Chris Walker

The 2024-25 wrestling season is underway, and here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

MAPLE PARK – Dixon is having fun. That the Duchesses are winning certainly has something to do with it as they won their seventh straight to open the season with a 47-38 non-conference win at Kaneland on Monday night.

Vincas Buzelis hit a 3-pointer just before the buzzer to force overtime, but Hinsdale Central lost 79-76 to Rockford Guilford in the Hoops for Healing championship.

Oswego East senior MJ Hoffman, who scored 16 goals and added 10 assists and was named all-state and all-conference while leading the Wolves to 12 wins and a regional final, is the Record Newspapers boys soccer Player of the Year.

Here is the 2024 Record Newspapers All-Area boys soccer team.

Vincas Buzelis scored 25 points to lead three Hinsdale Central players in double figures, leading the Red Devils past short-handed Oswego East 69-57 at the Hoops for Healing Tournament.

We take a look at all four boys wrestling teams in the Daily Chronicle coverage area.

From state qualifiers to middle school medalists, we take a look at five wrestlers who are poised for big seasons from the Daily Chronicle coverage area.

Freshman Ethan Vahl scored 23 points in his first high school game to make a winner of new Oswego coach Nick Oraham as the Panthers rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Rockford Guilford 60-56 during Monday's Hoops for Healing tournament game.

From a collection of strong inside players to some 3-and-D guards, we take a look at five boys basketball players that you don't want to miss this season.

How far can DeKalb go? Can an improved Sycamore finish with a winning record? How much of a difference does a new transfer make to an already loaded Kaneland squad? We preview all seven area teams.

We take a look at what each girls basketball team is expecting this year, from Sycamore going through a youth movement to Indian Creek returning after a year of not fielding a varsity team.

Outside shooters. Dominating inside presences. We look at five players who are poised for big seasons around the Daily Chronicle coverage area.

Army vet Dave Werdin’s name has become so synonymous with Kaneville that the Kaneville Township Community Center is also known as the Dave Werdin Community Center.

The Lemont boys soccer team allowed a goal for the second time this postseason Friday in a 1-0 loss to Althoff Catholic in a Class 2A semifinal.