Yorkville Preps

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.

Sophomore Sydney Dodd scored 14 of her game-high 20 points in the first half and also grabbed nine rebounds with six steals, and Bolingbrook broke open its game with Yorkville in the second quarter and went on to a 58-34 win in the Class 4A Metea Valley Regional final.

Bolingbrook faced Yorkville girls basketball in the Class 4A Metea Valley Regional final on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 in Aurora.

Brooke Spychalski scored a game-high 20 points, Yorkville took control with a run to end the first half, and the Foxes – not fazed by the season debut of Naperville Central star Trinity Jones – won the regional semifinal 61-42.

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.

Reggie McWaine hit two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and two free throws in the final minute, as Oswego East rallied past visiting Yorkville 51-47 in a matchup of short-handed teams both missing their leading scorers.

Oswego East hosted Yorkville in boys varsity basketball on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 in Oswego.

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.

Oswego East hosted Yorkville in girls varsity basketball on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 in Oswego.

Maggie Lewandowski scored a game-high 26 points in her final home game, Aubrey Lamberti added 17 points including her 1,000th career point, and Oswego East rallied from 12 down in the third quarter to beat visiting Yorkville 65-57.

The Yorkville girls basketball team traveled to Oswego East Tuesday for a matchup with the Wolves.

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.

Yorkville senior Ryder Janeczko, who won the 190-pound championship at the Southwest Prairie Conference meet, helping lead Yorkville to its fourth consecutive conference championship, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Josh Welge.

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

Yorkville senior Jack Ferguson, who won the 157-pound championship at the Illini Classic, helping lead Yorkville to fourth place as a team, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Joshua Welge.

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.

Liam Fenoglio had to wait to return to the Yorkville lineup. Donncha Souza is looking to crack it. Both had pins for the Foxes on Thursday night in a 63-18 win over visiting Oswego East in the Southwest Prairie Conference.

Yorkville hosted Oswego East in a dual meet on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 in Yorkville.

Yorkville senior Brooke Spychalski, who scored her 1,000th career point, with 20 points, five rebounds, three steals and three assists in an overtime win over T.F. North, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Junior guard Macie Jones scored six of her 12 points in the fourth quarter, and Yorkville's defense bore down late to rally past visiting Plainfield North 48-47 in the Southwest Prairie Conference.

Yorkville girls basketball hosted Plainfield North on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 in Yorkville.

St. Francis faced Yorkville on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024 in the Jack Tosh Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament in Elmhurst.

Mark Balaskovits scored 10 of his game-high 22 points in the first quarter and hit three of St. Francis' six first-half 3-pointers, and the Spartans built an 18-point halftime lead and held off Yorkville 62-55 in the first round of the 50th Jack Tosh Holiday Classic

Can Plano recreate its magical run from 2023 at the Plano Christmas Classic that tips off Monday? That, Oswego East set for busy week and return to Hinsdale Classic and Yorkville ready for familiar foe at the Jack Tosh Holiday Classic in boys basketball notes.

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.

Mason Lockett scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half, and Oswego East rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit to win at Yorkville 52-48.

Yorkville senior guard Lainey Gussman scored a career high for the second time in three games, her 26 points helping the Foxes rally from an early 10-point deficit to beat visiting Oswego East 63-59 in the Southwest Prairie Conference.

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

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.

Yorkville girls basketball hosted Minooka on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 in Yorkville.

Yorkville senior wide receiver Dyllan Malone, who verbally committed to Iowa State in October after originally committing to NIU, made it official on Wednesday, signing his letter of intent with the Cyclones.

Yorkville senior Lainey Gussman, slowed recently by a sinus infection, looked well Thursday, scoring a career-high 20 points to go with 10 rebounds in fueling the Foxes' 46-32 win over visiting Minooka.

Yorkville junior Gabe Sanders, who scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Foxes past Sycamore in the championship game of the Strombom Tournament, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Joshua Welge.

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

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 saw a seven-point lead slip away in the final 15 seconds of regulation, but the Foxes bounced back to beat Sycamore 63-61 in overtime to win the Strombom Holiday Tournament title.

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.

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.

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.