Track and Field

The Bishop McNamara boys and Central girls both picked up team wins at the Manteno Invite on Friday.

Oregon won the Landers-Loomis Invitational on Friday, April 25, 2025 scoring 104 points to Fulton's 95 and Genoa-Kingston's 91. Forreston finished fifth in the 8-team meet.

Here’s a look at the leading Bureau County area boys track & field athletes for the first BCR Honor Roll of the season:

Local schools Amboy, Forreston Bureau Valley, Rock Falls and Newman compete with others at the Rock Falls Rocket track invite Friday, April, 25, 2025

Local athletes compete in the McHenry County Track and Field Meet on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at McCracken Field in McHenry.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais softball team lost an extra-inning SWSC battle to top-ranked Lincoln-Way Central, Beecher's Ava Lorenzatti and Taylor Norkus were dominant in a doubleheader sweep and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The Kankakee girls track and field team placed fifth at the Kays Co-ed Meet Saturday with Herscher placing seventh, while on the boys side Herscher placed sixth and Kankakee placed seventh, and more in Saturday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Peotone's Sophie Klawitter threw a one-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts in the Blue Devils' win to cap off her dominant week, and more in Friday's Daily Journal Roundup

The Bishop McNamara baseball team scored three runs in the fifth inning to win a Chicagoland Christian Conference contest over Wheaton Academy 3-2, and more in Thursday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Plano junior Kaylee Klatt, who won the 100-meter high hurdles at Kaneland’s Amy Holmes Invitational in a career-best time of 16.23 seconds, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Here’s a look at the boys meet records for the Rollie Morris Invitational that will be on line in Saturday's meet at Hall High School

Wilmington baseball kept its perfect ICE record in tact, Peotone's Sophie Klawitter threw a perfect game and more in Monday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Kankakee girls track and field team placed third at the JJK/AL Joyner Classic and more in Saturday's Daily Journal Roundup.

A 12-run fourth inning fueled the Kays in Southland Athletic Conference action and more in Friday's Daily Journal roundup.

The Coal City baseball team beat Peotone for its 10th straight win and more in Wednesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The boys and girls teams from Bradley-Bourbonnais placed first in the Boilermaker Invite on Thursday to open up the outdoor season along with Momence, Herscher and Bishop McNamara.

Dixon won a quad meet at Oregon High School on Thursday, April 3, 2024 beating Forreston, Oregon, and Dakota.

Bradley-Bourbonnais' Boilermaker Invite hosted local schools Bishop McNamara, Herscher and Momence in the annual track & field event.

Oswego sophomore Bo Breed, who was third in the 800-meter run in 1:57.67 and was part of a fourth-place 4x400 relay in 3:30.31 at the Illinois Top Times meet in school record times, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Manteno freshman Klarke Goranson won both the girls Class 2A 800 meters and 1,600 meters at the Illinois Top Times Championships and more in Saturday's Daily Journal roundup.

Yorkville senior Taelor Clements, who won the high jump with an effort of 6 feet, 4 inches at the Southwest Prairie Conference indoor meet, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week. Here is his Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

A handful of schools competed at Reed-Custer's Comet Classic over the weekend, with Bishop McNamara leading the local boys and the host Comets leading the local girls.

Batavia High School hosted the DuKane Conference Boys Track and Field indoor meet on Friday, March 21, 2025.

Batavia High School hosted the , DuKane Conference Girls Track and Field indoor meet on Saturday, March 22, 2025.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais boys track and field team competed in the SouthWest Suburban Conference Boys Indoor Meet, placing ninth as a team, and more in Friday's Daily Journal Roundup.

The Kankakee baseball team lost its season opener on Tuesday as St. Anne-Donovan's Carter Ponton flirted with a no-hitter, and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Jacob Onnen had the go-ahead RBI single and earned the win on the mound and more in Monday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Downers Grove North’s cross country and track athlete Ben Silver, Class of 2011, will be one of four inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

An Olympic champion, two coaches, five athletes and three state title teams were among the inaugural inductees of the Oregon School District’s athletic hall of fame.

Check out a selection of images from Shaw Local's Alex T. Paschal of his favorite sports pictures of the spring season.

A look at the top performances for area boys for track & field, representing ALO, Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede

Former IHSA state pole vaulting champion from Plainfield, Luke Winder, will have a chance to compete on team USA in pole vaulting when he competes at the Olympic Trials in Oregon next month.

Morrison sophomore Brady Anderson, who anchored Morrison’s state championships in the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays, and took fifth in the Class 1A 100-meter dash at the IHSA state track meet, is the Sauk Valley Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

McHenry County athletes compete in the IHSA Boys State Track And Field Meet on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.

Oregon pole vaulter finishes seventh

Sterling's Brecken Peterson will play for third at state tennis on Saturday, Sterling track & field advanced in five events at state, and the All-Western Big 6 Conference teams were announced for baseball, softball, and girls soccer.

Get caught up on Sauk Valley news, sports and features from the week of May 17-24, 2024.

West Carroll junior Emma Randecker, who won the Class 1A 100-meter dash, took second in the 200 and was fourth in the 400 at the IHSA state track and field meet, is the Sauk Valley Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

Newark senior Kiara Wesseh, who won her second consecutive Class 1A state high jump title and took fourth in the 300-meter hurdles and fifth in the 100 hurdles and 4x200 relay at the IHSA state track and field meet, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

Bureau Valley led the medal take with six medals in Class 2A. The eighth-grade Storm girls placed eighth as a team with 16 points.

McHenry County athletes compete in the IHSA Girls State Track And Field Meet on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.

Hoffman shattered the IESA state record by more than six and a half feet with a throw of 163-4 (49.8 meters),

Oregon qualifies three in field events; one in 800 meters

The IHSA held their Class 1, 2 and 3A finals in girls track and field Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. View our photos here.

Dixon senior Olivia Cox, who qualified for the Class 2A state track and field meet in the shot put and discus, is the Sauk Valley Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Shaw Media Group Editor Joshua Welge.

Plano senior Waleed Johnson, who won triple jump, ran on the winning 4x100 relay in a school record 42.88 seconds, took second in the 100 and ran a 400 split of 51.4 seconds in the 4x400 relay at the Kishwaukee River Conference meet, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week.

Local athletes compete in the Huntley IHSA Class 3A Boys Sectional Track and Field Meet on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at Huntley High School.

York assistant girls track coach Niko Karavolos rose to the occasion last month and helped save the life of senior Chloe Peot, who collapsed while competing in the triple jump.

Forreston-Polo won the 1A Oregon Sectional at Landers-Loomis Field on Friday, May 10, 2024. Athletes from 16 teams competed to try to qualify for the state meet at Eastern Illinois University. Forreston-Polo won the meet with 101.5 points followed by Winnebago with 97.75 and Oregon with 74.5,

Local athletes compete in the Fox Valley Conference Boys Track and Field Meet on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at Huntley High School.