Eddie Carifio

Davon Grant scored 28 to lead DeKalb, the NIU men's and women's basketball teams lost, plus more in the roundup.

The intense DeKalb defense forced 27 turnovers, leading to 28 points and overcoming 21 turnovers of its own in a win over Dundee-Crown at their MLK Girls basketball Showcase.

Ally Poegel sets 29 to become all-time leading scorer for Genoa-Kingston, Sycamore's Brian Weigel won the Kaneland Boys Bowling Regional and more in the roundup.

Ayden Shuey had a big early win for DeKalb, but Sycamore's Charlie Olson got a pin when he needed it, forcing a tie with the Barbs. DeKalb won the rivalry match Friday on criteria.

The DeKalb boys and girls wrestling teams swept Metea Valley while the DeKalb-Sycamore boys swim team picked up a DVC win.

Genoa-Kingston's EJ Kennedy and Rock Falls' Trail Stonitsch each had a pair of pins in a BNC triangular on Thursday.

Marcus Johnson powered a Genoa-Kingston comeback at Harvest Christian as part of a boys-girls doubleheader sweep, Aiden Cooper had 21 points and 21 rebounds, the NIU men lose at home plus more in the roundup.

For long stretches against Sycamore on Tuesday, it seemed like Darius Harrington and Dixon couldn’t miss in a 64-42 victory over the Spartans.

Serena earned the No. 1 seed in the Little 10 Conference tournament with Hinckley-Big Rock earning the second seed. The tournament starts Monday in Earlville.

Sycamore won the I-8 boys bowling tournament while the DeKalb and Genoa-Kingston girls basketball teams picked up nonconference victories.

After hitting a free throw to reach 1,000 career points, the floodgates opened for Anna Herrmann in a 29-point, 10-rebound performance that lifted Hinckley-Big Rock past Indian Creek.

Former Sycamore teammates Evyn Carrier (Western Michigan) and Lexi Carlsen (NIU) combined for 19 points and 14 rebounds in the Broncos' 61-57 win over the Huskies on Saturday.

Carrier came up with a steal with 2:31 left and fed it ahead to Sadie Lang, who drained a 3-pointer to give the Spartans their second lead of the game, one that would last until the end of their 41-39 victory over the Pirates in a key Interstate 8 battle.

Jayden Gray and Aidan Cooper each had double-doubles in a Hiawatha win, Sycamore picked up a win, and other basketball, wrestling and swimming results in the roundup.

Cooper Bode said he’s working on his composure. Tuesday’s match against Kaneland’s Apollo Gochis gave the Sycamore 175-pounder a good test of that in the Spartans' 57-18 win on Thursday.