Boys Golf

Here’s a look at the top golfers from around the Daily Chronicle coverage area for the 2024 season

Like all other high school sports, developing golfing skills can start at an early age. By that standard, DeKalb’s Jonah Keck was a latecomer to the game. The senior started playing the sport in eighth grade. He is the Daily Chronicle Golfer of the Year.

The Village of Bolingbrook and Bolingbrook Golf Club announced today the return of LIV Golf Chicago to Bolingbrook Golf Club, Aug. 8-10, 2025.

A look at the best boys golfers in the NewsTribune area for the 2024 season.

Hall senior Landen Plym put an exclamation point on a stellar career this fall with an area-best average and a 13th-place finish at state, earning him NewsTribune Boys Golfer of the Year for the third time.

Huntley's Isabella Ciesla won the Fox Valley Conference Girls Cross Country Meet Oct. 19 and over the weekend took 11th at the Class 3A Lake Park Sectional as the Raiders advanced to state as a team. Ciesla was selected as the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week.

The IHSA Class 2A champion Ottawa boys golf team knew they had a great team, but an IHSA state championship team?

Marmion senior Regan Konen, who used a career-best 2-under 69 in the second round to tie for the Class 2A lead, secured his second individual state title after beating out a duo of Wheaton Academy golfers in the second playoff hole at Weibring Golf Club.

Burlington Central's boys golf team, led by an 11th-place finish from junior Tyler Samaan, went from sixth place Friday to third Saturday at the Class 2A state tournament for the program's best finish ever. Plus more top finishes in the Northwest Herald state golf roundup.

Burlington Central's boys team sits in sixth place at the Class 2A state tournament, Crystal Lake Central's Jack Bice is tied for 17th and five shots behind the leader in 3A, plus more scores and results in Friday's Northwest Herald state golf roundup.

After taking the Class 2A boys golf individual title last year, Marmion senior Regan Konen is looking to repeat, as well as help his team to a title. That, plus St. Charles North's girls team hopes to shine in first state trip since winning it all in 2018.

Hinsdale Central's boys and girls teams, state runners-up last year, look to return to the top, while Nazareth is also sending both its girls and boys teams to state. Here’s a look at the IHSA State Tournament for the Suburban Life area’s girls and boys golf qualifiers.

Crystal Lake Central co-op senior Delaney Medlyn will look to continue her sensational postseason run at the Class 2A state tournament, which begins Friday, after winning county, conference, regional and sectional titles.

Hall senior Landen Plym was voted NewsTribune Athlete of the Week after winning an individual regional title in golf while helping the Red Devils to a team regional title.

Woodstock North co-op senior Brady Yergens won the Class 3A Harlem Regional individual title by two shots with a 74 on Oct. 2. For his performance, Yergens was selected as the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

Hampshire's Seth Gillie fired a 2-over-par 73 Monday to tie for fourth at the Class 3A Jacobs Sectional and advance to his second straight state meet. Crystal Lake Central's Jack Bice, a three-time state qualifier, and Asher Johnson also moved on.

Golfers competed in the Class 3A Oswego Sectional boys golf on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 at Blackberry Oaks Golf Course in Bristol.

The Class 2A Kaneland Boys Golf Sectional was held on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 at Hughes Creek in Elburn.

Area golfers compete in the IHSA Boys’ Class 3A Sectional Golf Tournament Monday, Oct. 7 2024, at Randall Oaks Golf Club in West Dundee.

The Nazareth, Marmion and Lemont boys golf teams advanced to state out of the Class 2A Lemont Sectional on Monday, while Marmion's Regan Konen was the medalist with a 68.

Johnsburg senior Riley Johnson earned his first tournament victory to lead the Skyhawks to the Kishwaukee River Conference Boys Golf Tournament championship. Johnson was voted Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week.

McHenry won the Class 3A Harlem Regional championship Wednesday, while Woodstock North co-op's Brady Yergens shot the low score of the day with a 74. Six Burlington Central golfers shot in the 70s at the Class 2A La Salle-Peru Regional, plus more postseason golf results.

Princeton advanced four golfers and Bureau Valley three golfers at Wednesday's regional tournaments. That, plus volleyball and soccer results in Wednesday's News-Tribune roundup.

Minooka senior TJ Quinn shot a 2-under par 69 to edge out Joliet Township senior Mitchell Fulayter by a stroke at the Class 3A Lockport Regional, leading Minooka to its first regional title since 2002. Lincoln-Way East and Lincoln-Way West also advanced teams to sectionals.

Landen Plym shot a 73 to earn medalist honors, leading Hall to a 14-stroke victory at the Class 1A St. Bede Regional and the Red Devils' first regional title in 17 years.

