Track and Field

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.

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.

Teams from Amboy, Ashton-Franklin Center, DePue, Earlville, Erie-Prophetstown, Putnam County, Henry-Senachwine, Bureau Valley, Milledgeville, Morrison, Marquette, St. Bede, Indian Creek, Hall and Newman competed in the Class 1A girls track and field Sectional on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at Bureau Valley High School.

Local athletes compete in the Huntley IHSA Class 3A Girls Sectional Track and Field Meet on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at Huntley High School.

The 2024 Kishwaukee River Conference Boys Track and Field Meet was held at Plano High School on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

Schools from Sherrard, Port Byron Riverdale, Erie-Prophetstown, Hall, Rockridge, Bureau Valley, Monmouth Roseville, Orion, Princeton, Sterling Newman, Kewanee and Mendota all competed in the Three Rivers Athletic Conference girls meet on Friday, May 3, 2024 in Mendota.

Teams from La Salle- Peru, Ottawa, Kaneland, Sycamore, Rochelle, and Morris competed during the Interstate 8 conference meet on Friday, May 3, 2024 at the L-P Athletic Complex in La Salle.

Huntley won its third consecutive Fox Valley Conference Girls Track and Field team championship and set five meet records on Thursday at Jacobs High School.

Local athletes compete in the Fox Valley Conference Girls Track and Field Meet on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at Jacobs High School in Algonquin.

Plano sophomore Kaylee Klatt, who won the 100-meter hurdles and the 300 hurdles, and anchored Plano’s 4x200 relay to a second-place finish as the Reapers as a team finished third at the Indian Creek Invite, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

Lincoln-Way Central, Dwight win baseball, Providence Catholic, Wilmington win softball. That and more in Monday's roundup.

St. Bede sophomore Lily Bosnich is starring in track and softball, Bureau Valley's Landon Hulsing is competing in uncommon combo of high jump and discus, Henry-Midland's James Braun tried high jump and found a new talent and more in the NewsTribune track and field notebook.

Genoa-Kingston softball, Kaneland girls soccer victorious. That and more in Thursday's roundup.

St. Charles East hosted the 2024 Kane County Girls Track and Field Meet on Thursday, April 25, 2024. The meet was originally scheduled for Friday, April 26, 2024 at Batavia High School but was rescheduled due to impending weather.

Sterling seniors Cale Ledergerber, Mason Emin, Kirra Gibson, Kyle Knutsen, Kendric Muhammad and Isaiah Mendoza signed to play college sports April 24 at the Sterling Schools Foundation building in Sterling. Senior Andre Klaver also announced his college commitment.

Sterling High School track hosts their annual night relay event Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Top performances for area boys for track & field, representing ALO, Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede for Friday, April 26, 2024

Morris, Lincoln-Way West win baseball, Coal City, Wilmington win softball. That and more in Monday's roundup.