Sycamore baseball swept a doubleheader, DeKalb tennis won a doubles tournament and a G-K track athlete set a school record. All that and more in the roundup.

Boys tennis was a new team sport at Sycamore, but it wasn’t new to Steven Chen. The junior had been playing since middle school. Chen finished his first high school season 20-4, including picking up three wins at state, and is our 2023 Boys Tennis Player of the Year.

When practices started in late February, Sycamore boys tennis coach Rob Majerus was teaching his players how to hold a racket. Fast forward to Wednesday, and the Spartans polished off a sweep of DeKalb to stay perfect in their inaugural season, beating the Barbs 5-0.

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The Sycamore boys tennis team, in its inaugural season, welcomed DeKalb Wednesday for an afternoon match.

At Earlville, the Hinckley-Big Rock Royals tallied 14 hits from nine different batters to secure the Little Ten Conference baseball victory over Earlville in five innings, 18-3.

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The Sycamore boys tennis team, in its inaugural season, welcomed Dixon for a match Thursday afternoon.

Tommy Townsend doubled three times, Ethan Storm pitched a four-inning one-hitter, and Sycamore defeated host Sandwich, 17-0, in Interstate Eight Conference baseball action on Monday.

Brooklynn Snodgrass homered and drove in two runs, and Sycamore rallied to defeat visiting Sandwich, 5-3, in Interstate Eight Conference softball action on Monday.

Rose Roach racked up three hits and three stolen bases, and Kaneland’s softball team defeated host Sycamore, 12-1, in Interstate Eight Conference action on Thursday.