Yorkville Preps

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.

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.

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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.