Yorkville Preps

Yorkville junior Owen Horeni, who finished an All-State 17th at the Class 3A state cross country meet and broke the Yorkville school record in the process, is the Record Newspapers boys cross country Athlete of the Year.

Yorkville took advantage of a short-handed St. Francis squad to roll to a comfortable win on the opening night of the Brenda Whitesell Thanksgiving Tournament at Hinsdale South on Tuesday.

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

Sidney Hamaker acknowledges that it took her some time to accept working finesse off her power game. The Long Beach State recruit picked an opportune time to break out the slower stuff Thursday, helping Oswego turn away Yorkville in the Class 4A Yorkville Regional final.

Yorkville junior Owen Horeni, who took second at the Class 3A Minooka Regional, leading Yorkville to second place as a team to qualify for sectionals, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Yorkville rallied past Lincoln-Way Central 18-25, 25-18, 25-15 in a Class 4A Yorkville Regional semifinal.

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.

Yorkville shut out Plainfield North 20-0 Friday, likely ending the hosts' hopes of returning to the playoffs.

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.

Newark volleyball wrapped up the Little Ten Conference regular season title with a win over LaMoille, Camryn Carter's 16 kills led Yorkville volleyball past Plainfield East and Yorkville soccer lost its regional match to West Aurora in overtime in Tuesday's roundup.

Niko Villacci had 324 yards and three touchdowns to lead Oswego East to a win over Yorkville on Friday.

Maya Ledesma ran a Channahon Community Park course record, her 40-second win leading Minooka's girls to the Southwest Prairie Conference team championship. In the boys race, Plainfield South's Dylan Mahoney repeated as champion and Plainfield North edged South for the team title.

Oswego East faces Yorkville in Week 8 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive correspondent Alex Mielcarz will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Senior Maddie Hilker made several key plays to help Yorkville to a three-set win over Minooka on Thursday.

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

Joseph Kallan recorded a hat trick to lead Yorkville to a 4-2 victory over Oswego East in a Southwest Prairie Conference game.

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

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

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.

Yorkville flag football defeated Rosary 31-7 in a Schaumburg Regional game Tuesday.

Yorkville’s Kyle Nadler tosses in throw-ins like Greg Maddux paints corners. Such a restart was one of the different ways the Foxes used to go on the road and beat Plainfield South on Thursday.

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

Oswego freshman Alli Wiertel birdied the final hole to boost her team to a one-shot win over Plainfield North at the Class 2A Plainfield North Regional at Whitetail Ridge

Darieon Prescott stands at a towering 6-5 and is listed at 210 pounds. The Bolingbrook freshman defensive end notched two sacks in the Raiders’ 17-6 win over Yorkville and smiled through every second of it.

Yorkville hosted Bolingbrook on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 in Week 5 of football.

Bolingbrook faces Yorkville in Week 5 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive correspondent Alex Mielcarz will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Yorkville senior Lukas Kleronomos, who scored two goals, including the tying goal with 46 seconds left, and assisted a third goal as the Foxes rallied from a three-goal deficit to tie Oswego 4-4, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A.

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

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.

Sophomores and juniors helped put on a fantastic show during the Yorkville girls flag football team’s Senior Night at Campbell Field on Monday afternoon in a 40-0 win over Joliet Central

Newark volleyball rolled past Leland, plus soccer, tennis and golf results in Thursday's prep sports roundup.

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

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.

Sandwich senior fullback Diego Gomez bulked up in the offseason, adding close to 30 pounds of muscle, and was a central figure in sparking last Friday's win over Plano. That, plus Oswego East and Yorkville offenses get going in their first wins.

Newark volleyball beat Aurora Central Catholic, Yorkville tennis won a dual meet, plus more volleyball, soccer and golf results in Monday's roundup.

In a game that was a defensive slugfest from the start, fittingly Yorkville's first touchdown came on special teams.

Yorkville faces Joliet West in Week 3 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive reporter Hart Pisani 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.

Yorkville sophomore Camryn Carter, who had 15 kills and four digs in a three-set win over Lincoln-Way West, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Here are previews and picks for all the 2024 Week 3 football games around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Oswego’s three linebackers – Easton Ruby, Carson Cooney and Mikey Claycombe – have worn jersey numbers 4, 5 and 6 since their sophomore year. It adds up to one elite unit that did a number on Joliet Catholic. That, Plano/Sandwich's 113th meeting and more in football notes.

Here are results and recaps from every Week 2 game in the Record newspapers coverage area, plus photo galleries from select games.

The 2024 girls cross country season is underway. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Plano and Yorkville volleyball both won matches, Oswego tennis edged Yorkville and Sandwich boys golf won a dual meet in Thursday's prep sports roundup.

The 2024 boys cross country season is underway. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Yorkville senior Claire Davies grew up around football. Little did she know that she’d have a chance to play the sport competitively before graduating from high school. Davies is one of about 40 Yorkville girls playing flag football, the IHSA's new sport. Oswego also has a team.