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Huntley's boys track and field team had a lot to clap about during the Fox Valley Conference meet Thursday. The host Red Raiders overcame a deficit with two events left to beat Jacobs by one point and earn their third FVC championship in a row.

The Seneca girls track and field team captured the program's 13th consecutive Class 1A sectional title on Thursday at Seneca High School.

Glenbard South’s Luke VanTholen set a personal record (50.05) while winning the 400 to help the Raiders place second in the Upstate Eight Conference Meet.

Brady Schallmoser homered and drove in four as Downers Grove North baseball beat Lyons in the rubber game of a three-game series, Cale Zoeller completed a complete game three-hitter for Wheaton North plus the rest of the baseball and softball results in Thursday's roundup.

Sterling track and field took second at the Western Big 6 Conference meet and won five events. Forreston-Polo won the NUIC meet, Oregon girls won their first sectional title, Dixon and Sterling softball won and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Fieldcrest's Pru Mangan and Macy Gochanour qualified for state track along with baseball and softball results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

Coal City, Gardner-South Wilmington win baseball, Plainfield East, Joliet West win softball. That and more in Thursday's roundup.

Newark, Ottawa, Serena all score softball victories, Fieldcrest sends two girls to state track and field, plus more in The Times Thursday Roundup.

St. Charles North's Alexzandria Richardson and a pair of North Stars' relays were among the state qualifiers from Thursday's Class 3A Hoffman Estates Sectional, which was delayed several times because of lightning and clock issues.

Jacobs' boys tennis team crowned four champions to repeat as the Fox Valley Conference Tournament champions, Marian Central girls track and field advanced five entries to the Class 1A state meet, and more in Thursday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Indian Creek's Addison Marquardt qualified for state in the high jump, DeKalb's Bryalen Anderson won a pair of DVC titles and more in the roundup.

Oswego junior Jaelynn Anthony overcame a 42-pitch first inning with three walks and a hit batter to shut out Yorkville the rest of the way, and keyed three scoring rallies in a 5-1 Panthers' win that matched the program win record set last season.

Plainfield North's girls soccer team won a lightning-shortened game over Oswego East 3-0 on Thursday. The teams will meet again in the playoffs.

Brooklynn Griffith went 4 for 4 to lead a 20-hit attack from Plainfield North's softball team in a 14-12 upset win over Minooka on Thursday.

very Durdan blasted a pair of home runs, Savannah Erickson was solid in relief, and the Marquette Crusaders came away with a 9-6 nonconference victory Thursday.

Four people were hospitalized Wednesday after suffering injuries in a two-car, head-on crash west of Hampshire and Burlington in DeKalb County, authorities said.

Instead of a jury trial in June, a plea could be coming for a DeKalb man accused of driving under the influence and causing a crash that killed DeKalb County sheriff's deputy Christina Musil, his lawyer said Thursday.

With the Class 1A and 2A baseball and softball playoff set to start Monday, we take a look at each Daily Chronicle area team and how they're looking heading into the postseason.

From regional play-ins to state championships, here are the complete baseball and softball postseason schedules for Times-area teams Ottawa, Streator, L-P, Morris, Sandwich, Marquette, Seneca, WFC, Fieldcrest, Earlville, Newark, Serena and Somonauk/Leland.

Fewer people called 911 seeking help from the DeKalb Fire Department in 2024 compared to 2023, according to data released this week.

Sycamore City Manager Michael Hall was given a pay raise by the Sycamore City Council recently. Hall’s base salary has increased by $21,385 over the past three years, records show.

Several parks and green spaces throughout Yorkville have been paid for with fees charged to residential developers. Here’s a closer look at the city’s ‘land cash funds,’ how they work, and where they benefit. The Grande Reserve subdivision will generate over $900K.

The 2025 IESA Class 1A/2A State Track Meet is being held this weekend, and The Times area saw a bevy of area young athletes qualify out of various sectionals.

An Ottawa-based pizzeria is opening a second location in downtown DeKalb, expected to open in June, owner Tim Cottingim said. “It’s a different type of pizza than American-style pizza,” he said.

The District Salon Suites, will occupy the nearly 4,000 square foot building, located at 201 W. Hydraulic Street. The building was purchased by The Williams Group in September 2024.

St. Francis junior Peter Solloway, who took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and shut out Marmion 9-0 to improve his record to 7-0 and extend St. Francis’ winning streak to 17, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Oswego junior Jaelynn Anthony, who hit the game-winning home run and earned the save in a 14-12 win over Wheaton North, and was the winning pitcher, throwing a complete game, in a nine-inning win over Lincoln-Way East, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in online vote.

