title in 20 years. The senior right-hander has stepped into a key role this year, and won his third straight start with six strong innings to beat Oswego 6-1.

Oswego East softball rallied from an early deficit to beat DeKalb and stay undefeated, Coraline Stevens' homer keyed Sandwich softball's win over Yorkville Christian, Adyn Fowler's huge day at the plate led an Oswego East baseball win and Oswego baseball held on to beat Morris.

West Aurora's boys volleyball team advanced all the way to the championship match of its own invite Saturday, where it took highly regarded Bolingbrook to the limit before falling 25-18, 18-25, 23-25.

Sandwich's Braden Behringer struck out 12 in a complete-game three-hitter, Julian Gates doubled in Justin Bishop for Plano's walk-off win in nine innings, Jax Baker and Nolan Hutchings combined on a two-hit shutout for Oswego and Yorkville softball rode a 10-run second to win.

As girls track and field season heads outdoors, here are previews of teams from the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Jaelynn Anthony hit a two-run homer and struck out nine in three innings of relief in an Oswego softball win, Ellie Fox struck out 11 in a Yorkville win and four Plano baseball pitchers combined on a six-hitter in a win in Tuesday's roundup.

As boys track and field season heads outdoors, here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Yorkville's Aiden Kolkmeyer won the high jump and Owen Horeni was second in the 1,600 at the Illinois Indoor Championships, Oswego East softball came back in the seventh to stay unbeaten and Yorkville volleyball was second at the Oswego Invite. That and more in the roundup.

Justin Giese doubled and scored on Robbie Mueller’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh as Yorkville baseball was a walk-off winner, Aiden Jaquez struck out 10 in an Oswego baseball win, Oswego East baseball hit three homers in a win and Oswego softball got its first win.

Here is the 2025-2026 Record Newspapers All-Area boys basketball team.

The 2026 girls soccer season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The 2026 baseball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Here is the 2025-26 Record Newspapers all-area girls basketball team.

The 2026 high school softball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Oswego co-op junior Owen Lippoldt finished third in the 50-yard freestyle and eighth in the 100 freestyle, and swam on the medal-winning 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays at the IHSA state finals on Saturday in Westmont.

For the second time this season, Plainfield East and Oswego needed to extend their game to double-overtime to reach an outcome. The Bengals kept their season going, escaping the Class 4A Oswego Regional semifinals with a 68-65 victory.

Marmion's swimmers took second and Oswego Co-op third at Saturday's Metea Valley Sectional.

Can Yorkville Christian, moved up to Class 2A, make a run? Will we get a star-studded rematch between Oswego East and Yorkville? Can the third time be the charm for Oswego against Bolingbrook? Here are Kendall County storylines as boys basketball postseason tips off.

Here are the Record Newspapers-area qualifiers for the IHSA individual state wrestling meet.

Ethan Vahl's 21 points and 10 rebounds paced Oswego past Plainfield North, Dshaun Bolden scored 24 in Oswego East's win over Minooka, and Yorkville girls basketball dropped a close regional game to Lockport in Tuesday's roundup.

Here are Gary Duncan's photos from Friday's game between Oswego and Oswego East.

Ethan Vahl scored 30 points, six in overtime with two assists, Brayden Borrowman hit the go-ahead free throws in overtime, and visiting Oswego beat Oswego East for the second time in OT this season to sweep the crosstown series for the first time in 10 years.

Oswego senior Dillon Griffin was a state alternate last year, losing in the blood round at sectionals, but has been a warmup partner at state for two former teammates. Now he's chasing his own dreams for a bid to Champaign, among sectional participants this weekend.

Senior guard Desiree Merritt scored 17 of her 24 points in a huge second quarter, sending Oswego East past visiting Oswego 54-25.