Oswego Preps

Sandwich junior Sunny Weber won the regional cross country title at Morris, and Yorkville's boys and girls were second at Minooka in Saturday's roundup.

Here are the first-round matchups for each Record Newspapers area football team. Dates and times will be updated when confirmed.

Here are the opening round pairings for the Class 8A playoffs.

Lucas Andersen rushed for two touchdowns, Kaleb Stumpenhorst kicked three field goals and Mikey Claycombe and the Oswego defense did the rest, pulling away to beat Oswego East 23-7 to complete a perfect regular season.

Oswego East hosted Oswego on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 in Week 9 Football.

Oswego faces Oswego East in Week 9 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive editor Josh Welge will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Long Beach State recruit Sidney Hamaker had 15 kills and the go-ahead ace in the third set, and Oswego overcame losing a big lead in the second set to beat Joliet West 25-19, 22-25, 25-12 to win the school's first volleyball conference championship.

Oswego hosted Joliet West on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 in girls volleyball.

Oswego junior Savannah Millard, who placed fourth at the Class 2A West Aurora Sectional to quality for her third state tournament, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Here are previews and picks for all the 2024 Week 9 football games around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Who's in? Who is on the verge? And who has work to do? With one week remaining, we look at the playoff outlook for football teams around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Oswego East boys soccer defeated Oswego 2-1 Tuesday in a Class 3A East Aurora Regional semifinal to advance to championship against the state’s top-ranked team, Naperville North.

Sandwich's Sunny Weber won the Kishwaukee River Conference girls race, leading the Indians to the team conference title, Sandwich volleyball won the DePue Invite and Newark was fourth at the Bradley-Bourbonnais Invite and Oswego's Savannah Millard was fourth at sectional tennis.

Easton Ruby had two of Oswego's three interceptions that set up touchdowns, and Brett Connolly threw two touchdowns to Jeremiah Cain and ran for a third score in the Panthers' 42-10 win over Minooka that clinched the Southwest Prairie West championship.

Oswego hosted Minooka on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 for Week 8 of football.

Minooka faces Oswego in Week 8 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive editor Josh Welge will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Here are previews and picks for all the 2024 Week 8 football games around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Oswego won eight straight conference titles last decade, but it's been a few years since the Panthers have been back on top. They can clinch an SPC West title Friday, and fittingly Minooka stands in the way. That, plus notes on Sandwich and Oswego East from Joshua Welge.

Hosts Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz preview Week 8 in the western suburbs for IHSA football on the latest Friday Night Drive podcast

Who's in? Who is on the verge? And who has work to do? With two weeks remaining, we look at the playoff outlook for football teams around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Donovan Williams' 88-yard interception return for a touchdown gave Oswego an early lead at Yorkville, and the unbeaten Panthers did not give it back in a 27-7 win in the Southwest Prairie West.

Yorkville hosted Oswego on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024 in Week 7 of football.

Oswego faces Yorkville in Week 7 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive editor Josh Welge will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Oswego hosted Oswego East on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 in a crosstown girls volleyball match.

Oswego East was the latest victim of a Sidney Hamaker barrage – a 10-kill, two-ace performance to lift host Oswego to a 25-17, 25-10 Southwest Prairie Conference victory Thursday.

Here are previews and picks for all the 2024 Week 7 football games around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Oswego senior Ava Flanigan, who had 22 assists in a win over Minooka, and in the match broke the program’s all-time assists record with her 1,444th, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Luke Zook and the Yorkville rushing attack put up their best production of the season in eye-opening win over previously unbeaten Minooka, Oswego adopts next man up mentality at running back and the playoff outlook takes shape for teams in Kendall County football notes.

Dekker Zelensek scored two unanswered touchdowns and Jeremiah Cain had two interceptions as Oswego pulled away from Bolingbrook 22-6 to remain unbeaten.

Bolingbrook hosted Oswego on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 for Week 6 of football.

Oswego faces Bolingbrook in Week 6 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive correspondent Chris Casey will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Ava Flanigan set Oswego's career assists record with her 1,444th assist, and Oswego pulled away in both sets to beat visiting Minooka 25-21, 25-15 in a matchup of two of the three teams previously unbeaten in the Southwest Prairie Conference.

Here are previews and picks for all the 2024 Week 6 football games around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Oswego hosted a crosstown boys soccer match against Oswego East on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.

Parra scored and the Panthers defeated the visiting Wolves, 4-1, on Tuesday afternoon on a windy day.

How Oswego senior linebacker and Iowa commit Carson Cooney got the call for his first carry in three years, Sandwich defense stepping up ahead of a huge conference showdown, and Oswego East's missed opportunities in Joshua Welge's Kendall County football notes.

Jeremiah Cain had a forced fumble and go-ahead touchdown catch in the fourth quarter, Carson Cooney scored on a TD run and Donovan Williams had a pick-six, as Oswego rallied from down a score at halftime to beat Plainfield North 21-13

Oswego hosted Plainfield North on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Week 5 of football.

Plainfield North faces Oswego in Week 5 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive editor Josh Welge will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Here are previews and picks for all the 2024 Week 5 football games around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Hosts Josh Welge and Joel Boenitz preview Week 5 in the western suburbs for IHSA football

Oswego East's Jamari McKay may just stand at a listed 5-foot-4, but the junior cornerback doesn't give an inch – and had a giant interception in last Friday's win. That, QB Brady Behringer's clutch throw for Sandwich, plus notes from Oswego, Yorkville and Plano.

Here are previews and picks for all the 2024 Week 4 football games around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Despite some surges in both the first and second sets from Oswego, St. Charles North held on for a straight-sets victory to hand the Panthers their first loss of the season.

St. Charles North hosted Oswego Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024 in girls volleyball. St. Charles North won 25-19, 25-21.

Lukas Kleronomos scored two goals in the final 3:21, his rebound header with 46 seconds left completing Yorkville's stunning comeback from three goals down in the second half for a 4-4 draw with Oswego.

Oswego recorded a 49-6 victory against Plainfield Central, adding a lot of offense to its as-usual-dominating defense.

Oswego faces Plainfield Central in Week 3 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive correspondent Alex Mielcarz will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Colten Oakes shot his season-best round of 39 to earn medalist honors and lead Sandwich golf to a dual win over Plano and Woodstock, Oswego East boys golf and Oswego Co-op girls golf were winners and Kayden Page scored five goals in a Sandwich soccer win in Thursday's roundup.

Oswego had seven different players find the back of the net, including two goals from Israel Cortez, to pace them to a 9-0 victory over Batavia for their first win of the season.