Griffin Somlock scored 20 points to lead Sandwich boys basketball to its first win and Oswego bowling finished eighth at the 20-team J-Hawk Invite.

Cody Kulbartz had 18 points and 19 rebounds to power Newark past Leland, plus Oswego and Yorkville boys basketball results in Friday's roundup.

Oswego East junior Dshaun Bolden is off to a huge start in his first full varsity season, and he continued to impress Friday. Bolden had 17 points and seven rebounds and DePaul recruit Mason Lockett 16 points and seven rebounds in a 62-28 win over visiting Plainfield North.

Yorkville's boys wrestling team beat Minooka in the Southwest Prairie Conference opener, Oswego East girls basketball held off Plainfield North and Yorkville girls bowling topped Oswego in Thursday's roundup.

Yorkville Christian senior Payton Wallin, who averaged 19 points per game as the Mustangs went 3-0 to win the Wheaton Academy Thanksgiving Tournament, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

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The Oswego football team played Mount Carmel Saturday to decide the IHSA Class 8A state championship in Huskie Stadium at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

The Ottawa boys basketball team used a key 14-2 run midway through the third quarter in a 58-46 victory over Sandwich on Tuesday night at Kingman Gymnasium.

Thanks to a third-quarter offensive outburst led by Jadyn Long, Plano turned a back-and-forth battle with Sandwich into a no-doubt victory on Tuesday.

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Ottawa defeated Sandwich 58-46 on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025 at Kingman Gymnasium.