Yorkville Christian Preps

Here is the 2024-2025 Record Newspapers all-area boys basketball team.

Yorkville Christian junior guard Jayden Riley, who led the Mustangs to 21 wins, the championship game of the Plano Christmas Class for the first time, and a regional final, and averaged 23 points, 8.5 assists and 4.5 rebounds, is the Record Newspapers Player of the Year.

Baseball season is officially here and there are no shortage of interesting stories to watch as the season unfolds. Here are five storylines in particular to follow in the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The 2025 high school softball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The 2025 high school baseball season starts next week. Here are five players to watch in the Record Newspapers area.

Here is the 2024-2025 Record Newspapers All-Area girls basketball team.

Here is the Record Newspapers All-Area boys wrestling team.

Aurora Christian defeated Yorkville Christian in the Class 1A Indian Creek Regional final on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 in Shabbona.

Aurora Christian kept its cool against Yorkville Christian during Friday’s Class 1A Indian Creek Regional championship game, the first game ever between the two programs. The Eagles overwhelmed the Mustangs with a 17-0 run in the third quarter, blowing the game open to win 68-48.

Yorkville Christian senior Danielle Bulson, who scored 17 points in Yorkville Christian’s 48-41 regional final win over Serena to clinch the first regional championship in program history, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

St. Edward took the lead 10 seconds in and led the rest of the way in a 46-20 victory over Yorkville Christian in a Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Sectional semifinal Tuesday.

Yorkville Christian faces off against St. Edward's Elgin in Class 1A Sectional girls basketball Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at Hinckley-Big Rock High School. St. Edwards took the win and will play for the Sectional title on Thursday.

Yorkville seniors Jack Ferguson and Ryder Janeczko each ended out their wrestling careers with third-place finishes at the IHSA boys wrestling individual state meet to lead the seven All-State finishes from Kendall County-area wrestlers.

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.

Danielle Bulson scored 17 points and Payton Wallin 16, and Yorkville Christian beat Serena 48-41 in the Class 1A Indian Creek Regional final for the first regional championship in the history of the program.

Yorkville Christian defeated Hinckley-Big Rock and Serena beat Indian Creek in the Class 1A Indian Creek Regional semifinals Tuesday.

The Hinckley-Big Rock and Yorkville Christian girls basketball teams met Tuesday night in a Class 1A regional game at Indian Creek High School in Shabbona.

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.

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. 

Yorkville Christian hosted Neuqua Valley in boys basketball on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 in Yorkville.

Highly-touted freshman Cole Kelly came two assists short of a triple double and David Taiwo scored 30 points, as visiting Neuqua Valley started fast and pulled away from Yorkville Christian late for a 94-64 nonconference win.

Yorkville senior Luke Zook joined some lofty company Saturday, his 164th career win passing Nick Stemmet as the program's career wins leader. That, 24-2 Plano enjoying a year to remember and Yorkville Christian takes second at Morton Invite in Joshua Welge's wrestling notebook.

Yorkville Christian's Jayden Riley decided to involve his teammates in lieu of getting points against Joliet Catholic on Monday night. Eventually he got his points too, scoring 23 as the Mustangs claimed a 94-84 win over the Hilltoppers.

Yorkville Christian boys basketball hosted Joliet Catholic on Monday, Jan. 13, 2024 in Yorkville.

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.

Zach Marini posted a double-double to help Yorkville Christian earn a 64-55 win over Ottawa at the Plano Christmas Classic.

Yorkville Christian boys basketball faced Hinckley-Big Rock on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024 in the Plano Christmas Classic.

Behind a career-high 39 points from Jayden Riley and 11 rebounds and 7 points from 6-foot-6 Noah Aguado, Yorkville Christian overwhelmed Hinckley-Big Rock, 90-61, during Monday’s opening round game of the 61st annual Plano Christmas Classic.

Yorkville Christian junior Jackson Allen, who won the 190-pound championship to help lead the Mustangs to the team title at Plano's Reaper Classic, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Antoine Gilford, Caidan Ronning and Richie Amakiri each took home individual titles, helping lead Plano to second place behind Yorkville Christian at Plano's Reaper Classic wrestling tournament. Jackson Allen took first for Yorkville Christian.

Yorkville Christian junior Jayden Riley, who had 14 points and a school record 18 assists in a win over Lombard Prep, had 21 points in a win over Harvest Christian and had 21 points in a win over Danville, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

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.

Jayden Riley scored 31 points in Yorkville Christian's loss to St. Ignatius, Brooke Spychalski scored 19 points to lead Yorkville past Sandburg to third place at the Hinsdale South Tournament and Yorkville wrestling and Sandwich girls basketball were winners.

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

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.

Yorkville Christian senior Ellie Stewart, who helped lead the Mustangs to three wins last week, including the program’s first-ever playoff win and first-ever regional championship, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Yorkville Christian volleyball's historic playoff run that included the program's first postseason win and first regional title came to an end Tuesday with a loss to Cissna Park in the Class 1A Ottawa Marquette Sectional semifinal.

Yorkville Christian junior Austin Vugteveen, who recorded back-to-back hat tricks in two wins, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Can Oswego build on a historic 2023 season? Can a new-look Newark team sustain the program's success? Here are five storylines to watch in Kendall County volleyball this fall.

Former Yorkville Christian star and 2020 Record Newspapers Player of the Year Micah Schnyders will host the "Hoops for Hunger" basketball skills clinic on Saturday at Yorkville Christian.

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

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

Junior catcher Kiyah Chavez of state finalist Oswego and senior pitcher Kodi Rizzo of sectional finalist Newark were among those Kendall County-area players selected to the Illinois Coaches Association All-State teams released this past weekend.

Serena senior pitcher Carson Baker overcame early jitters to help pitch the Huskers past Yorkville Christian 7-3 in Thursday's Class 1A Serena Regional semifinal.

Serena defeated Yorkviile Christian 7-3 in the Class 1A Regional semifinal game on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at Serena High School.

Former Yorkville Christian star Jaden Schutt, who left Duke and entered the transfer portal in April, has announced that he is headed to Virginia Tech. Meanwhile, Schutt’s teammate at Yorkville Christian, David Douglas Jr., has entered the portal and is leaving UW-Green Bay.

Yorkville Christian junior Grace Allgood, who struck out 18 batters in a 5-0, one-hit shutout of Hiawatha, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.