DeKalb grad Morgan Gerak (Newport) was named head coach at Northern Kentucky, her first head coaching gig. The job became available when the former coach, Kathryn Gleason, took the head coaching job at Northern Illinois.

After blasting 18 home runs and helping Lake Land reach the NJCAA Division I World Series, Sycamore grad Tia Durst transfers to Washington

No. 1 seed Christ Community cruised to a 10-0 win over eight-seed First Baptist Sycamore II in the quarterfinals of the DeKalb County Church Softball League on Monday.

The Sycos got a strong pitching performance from Bella Jacobs and rolled to a 6-1 win against Thunder Premier on Sunday to win the Storm Dayz 16U bracket.

The Kishwaukee Valley Storm, Sycamore Sycos and other travel teams will compete in the 24th Annual Storm Dayz Tournament, which runs Friday through Sunday at the Sycamore Park District softball fields.

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The Kishwaukee Valley Storm softball teams practiced Wednesday as they prepare to participate in this weekend's Storm Dayz tournament at the Sycamore Community Sports Complex.

Kairi Lantz wielded a huge bat for Sycamore this year, was a lockdown defender behind the plate and was a key cog in controlling the Spartan pitching staff. The sophomore catcher is the Daily Chronicle 2024 Softball Player of the Year.

Nine of the 12 players on the Daily Chronicle 2024 All-Area softball team are freshmen, sophomores or juniors. Check out the full team.

The Little Ten Conference has released its 2024 spring all-conference teams for softball and baseball.