Kaneland Preps

Kaneland sophomore Angelina Gochis won her second straight state championship Saturday at the IHSA Girls Wrestling tournament to cap off a perfect 36-0 season.

Kaneland Angelina Gochis won a state championship Saturday at the IHSA Girls Wrestling tournament. The sophomore was one of four area medalists, including teammate Brooklyn Sheaffer, Sycamore’s Ema Durst and DeKalb’s Alex Gregorio-Perez.

At Bloomington, Kaneland’s Angelina Gochis and Brooklyn Sheaffer are guaranteed medals after each picked up a pair of wins on the first day of the IHSA Girls Wrestling State Championship.

Trailing most of the game Friday, Kaneland rallied in the fourth quarter to finally get past Wheaton Academy and win the Class 3A IMSA Regional Championship, 66-56, for its recording-setting 30th win. 

Marmion advanced to the Class 3A boys dual wrestling state semifinals after defeating Schaumburg 63-10 to keep the hopes of winning their first-ever team title alive.

Dixon built a 31-9 lead and held on a 40-30 victory over the Knights in a Class 3A Boylan Sectional semifinal on Tuesday behind 15 points from Ahmyrie McGowan.

The Dixon and Kaneland girls basketball teams met Tuesday in a Class 3A sectional semifinal at Boylan Catholic High School in Rockford.

Can Kaneland and Geneva add to their record seasons? Can Burlington Central make up for last year's early exit? Can another Kane County team make an underdog run? Here are some boys basketball playoff storylines to watch.

Kaneland sophomore guard Amani Meeks scored a career-high 20 points, and the Knights held off a hot-shooting Laken LePage and Crystal Lake South for a 60-47 win and their second straight regional championship Friday night.

Crystal Lake South faces Kaneland in the IHSA Class 3A Crystal Lake South Regional Championship girls basketball game on Friday, Feb. 20, 2025, at Crystal Lake South High School.

Marmion's Nicholas Garcia and Zach Stewart, along with St. Charles East's Dom Munaretto, all advanced to their respective championship matches, while four others secured their spot in the medal matches during Day 2 of the IHSA boys wrestling individual state finals.

Eighteen Kane County-area wrestlers advanced to the semifinals of the IHSA individual state tournament, while 12 more fell to the consolation bracket at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill. on Thursday.

The boys basketball season postseason kicks off locally Monday with Indian Creek, Hiawatha and Genoa-Kingston opening with first-round regional games before semifinals Wednesday. Here are five things to keep an eye on as the postseason gets underway.

Kendra Brown scored 20 points as Kaneland advanced to a Class 3A regional final. Plus more scores from around the area in Tuesday's Daily Chronicle Sports Roundup.

A total of four DeKalb boys and girls wrestlers, five from Kaneland and seven from Sycamore qualified for state tournaments. Alex Gregorio-Perez, Angelina Gochis, Brooklyn Shaeffer and Carson West won sectional titles.

Morris's Paxton Valentine, Sycamore's Carson West, Sterling's Zyan Westbrook and Plano's Prince Amakiri all won championships at Saturday's IHSA Class 2A Washington Boys Wrestling Sectional.

Teams from Sycamore, Morris, Yorkville Christian, Sterling, Kaneland and Dixon competed in the championship and third-place matches during the Class 2A Sectional championship on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025 at Washington High School.

Illinois high school basketball has entered its most exciting month of the season. Girls basketball playoffs start next week, with the boys beginning the following week. Here are postseason storylines to watch for Kane County area teams.

A roundup of sports across the Daily Chronicle area for Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025.

A Kaneland 3-point shooting streak that spanned the first two quarters broke open Monday’s game at Sycamore. Starting at the 1:20 mark of the first quarter, Kaneland drained eight straight treys in the 57-29 win. 

While Yorkville Christian dominated the Kaneland Class 2A Individual Wrestling Regional Saturday to win its fourth in a row team title, the other tournament schools will be well represented at next week’s Washington Class 2A Sectional. 

