Anthony Comperda walked and scored on a passed ball as Oswego baseball salvaged the final game of a three-game series with Yorkville, Tyler Lissman went 4 for 4 with seven RBIs in a Sandwich win and Ryan Williams and Danica Peshia homered in Newark's win over Plano on Friday.
Lucas Hicks threw 63 of his 96 pitches for strikes and struck out 13 in a complete-game two-hitter, and Westmont blew open a close game late and went on to a 9-0 nonconference win at Plano Friday.
Ryan Williams played her junior season with a torn ACL in her left knee, and tore the other ACL before her freshman year. But the Newark senior shortstop is back and better than ever to spark the 19-3 Norsemen. That plus notes on Oswego, Yorkville and Oswego East from Josh Welge.
Brooklyn Marks struck out 12 in a three-run shutout in a Sandwich softball win and Chance Lange homered and drove in five runs in a Sandwich baseball win in Thursday's roundup.
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.
Taeopae Wetterman’s day as an athletic trainer at Yorkville High School starts well before the first ball is rolled out for games or practices. She likes it that way.
Josh Stellwagen had four RBIs, Jason Phillips homered and Kaden Aguirre threw a one-hitter as Plano baseball rolled past Richmond-Burton, and Sandwich's late rally fell short against Marengo in Wednesday's roundup.
Taylor McClain anchored two of Plainfield North's four relay wins and later won the 200-meter dash, as the Tigers raced to their first Southwest Prairie Conference track and field championship since 2010.
The Serena softball team — behind a five-hitter in the circle by Maddie Glade and clutch sixth-inning RBI hits by Cassie Walsh and Brynley Glade — topped Newark 3-1 in Wednesday's Little Ten Conference game at Serena High School.