Hampshire junior Nolan Adamczyk earned medalist honors with a 1-over-par 72, and Crystal Lake Central claimed the team championship by two shots at Wednesday's Class 3A Dundee-Crown Regional at Randall Oaks in West Dundee.

Hampshire, Crystal Lake Central, Jacobs, Dundee=Crown, Huntley, and Cary-Grove golfers competed in the IHSA Class 3A Dundee-Crown Regional golf tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 at Randall Oaks Golf Club in West Dundee.

Dundee-Crown senior Sophie Morawski earned medalist honors at the Class 2A Jacobs Regional, while host Jacobs advanced to sectionals as a team. Johnsburg, Marian Central and Marengo all qualified in 1A, plus more in Tuesday's postseason golf roundup.

Here’s a look at tee times for your favorite local golfers

Casey Sanborn of Plainfield North and Ty Quinn of Minooka finished separated by one stroke. That one shot was the difference in the team race, as the Tigers won the conference title over the Indians 293-294, plus more from across the Herald-News coverage.

Johnsburg's Riley Johnson earned medalist honors to lead the Skyhawks boys golf team to the Kishwaukee River Conference championship, Harvard boys soccer won its fourth straight KRC regular-season title, plus more in Wednesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Henry-Senachwine boys golf finished second in the team race and was led by medalist Carson Rowe at the Tri-County Conference Meet, plus more in Wednesday's NewsTribune Roundup.

Burlington Central junior Tyler Samaan finished Wednesday's Fox Valley Conference Tournament with a strong final nine holes to the win the individual conference tournament and lead the Rockets to the FVC team title as well.

Area golfers compete in the Fox Valley Conference Boys Golf Tournament on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, at RedTail Golf Club in Lakewood.

Boys golfers competed in the West Suburban Conference silver division meet on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024 at Prairie Bluff Golf Course in Crest Hill.

Richmond-Burton's Nick Kyes scored five goals as the Rockets beat Marengo in boys soccer, R-B volleyball moved to 15-0, plus more scores and results in Monday's Northwest Herald roundup.

The Streator boys golf team, led by individual champion sophomore Jack Studnicki, won the Illinois Central Eight Conference meet for the second straight year on Monday at Wolf Creek in Pontiac. Coal City and Coalers senior Kylee Kennell captured the girls titles.

Several teams including Sycamore, Kaneland, LaSalle-Peru, Ottawa and Morris were at the Kishwaukee Country Club in DeKalb to compete in the Interstate 8 boys golf tournament.

Landen Plym shot a medalist 72 with Jake Diaz (84) third and Joe Perez (85) fourth to lead the Red Devils (330) to the championship over runner-up Mendota (352).

Hampshire and Burlington Central both shot 147s in their Fox Valley Conference boys golf dual wins on Thursday. Plus more results in girls golf, girls tennis, volleyball and boys soccer in the Northwest Herald sports roundup.

At Frankfurt, six different Griffins scored as East rolled in the nonconference match. Plus more in the roundup.

Nick Kyes scored two goals to lead the Richmond-Burton past Woodstock North, 4-0, to a Kishwaukee River Conference win on Wednesday. Plus more boys soccer, volleyball, girls tennis, boys and girls golf and girls swimming scores.

Kendra Kingsby, Kendra Hutchinson, and Macey Schryver had five kills each to lead the Missiles to a 25-16, 25-12 win over the visiting Clippers. That plus more volleyball , soccer and golf in the roundup.

Crystal Lake Central won in volleyball, golf and tennis, plus more results in Tuesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Richmond-Burton soccer won 9-0 and more soccer, golf, volleyball and tennis results in Monday's Northwest Herald roundup.

The top 20 players were within 10 strokes of par Monday at the Mark Rolfing Cup, with Geneva repeating as team champion thanks to a fifth-score tiebreaker.

Area golf teams from Streator, Ottawa, Hall, La Salle-Peru, Kaneland, Sycamore, Morris, Dixon, Parkview Christian, Minooka and Marmion Academy all competed in the Pirate Invitational meet on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024 at Deer Park Golf Course in Oglesby.

The DeKalb, Sycamore, Kaneland, Geneva, Huntley, St. Charles North and Burlington Central boys golf teams were among those that played Monday in the Mark Rolfing Cup at the Kishwaukee Country Club in DeKalb.

Lockport, Seneca win in volleyball, Lincoln-Way West, Lincoln-Way East win in boys soccer. That and more in Thursday's roundup.

Burlington Central's Leah Freesemann reached 500 career kills in a Fox Valley Conference win against Jacobs on Thursday. Plus more volleyball, girls swimming, girls tennis, boys soccer and boys golf results in the Northwest Herald sports roundup.