Freshman guard Kiana Ogulei, like everyone in the gym Wednesday at Plano, had a cold start shooting. But Ogulei had three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and scored 11 of her 13 points in the final period to send visiting Yorkville Christian past Plano 38-30.

Led by the defense of Jalen Carter and Jeffrey Hassan, Kaneland forced Yorkville Christian to miss its first 13 shots and scored the game's first 14 points, and rode that devastating start to a 78-47 win in the 62nd Plano Classic final for the Knights' third straight title.

Jayden Riley scored 26 points and made a handful of key plays over a minute's time late in the fourth quarter, as Yorkville Christian turned away a tough challenge from Plano for a 69-59 win in the semifinals of the 62nd Plano Christmas Classic.

The Yorkville Christian boys basketball team needed every bit of Jayden Riley's 37 points and Tray Alford's 21 points to hold off a determined Mendota squad for a 74-69 triumph in Saturday's quarterfinals of the 62nd Plano Christmas Classic.

When Yorkville Christian’s defense is clicking, the Mustangs can run past teams. During their opening game in the 62nd annual Plano Christmas Classic, the Mustangs got a running clock against Morris during the fourth quarter of Friday afternoon’s 59-37 victory.

Will Kaneland and Yorkville Christian meet in a Plano Christmas Classic finals rematch? Can Oswego East take the title at Hinsdale Central? And what about Oswego and York at the Jack Tosh Holiday Classic? We preview area holiday tournaments.

Tray Alford hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer and Jayden Riley scored 40 points to give Yorkville Christian the championship of the 608 Tournament in Wisconsin, and Mason Lockett and Oswego East rallied for a big win over Waukegan in Saturday's roundup.

Jayden Riley scored 30 points to lead Yorkville Christian to a win over Madison LaFollette in Wisconsin, Reggie Chapman's 18 points paced Newark past Somonauk plus Sandwich and Plano boys basketball results in Friday's roundup.

Two-time defending tournament champion Kaneland, currently undefeated, received the No. 1 seed for the 62nd Plano Christmas Classic at the seeding meeting held Thursday evening. Yorkville Christian, last year's runner-up, is the No. 2 seed in the event that tips off Dec. 26.

Yorkville Christian senior Jackson Allen, who won his second consecutive Plano Reaper Classic tournament championship, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Yorkville Christian girls and boys basketball both picked up wins over Ottawa Marquette, plus Yorkville and Plano boys basketball results and Yorkville and Plano boys bowling results in Tuesday's roundup.

Jayden Riley's 36 points paced Yorkville Christian boys basketball past Lemont at the Team Rose Shootout, Ethan Vahl's 21 points led Oswego past Waubonsie, Yorkville boys wrestling won three matches at a quad meet and Oswego boys wrestling won two of three in Saturday's roundup.

Sandwich senior Cooper Corder won his second consecutive 150-pound title, and Yorkville Christian senior Jackson Allen won his second straight title during Saturday’s 42nd annual Plano Reaper Classic.

Brady Behringer's double-double led Sandwich boys basketball to an overtime win over Genoa-Kingston, Payton Wallin scored 28 points in a Yorkville Christian win and Yorkville boys wrestling and Plano boys bowling were both winners Thursday.

Yorkville Christian senior Payton Wallin, who averaged 19 points per game as the Mustangs went 3-0 to win the Wheaton Academy Thanksgiving Tournament, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

The 2025-2026 boys basketball season tips off this week. Here are five players to watch in the Record Newspapers coverage area.

As the 2025-2026 boys basketball season tips off this week, here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

As the 2025-2026 girls basketball season tips off this week, here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The 2025-2026 girls basketball season tips off this week. Here are five players to watch in the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Yorkville Christian senior guard Jayden Riley, the Record Newspapers Player of the Year as a junior, made his verbal commitment this week to Division I SIU-Edwardsville.

The 2025 boys soccer season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The 2025 girls volleyball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Yorkville Christian guard Jayden Riley is enjoying a breakout summer, with up to six scholarship offers after his performances at Riverside-Brookfield and Romeoville. Riley, last year's Record Newspapers Player of the Year, has set lofty goals for his senior season.

