Oswego Preps

Can Yorkville Christian make a deep run in Class 1A? Can Sandwich party like it's 1993 again in regionals? Can a Class 4A team reach a regional final? That, and Newark's familiar path are storylines to watch as the boys basketball postseason is set to tip off.

On a night when Oswego was hoping to get a charge from its seniors, it was Oswego East that took a bunch of charges during a 54-38 victory at their rival’s place Tuesday night.

Oswego hosted Oswego East in a boys basketball crosstown matchup on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 in Oswego.

Yorkville had one champion, Jack Ferguson, and four other wrestlers qualify for state from the Class 3A Joliet Central Sectional, while Oswego advanced one wrestler.

Can Plano add to its best season ever? Can Yorkville Christian win its first regional? Can Oswego East continue its hot streak? Here are the postseason storylines to watch for Kendall County-area teams this month.

Genevieve Herion won the all-around, vault and beam, tied for first on floor and took second in bars to lead Downers Grove co-op to the Hinsdale Central Sectional title Monday and advance to state for the fifth straight season. Lincoln-Way co-op was second and Oswego co-op third.

Taelor Clements is a potential Division I high jumper, but on the basketball court the Yorkville senior plays the role of “energy guy.” He plays it well. On Saturday, he helped spark the Foxes' 66-59 win over visiting Oswego.

Yorkville senior guard Brooke Spychalski scored 24 points in her final home game, and the Foxes dialed up their fullcourt pressure in the second half to rally past visiting Oswego 74-67 on Saturday.

Oswego senior Aaliyah Roldan, who won the 120-pound title at the Hinsdale South Regional, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Joliet West hosted the SouthWest Prairie Conference Meet on Saturday and had a second-place showing, placing behind champion Yorkville.

Aubrey Lamberti hit five of Oswego East's nine 3-pointers and scored 23 points, nine in the first quarter, and the visiting Wolves started fast and rolled past Oswego 62-51 to their ninth straight win.

Oswego hosted Plainfield South in boys varsity basketball on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

With Joliet West's loss to Minooka on Friday, Plainfield South is now just half a game out of third place in the Southwest Prairie Conference after a win over Oswego.

Guards La'Niya Willis, Tierra Abner and Zaharia Davis led Plainfield South to a 64-50 win over Oswego.

Oswego junior Kendall Grant, who scored a career-high 27 points in a win over East Aurora and had 21 points, five rebounds and five assists against Oswego East, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Andy Pohlman had a near-near double, leading Oswego East's enormous rebounding edge on Oswego, in the Wolves' 60-46 win Saturday, their 15th straight in the crosstown series.

Oswego East junior Lillie Van Dyke missed many moments on the court the last two years with a torn ACL as a freshman and a partially torn ACL as a sophomore. But she had an unforgettable moment Saturday, her 3-pointer with 10 seconds left sending Oswego East past Oswego 58-56.

Oswego East hosted Oswego boys varsity basketball in a crosstown matchup on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025.

Oswego East hosted Oswego girls basketball in a crosstown matchup on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025.

Charles Coleman found himself at a crossroads two years ago, unsure of his next stop. He just knew he wasn’t done with football. Two years after sitting out the 2022 season, Coleman on Sunday ran for a 66-yard touchdown in North Central's win in the DIII national championship.

Sophie Kelner was among five Lockport girls to take home individual titles as the Porters won the team championship of Oswego East's Aaron Dudley Memorial Girls Invite. Woodstock was third, Oswego fourth and Oswego East fifth in the 24-team field.

Seniors Sam Phillip and Ava Sullivan have helped to catapult Oswego co-op to its best season in more than a decade – and contend for its first berth to the eight-team state meet since 2002. Oswego won its Tumble for the Troops Invitational with the state's second-highest score.

Congrats to all of the players who made Friday Night Drive's 2024 Team of the Year

The Yorkville wrestling team improved to 12-0 in duals with a victory over Oswego on Thursday.

Ryder Janeczko's 100th career win highlighted Yorkville wrestling winning three duals, Oswego wrestling went 2-1 in duals and Yorkville Christian and Plano boys basketball and Yorkville girls basketball were winners Saturday.

Here is the 2024 Record Newspapers All-Area football team.

Oswego senior linebacker and Iowa commit Carson Cooney, who led the Panthers to a 9-0 regular season and the Southwest Prairie West championship, is the 2024 Record Newspapers Player of the Year.

Gabe Sanders scored 14 points, none bigger than his 3-point shot with just over two minutes left as Yorkville, which led by 19 in the fourth quarter, held on for a 64-55 win at Oswego on Tuesday.

Madi Spychalski had 15 points and 12 rebounds and Yorkville girls basketball rode a fast start past Oswego, Yorkville bowling beat Oswego, Dylan Long scored 31 in a Newark win and more in Tuesday's roundup.

Oswego hosted Yorkville on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024 in boys varsity basketball.

Here is the 2024 Record Newspapers All-Area girls volleyball team.

Oswego senior and Long Beach State recruit Sidney Hamaker, who led the Panthers to a record 32 wins, the program's first conference title and sectional final, is the Record Newspapers girls volleyball Player of the Year.

Mason Lockett's 20 points paced Oswego East past Minooka in the conference opener, Tray Alford scored 26 and Yorkville Christian hit 15 3-pointers in its win, plus results from Oswego and Yorkville boys basketball, Oswego East and Yorkville Christian girls basketball and more.

The 2024-25 wrestling season is underway, and here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Yorkville boys basketball won its season opener at the Strombom Tournament, Oswego Co-op gymnastics won the Hornet Invitational at Hinsdale South and Yorkville and Oswego wrestling both won dual meets in Wednesday's roundup.

Here is the 2024 Record Newspapers All-Area boys soccer team.

Freshman Ethan Vahl scored 23 points in his first high school game to make a winner of new Oswego coach Nick Oraham as the Panthers rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Rockford Guilford 60-56 during Monday's Hoops for Healing tournament game.

Oswego boys basketball faced Rockford Guilford in a Hoops for Healing game on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024 at Oswego High School.

As the boys basketball season tips off this week, here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Oswego junior Savannah Millard, who topped 20 wins and qualified for the state tennis tournament for the third consecutive year, is the Record Newspapers girls tennis Player of the Year.

Kendall Grant scored 13 points and Ashley Cook 11 to lead Oswego girls basketball to a season-opening win in overtime, Hannah Treptow poured in 24 points to pace Sandwich's season-opening win and Mitchell Rodenbostel's career-high 742 series led Oswego East bowling's win.

As the girls basketball season tips off this week, here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Here are the semifinal pairings for the IHSA playoffs.

Oswego Co-op junior Katie Malm’s 492.00 points for 11 total dives gave the program its first state championship diver by 5.5 points on Saturday at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont.

Oswego Co-Op freshman Alli Wiertel, who tied for fourth at the Class 2A state tournament with an even-par score of 144 over two days, is the Record Newspapers girls golf Player of the Year. Here is her Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Here are the quarterfinal pairings for the IHSA playoffs.

Oswego girls volleyball faced Joliet West in the Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional semifinal on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in Bolingbrook.

Quarterback Bruno Massel rushed for 177 yards and three touchdowns, and Jimmy Conners and Henry Duda also went over 100 yards rushing, as York rode a 28-point second half to a 35-17 win over previously unbeaten Oswego in a Class 8A second-round game.

Oswego hosted York in the second round of Class 8A football on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024 in Oswego.

York faces Oswego in Round 2 of the 2024 Class 8A IHSA football playoffs. Friday Night Drive editor Josh Welge will have live updates, scores and news from the game