Fulton repeated as sectional champion in dominant fashion and Newman qualified eight girls for state. Bureau Valley, Amboy and Erie-Prophetstown also had state qualifiers.

Girls regional soccer starts up Friday at Mendota. In Game 1, Mendota (14-6-1) meets No. 8 DePue-Hall (0-11-1) at 4:30 p.m. followed by No. 4 Princeton (12-11) vs. No. 5 Oregon (12-6-1). Here's a regional preview.

A DeKalb man convicted of murdering high school teenager Gracie Sasso-Cleveland in 2023 has new charges after he punched a DeKalb County jail deputy and spit at another, broke a fire sprinkler and damaged jail property, court records allege.

At the May 6 Oswego Village Board meeting, village trustees unanimously approved an ordinance providing for the issuance of not to exceed $24.3 million in general obligation bonds to generate the necessary $20 million in project costs expected this year.

Girls track and field athletes from L-P, Mendota, Princeton and Henry-Midland qualified for state along with baseball, softball and soccer results in Wednesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Wheaton Warrenville South softball beat Wheaton North 1-0 in a wild ending, Sophia Rosner struck out 11 and homered for Benet softball, plus the rest of the baseball, softball soccer and volleyball results in Wednesday's Suburban Life roundup.

Solecki showed off her improvement by winning the discus (36.53 meters) and the shot put (11.17) at the Class 3A Downers Grove South Sectional to stamp her ticket to next weekend’s state track and field meet in Charleston. Both winning tosses were personal bests for Solecki.

Rock Falls' Ariel Hernandez, Kayla Hackbarth and Ryleigh Eriks qualified for state on their home field. Morrison softball finished undefeated in conference, E-P baseball beat Newman and more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Minooka's girls track and field team won the title at the Class 3A Rock Island Sectional, and more in Wednesday's Herald-News Roundup

Huntley, with 159 points, easily rolled to the Class 3A Huntley sectional championship Wednesday night. Dominique Johnson paced the Red Raiders with first-place efforts in the triple jump and long jump.

St. Bede junior Lily Bosnich qualified for state in four events out of the Class 1A Rockridge Sectional on Wednesday, breaking two area records in the process. Bureau Valley and Amboy also are sending athletes to state.

Sandwich defending state 3,200-meter champion Sunny Weber swept the 3,200 and 1,600 at the Class 2A Sterling Sectional, teammate Molly Russelburg recorded 2As best pole vault and Yorkville's Courtney Clabough swept the shot put and discus at the Class 3A Rock Island Sectional.

The Ottawa baseball team topped Rochelle in an I-8 game Wednesday, while a number of girls from Sandwich and Flanagan-Cornell punched their tickets to the state meet in sectional competition. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Freshman Leona Eichholz pitched a nine-inning one-hitter, her big sister Tallulah scored the game's only run, and Harvard's softball team beat Richmond-Burton 1-0 Wednesday to deny the Rockets the Kishwaukee River Conference championship.

McHenry baseball won a share of the Fox Valley Conference title with a 5-2 win over Prairie Ridge on Wednesday in a matchup between the conference's top-two teams. Plus more baseball, softball and girls soccer scores.

Oswego's Dontrell Young shines with top state track times at conference meet.

Contributions throughout the team led Sterling to back-to-back sectional titles for the first time since winning five straight from 1991-95.

Yorkville baseball and Plano softball were both walk-off winners, Oswego East softball rode an eight-run second inning to a win and Oswego softball won big in Wednesday's Record Newspapers sports roundup.

Sycamore and DeKalb sent girls track athletes threw to state, Avery Boehne tossed a perfect game as Indian Creek topped Hiawatha, Kaneland baseball finished its sweep of La Salle-Peru, and more in the roundup.

All five Ottawa senior softball players were key contributors in a fourth-inning, three-run rally in the Pirates' 7-3 Interstate 8 Conference and senior day win over Rochelle on Wednesday in Ottawa.

Lockport knew it would have to figure out a way to scratch out some runs and count on good pitching and defense. Fortunately for the Porters all of those elements came through in a 4-1 victory.

Jordyn McBride drove in four runs off of three hits and Paige Murray struck out 13 batters to help St. Charles North to a 6-0 victory over St. Charles East.

Prairie Ridge's softball team set out to not only win the Fox Valley Conference at the start of the season, but to win it outright. The Wolves achieved that goal Wednesday with a 2-0 win over Crystal Lake Central.