Maple Park Sports
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Boys wrestling: Bode’s comeback pin starts off Sycamore’s 57-18 win over KanelandJan 09, 2025 9:16 pm - Cooper Bode said he’s working on his composure. Thursday’s match against Kaneland’s Apollo Gochis gave the Sycamore 175-pounder a good test of that. Bode led 3-0 in the f...
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Girls basketball: Aurora Central Catholic runs past KanelandJan 07, 2025 10:52 pm - Aurora Central Catholic ran over Kaneland, 73-48 in Maple Park during Tuesday night’s nonconference game. The Knights hadn’t allowed 70 or more points since a 70-67 loss ...
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Boys basketball: Kaneland outlasts Yorkville Christian in barnburner to take 61st Plano Christmas Classic titleDec 28, 2024 11:42 pm - Luke Reinert doesn’t hide from the fact that it’s easy for him to get lost among his taller, talented Kaneland teammates. But there the senior guard was, holding a tourna...
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Boys basketball: Kaneland advances to Plano championship gameDec 27, 2024 11:19 pm - Saturday’s 8 p.m. championship game is set at the 61st Plano Christmas Classic, as top-seeded defending champion Kaneland pulled away from scrappy No. 5 seed Streator lat...
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Boys basketball: Top-seeded Kaneland pulls away from No. 8 L-P in Plano Christmas ClassicDec 26, 2024 10:56 pm - Evan Frieders stole the ball from beyond half court and took it the distance, jamming it home with 1:54 left in the first half of Kaneland’s quarterfinal game against La ...
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Boys basketball: Cocroft, Kaneland roll past PlanoDec 20, 2024 10:37 pm - Scoring in bunches, Kaneland delivered an early knockout punch at Plano on Friday night, overwhelming the Reapers, 75-39. “We talk a lot about you’re going to get an oppo...
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Girls basketball: Meeks’ near triple-double helps Kaneland down Sycamore in overtimeDec 13, 2024 10:36 pm - Amani Meeks did nearly everything for Kaneland against Sycamore Friday, so it’s fitting she had the overtime dagger that sank the Spartans. The sophomore guard’s 3-point ...
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Boys basketball: Big third quarter leads Kaneland past Sycamore, coach Ernie Colombe to 300th winDec 11, 2024 10:16 pm - Unique Shaw drained a pair of 3-pointers early in the third quarter, and suddenly Kaneland’s lead over Sycamore, once 10 points, was gone. But the Knights had an answer, ...
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All hail the linemen: Area All-Americans dominating in the trenchesDec 09, 2024 6:00 am - Area graduates Matt Burba of Wisconsin-Whitewater and Sam Pryor of North Central College each earned football coaches All-America first-team honors.
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Boys basketball: Hassan, Kaneland come back twice against MarmionDec 07, 2024 10:00 pm - The Kaneland boys basketball team had to battle back from nine points down early. Then after taking the lead, the Knights had to battle back again, this time from 13 down...