Here is the 2025 Record Newspapers All-Area baseball team.

Here is the 2025 Record Newspapers All-Area softball team.

Oswego sophomore Dontrell Young won medals in the 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes at the IHSA state track meet, Oswego East's Zach Morrisroe won two throws medals and Yorkville's Owen Horeni was second in the 800, leading area medalists in Charleston.

Can Oswego sophomore Dontrell Young get a medals sweep in the sprints? Can Oswego East senior Zach Morrisroe go out with a bang in the throws? Can Plano senior Tristan Meszaros add to a record season? Here are five Kendall County storylines to watch at the IHSA state track meet.

Kaleb Elwood slugged a solo home run with out in the top of the eighth to cap off a four-hit day, as Aurora Christian outlasted Yorkville Christian 9-8 in a wild Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Regional final.

Despite taking first in only one event, the Seneca boys track and field team won the championship at the Class 1A Seneca Sectional

The track and field season heads outdoors soon. Here are previews of boys track and field teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Here is the 2024-2025 Record Newspapers all-area boys basketball team.

Yorkville Christian junior guard Jayden Riley, who led the Mustangs to 21 wins, the championship game of the Plano Christmas Class for the first time, and a regional final, and averaged 23 points, 8.5 assists and 4.5 rebounds, is the Record Newspapers Player of the Year.

Baseball season is officially here and there are no shortage of interesting stories to watch as the season unfolds. Here are five storylines in particular to follow in the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The 2025 high school softball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The 2025 high school baseball season starts next week. Here are five players to watch in the Record Newspapers area.

Here is the 2024-2025 Record Newspapers All-Area girls basketball team.

Here is the Record Newspapers All-Area boys wrestling team.

Aurora Christian defeated Yorkville Christian in the Class 1A Indian Creek Regional final on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 in Shabbona.

Aurora Christian kept its cool against Yorkville Christian during Friday’s Class 1A Indian Creek Regional championship game, the first game ever between the two programs. The Eagles overwhelmed the Mustangs with a 17-0 run in the third quarter, blowing the game open to win 68-48.

Yorkville Christian senior Danielle Bulson, who scored 17 points in Yorkville Christian’s 48-41 regional final win over Serena to clinch the first regional championship in program history, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

St. Edward took the lead 10 seconds in and led the rest of the way in a 46-20 victory over Yorkville Christian in a Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Sectional semifinal Tuesday.

Yorkville Christian faces off against St. Edward's Elgin in Class 1A Sectional girls basketball Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at Hinckley-Big Rock High School. St. Edwards took the win and will play for the Sectional title on Thursday.

Yorkville seniors Jack Ferguson and Ryder Janeczko each ended out their wrestling careers with third-place finishes at the IHSA boys wrestling individual state meet to lead the seven All-State finishes from Kendall County-area wrestlers.

Can Yorkville Christian make a deep run in Class 1A? Can Sandwich party like it's 1993 again in regionals? Can a Class 4A team reach a regional final? That, and Newark's familiar path are storylines to watch as the boys basketball postseason is set to tip off.

Danielle Bulson scored 17 points and Payton Wallin 16, and Yorkville Christian beat Serena 48-41 in the Class 1A Indian Creek Regional final for the first regional championship in the history of the program.

Yorkville Christian defeated Hinckley-Big Rock and Serena beat Indian Creek in the Class 1A Indian Creek Regional semifinals Tuesday.

The Hinckley-Big Rock and Yorkville Christian girls basketball teams met Tuesday night in a Class 1A regional game at Indian Creek High School in Shabbona.

Morris's Paxton Valentine, Sycamore's Carson West, Sterling's Zyan Westbrook and Plano's Prince Amakiri all won championships at Saturday's IHSA Class 2A Washington Boys Wrestling Sectional.

Teams from Sycamore, Morris, Yorkville Christian, Sterling, Kaneland and Dixon competed in the championship and third-place matches during the Class 2A Sectional championship on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025 at Washington High School.

While Yorkville Christian dominated the Kaneland Class 2A Individual Wrestling Regional Saturday to win its fourth in a row team title, the other tournament schools will be well represented at next week’s Washington Class 2A Sectional.