Kaneland senior guard Marshawn Cocroft said Sycamore came out in Friday’s Interstate 8 matchup and punched the Knights hard. But Cocroft got the last shot, his 3-pointer in the final 90 seconds of overtime giving Kaneland the lead for good in its 58-53 win over the Spartans.

Glenbard West's gymnastics team won its ninth straight regional title while Willowbrook senior Naomi Campbell won the all-around at Thursday's Willowbrook Regional.

The Sycamore girls dance team took ninth at state, DeKalb and Kaneland each had three champs at the IHSA Rock Falls Girls Wrestling Regional, plus other results in the roundup.

The Kaneland boys basketball team pulled away from L-P on Friday for its 20th consecutive win.

Kaneland beat L-P 72-32 on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P High School.

In the second half with DeKalb's lead down to 3, Marshawn Cocroft took on the duties of guarding Sean Reynolds and the Knights' fortunes changed in a 58-54 win over the Barbs.

The DeKalb boys basketball team traveled to Maple Park Tuesday to take on the Knights at Kaneland High School.

Sean Reynolds became the all-time leading scorer for DeKalb boys basketball, DeKalb wrestling won the DVC title, plus more scores from around the area in Friday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.

To 1,000 points and beyond, players in the Daily Chronicle coverage area have achieved a lot of personal milestones so far this season. We take a look back at some of the achievements those players have reached this season.

Martin Ledbetter scores 30 as Hinkley Big Rock wins. DeKalb boys win, Kaneland girls split and Indian Creek girls advance in Little Ten Tournament, plus more scores in the Daily Chronicle sports roundup.

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

Sam Kerry and Kyra Lilly stepped up offensively, and Kaneland's pressure caused problems for La Salle-Peru as the Knights rolled to a 58-29 win Wednesday.

Kaneland beat L-P 58-29 on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2024 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P High School.

While not having the best night all around, Kaneland did enough on the court to get a 50-39 victory over Naperville Central for their 15th consecutive victory.

Naperville Central hosted Kaneland in boys varsity basketball on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 in Naperville.

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.

The Sycamore wrestling team welcomed Kaneland Thursday night in an Interstate 8 Conference showdown.

Aurora Central Catholic started Tuesday's game with Kaneland quickly and never really slowed down as it rolled to a 73-48 victory.

It wasn't only high school champions. From NIU’s historic win at Notre Dame to local golf pro David Paeglow competing at the US Senior Open, there were plenty of national stories out of DeKalb County. Here's the 10 biggest of 2024.

Luke Reinert scored 14 points, one of five Kaneland players scoring in double figures, and the Knights outlasted Yorkville Christian in a 91-85 barnburner in the 61st Plano Christmas Classic championship game, overcoming Jayden Riley's 39-point performance and the Mustangs 19 3s.

Saturday’s 8 p.m. championship game is set at the 61st Plano Christmas Classic, as defending champion Kaneland pulled away from scrappy Streator late Friday after sixth-seeded Yorkville Christian survived overtime with Northridge Prep.

Top-seeded Kaneland cruised into the Plano Christmas Classic semifinals with a win over La Salle-Peru on Thursday.

Alex Gregorio-Perez took first at Morris for DeKalb on Saturday, a pair of Kaneland wrestlers won at Stillman Valley, DeKalb-Sycamore swimming won at Sterling and Ally Poegel sets a G-K record. Plus other wrestling in the roundup.

Scoring in bunches, Kaneland delivered an early knockout punch at Plano on Friday night, overwhelming the Reapers, 75-39.

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Brooke Stonebreaker finished with 18 points and nine rebounds, while Sycamore and Kaneland lost nonconference games against undefeated teams.

Martin Ledbetter said Hinckley-Big Rock's career scoring mark, plus other basketball results in the roundup.

Amani Meeks did nearly everything for Kaneland against Sycamore Friday, so it’s fitting she had the overtime dagger that sank the Spartans in the Knights' 55-49 win.