The high school track and field season goes outdoors soon. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.
Oswego freshman Dontrell Young, who took third in the 400-meter dash in 50.46 seconds and sixth in the 200 in 22.76 seconds, lowering his school record time, at the Illinois Top Times meet, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote.
Oswego East senior right-hander Bode Bregar bounces back from a rough opener with a brilliant outing against defending Ohio state champion, plus Kaden Aguirre and Jason Phillips keying experienced Plano's encouraging start in baseball notes.
Sandwich's Chance Lange struck out seven in a four-inning no-hitter, Sandwich softball beat Indian Creek to stay unbeaten, Oswego East baseball won in Tennessee and Oswego softball split two games in Alabama.
New synthetic turf baseball and softball fields, a $3.1 million project, are tentatively – weather permitting – scheduled to be unveiled for games the first weeks of April. 'I think we brought the wow back to Yorkville.'
Sandwich's Sunny Weber broke her own school indoor 3,200 record in taking third at the Illinois Top Times meet, and also took second in the Class 2A 1,600, while Yorkville's Allegra Triner set a school record in the 800 in taking seventh.
Former Oswego East star Mia Corres, a three-time All-Area pick, has brought a hot bat south with her. A freshman at Rose State College in Oklahoma, she is batting .577, leading all National Junior College Athletic Association Division I hitters with at least five games played.
Sandwich's Brooklyn Marks struck out 16 in a shutout of Somonauk, and Yorkville tennis was a winner in Thursday's roundup.
Seth Kisner went the distance on the mound, and Nate Stempowski doubled in Kollin Mickelsen with the eventual winning run as Geneva overcame Kam Yearsley's two-homer game for a 5-4 win at Yorkville.