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.

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.

After falling behind in the first inning, Morris piled it on the rest of the way to defeat Plano 8-1 in the Class 3A Joliet Catholic Regional semifinals.

The IHSA boys track and field state finals take place Thursday-Saturday at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Here is the full list of state qualifiers from the Kendall County area.

Morris senior pitcher Mylie Hughes threw a no-hitter and recorded her 500th career strikeout Friday, leading her team past Plano 10-0 in six innings in the Class 3A Plano Regional final.

Yorkville boys track and field won the Moline Sectional with Aiden Kolkmeyer winning three events and Owen Horeni and Jayden Ruth two, Lindsay Ingemunson's hat trick led Yorkville soccer to a regional win and Plano's Quentin Santoria struck out 11 in a three-hit shutout.

Several area teams took part in the Class 2A Rochelle Boys Track Sectional Wednesday including Byron, Dixon, Kaneland, Mendota, Plano, Rochelle, Rock Falls, Sandwich, Sterling and Sycamore, here are photos of the field events at the meet.

Several area teams took part in the Class 2A Rochelle Boys Track Sectional Wednesday including Byron, Dixon, Kaneland, Mendota, Plano, Rochelle, Rock Falls, Sandwich, Sterling and Sycamore, here are photos of the running events at the meet.

Before this season, Johnsburg senior Carter Block hadn't played baseball since middle school. On Monday, his two hits helped the Skyhawks beat Plano 9-2 to capture the Kishwaukee River Conference title for the second year in a row.

The Sycamore girls won the Class 2A Genoa-Kingston Sectional on Friday, claiming a conference and sectional crown in the same season for the 1st time in school history. Sandwich's Sunny Weber dominated the distance races, Peyton Heywood pulled of an upset in the high jump.

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

Ellery Shutt won three individual races, giving him nine titles in his four-year varsity career, and Woodstock's boys track and field team repeated as Kishwaukee River Conference champions.

Plano baseball rode an 11-run inning to a win over Gardner South Wilmington, Sandwich baseball was also a winner, plus Plano and Sandwich track results in Saturday's roundup.

Joe Grimm's two-run homer, Oswego East's fourth homer of the inning and sixth of the game, capped a seven-run sixth to beat West Aurora, Oswego East boys track won its invite, Oswego East softball won its ninth straight and Plano and Sandwich baseball and softball both won.

Richmond-Burton, after losing last year's meet in the final race, held off Johnsburg to win the Kishwaukee River Conference Girls Track and Field championship on Tuesday.

Area athletes compete in the Kishwaukee River Conference Girls Track and Field Meet on Tuesday, May 5, 2025, at Woodstock High School.

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

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.

Kayden Corneils had two hits and scored two runs, and Jillian Freemon had three hits, four RBIs and tossed a one-hitter in the circle, as Sandwich flipped the script from a previous loss to Plano by beating the visiting Reapers 10-0 in six innings Tuesday.

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.

Plano's Quentin Santoria threw a complete-game four-hitter with nine strikeouts and homered, Yorkville's Gavin Shimizu struck out 11 in a win, Newark softball's Rylie Carlson homered twice and Oswego baseball and Sandwich softball were also winners Tuesday.

Sandwich senior catcher Jeffrey Ashley had never hit a high school homer until this week. On Wednesday he homered for the second straight game against Plano, a three-run shot, and Sandwich built a nine-run lead and held on to beat the Reapers 12-10 in a game with four homers.

Yorkville's Gavin Shimizu and Brody Dryden threw a combined no-hitter with 11 strikeouts, Newark's David Ulrich struck out 13, Plano's McKenzie Straussberger and Elizabeth Hansel combined to shut out Sandwich and Yorkville's Lindsay Ingemunson and Becca Wasserberg had hat tricks.

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.

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

Aurora Central Catholic junior shortstop Nick Czerak, recently moved to the leadoff spot in the order, hit a homer, triple and double Saturday to power the Chargers past visiting Plano 7-5.

Avah Oertel led a Princeton hit parade of nine hits with a 3 for 3 day at the plate, including two home runs and three RBIs. Keely Lawson also homered as the Tigresses snapped a 2-game skid with a 6-1 win over visiting Plano at Little Siberia Field in Princeton.

The Ottawa baseball team used a go-ahead, two-run single by Logan Cottingham in the sixth inning to earn a come-from-behind 8-5 victory over Plano at King Field in Ottawa on Tuesday.

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.

Johnsburg senior Jayce Schmitt and Woodstock junior Max Beard were named co-Kishwaukee River Conference Player of the Year. Check out the full All-KRC boys basketball team here, as selected by coaches.

Top senior players from the Fox Valley Conference and Kishwaukee River Conference will compete in the 2026 McHenry County Boys Soccer All-Star Game on May 8. Check out the full rosters here.

Here is the 2025-26 All-Kishwaukee River Conference girls wrestling team, as voted on by KRC coaches.

Here is the 2025-26 All-Kishwaukee River Conference boys wrestling team, as voted on by KRC coaches.

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

Kankakee erupted for a season-high 93 points in Friday's IHSA Class 3A Geneseo Regional championship game against Plano, winning 93-41 to claim its third straight regional title.

Joey Jakstys scored 21 points as Yorkville upset Naperville North in a regional semifinal, and Plano, Yorkville Christian, Newark and Parkview Christian also won regional games in Wednesday's roundup.

Johnsburg sophomore Summer Toussaint earned Kishwaukee River Conference Girls Basketball Player of the Year honors. Check out the full All-KRC team here, as selected by coaches.

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.

Jayden Zepeda's 21 points led Plano past Richmond-Burton, plus Sandwich results in Wednesday's roundup.

The Ottawa girls basketball team shook off a slow start to top Plano 43-21 in the semifinals of the Class 3A La Salle-Peru Regional semifinals on Monday night. The Pirates will play Sterling for the championship at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Ottawa defeated Plano 43-21 during the Class 3A semifinal game on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P High School. The Lady Pirates will play Sterling in the Regional title game on Thursday. Check out photos from the game by Kyle Russell.

Plano, Sandwich and Yorkville Christian boys basketball were all winners in Friday's roundup.

Payton Wallin poured in 32 points to lead Yorkville Christian past Bishop McNamara and Jadyn Long's 21 points led Plano to a two-point win over Seneca in Monday's roundup.

Jayden Zepeda led four Plano players in double figures with 16 points in a blowout win over Woodstock North, and Newark boys basketball and Parkview Christian girls basketball were also big winners Friday.

Kevin Martinez scored the game-winning basket on an assist from Alan Contreras with 4.3 seconds left as Plano won a 53-51 thriller over Serena.

Ariana Rodriguez led Marengo with 14 points, while Macy Noe recorded a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds as the Indians shut Plano down with their defense in a 46-26 Kishwaukee River Conference victory Wednesday night.

Plano senior guard Eric Nunez, who hit 10 3-pointers in a game at Sandwich as a sophomore, hit five threes and scored a season-high 17 points on Tuesday, leading the visiting Reapers to their third win of the season over the Indians, 58-47.