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Burlington Central freshman Lani Akenten gets a shot past Jacobs’ Savanna Doubek and Violet Rebacz during a match earlier this season. Akenten leads the Rockets in kills while Rebacz had seven kills in a recent win over McHenry. (John Starks/Daily Herald)

Fox Valley girls volleyball notes: Freshman Fuentes making dazzling debut at Bartlett; Seniors step up for Jacobs

Bartlett girls volleyball freshman outside hitter Loriley Fuentes is turning heads with her outstanding play. Through late last week, Fuentes was leading the Hawks in kil...

Senior running back Colton Ludwig wraps up practice for Kaneland in Maple Park on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (Paul Johnson / The Beacon-News)

Kaneland’s Ludwig, who calls running hard ‘my favorite thing to do,’ posts back-to-back 200-yard games

Kaneland’s Colton Ludwig isn’t the biggest dude on the field, but that doesn’t slow him down. The senior running back checks in at only 5-foot-7 and 140 pounds, but the r...

West Aurora’s Salach, playing ‘pretty much every snap, every game,’ emerges on both sides of the ball

Last season, West Aurora’s Brendon Salach was a factor as a two-way player at tight end and defensive end, especially on offense. But this fall as a senior? Salach has ta...

High school scores for Oct. 13

Tuesday, October 13 Girls volleyball Aurora Central Catholic d. De La Salle 25-13, 25-18 Barrington d. Fremd 26-24, 25-15 Burlington Central d. McHenry 25-20, 1...

Boys soccer: Conant and Hersey win, advance to MSL Soccer Cup

Marko Gouk netted a second-half hat trick to lead visiting Conant to a 5-1 victory over Rolling Meadows in a Mid-Suburban League semifinal contest Monday night at Robert Hoese Field.

IC Catholic Prep's Nate Lang (13) slips out of the pocket during an Oct. 2 game against Benet at Benedictine University in Lisle. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

Schmit: Who had the area’s top prep football performances in Week 8?

Kevin Schmit: Who had the area’s top prep football performances in Week 8?

Benet’s Edvardas Stasys (23) celebrates a three-pointer late in the game against DePaul College Prep during the IHSA Class 4A boys basketball state semifinal Friday, March 13, 2026 at the State Farm Center in Champaign.

Boys basketball: Benet’s Stasys follows sister’s footsteps and picks Yale, hopes to follow Poulakidas to NBA

When Benet basketball star Edvardas Stasys began taking his official recruiting visits in early September, Yale was his first stop. The 6-foot-8 senior forward immediatel...