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GENEVA, IL (CANARIES) — The Canaries were knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten on Tuesday as Kane County topped the Birds 3-2 in ten innings.  Liam Spence drew a bases loaded walk in the second inning to open the scoring but the Cougars knotted things up with an RBI fielder’s choice in the fifth. […]

Northern Illinois University head coaches and athletics administrators are once again loading up the bus and heading out on the road to meet NIU fans, friends and alumni as the 2024 Huskie Summer Circuit makes stops in Rockford, Oakbrook Terrace and St. Charles this June. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Huskie Summer Circuit, which began in 2014, and included “virtual” events in 2020 and 2021.

GENOA – Northbrook Middle School’s track team competed in the IESA Class 3A Sectional at Genoa-Kingston on May 10. Four of Northbrook’s student-athletes qualified for the IESA State Track Meet to be held May 17-18 in East Peoria. Seventh grader Jeniah Francis participated in the 100-meter dash,...

The Lindenwood baseball team (16-37, 9-17 OVC) dropped game two to Eastern Illinois (19-32, 12-14 OVC) by a score of 6-5 on Friday night from Lou Brock Sports Complex. Eastern took an early lead after scoring four runs in the top of the first. The score remained 4-0 in favor of the Panthers until the bottom of the sixth. Evan Funkouser drew a leadoff walk and used his legs, including a steal of third. He eventually scored on a sac fly from Colin Shea, making the score 4-1.

DeKALB, IL - The Northern Illinois University baseball team's senior class made sure they went out as winners on Saturday afternoon, contributing to the Huskies' 9-8 win on Senior Day at Ralph McKinzie Field at Walt and Janice Owens Park. "This series was three pretty good games and both teams...

Streator came into Thursday's game having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They won by a run and slipped past the Plano Reapers 7-6. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Streator also won the last time the pair played back in April of 2022.

Hinckley-Big Rock and Central squared off in some playoff action on Wednesday, but Hinckley-Big Rock had to settle for second. They lost 9-0 to the Central Rockets. Hinckley-Big Rock's loss continues a trend for the team, making it four in a row. Hinckley-Big Rock's defeat dropped their record down to...

DeKALB, IL – Senior Aaron Harper's (Hemet, Calif./Mt. St. Jacinto CC) single in the bottom of the 11th inning Friday afternoon gave the Northern Illinois University baseball team a 15-14 victory over the Eastern Michigan Eagles at Ralph McKinzie Field at Walt and Janice Owens Park. "Early on we...

DeKALB, IL - The Northern Illinois University baseball team held on for a 5-4 win over the Eastern Michigan Eagles at Ralph McKinzie Field at Walt and Janice Owens Park on Thursday to take the series opener Thursday afternoon. "It's been awhile since we won a series opener," said head...

With a playoff game on the line, Forreston rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 17-2 margin over the Indian Creek Timberwolves. Forreston might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 13 games by seven runs or more this season.

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Somonauk can now relate to. They fell 10-6 to the Regina Dominican Panthers on Tuesday. Somonauk has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games. Haley McCoy was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-4 with a triple, a...

Northern Illinois has parted ways with head coach Christina Sutcliffe. Sutcliffe spent twelve years as the Huskies’ head coach, collecting a 287-324 overall record and a 132-145 mark in Mid-American Conference play. “I want to thank Coach Sutcliffe for her commitment to NIU and her leadership in creating connections...

16 cars signed in to the 2024 season opener at Sycamore Speedway in support of the IRA Sprint Cars and the Badger Midgets. 2 rookies, Chad Stouthamer and Nate Kirchner made their series debut as they will battle for Rookie of the Year honors along a few others who weren’t in attendance for the season opener. Quick time was set by the #18 machine of Nick Petska who is returning full time in 2024 for Dream Chaser Racing. In heat race action, Petska was able to drive from 4th and capture Allstsar Performance Heat1 while Tim Brannam used the outside front row starting spot to secure the victory in Rod End Supply Heat #2. Brannam would pull the #3 pill for the feature, again giving him the outside front row starting spot and again was able to get to the point on the opening lap and then use the clean air to his advantage. The field would be bunched back up on lap 14 for a slowing Jeff Schmidt in the 6. The restart would see Brannam lead 2023 Rookie of the Year , Brian Strane Jr, Mark Heinert, Mike Neau, and Nick Petska back to the green. Strane was able to use the middle groove to get by Brannam after an intense 2 lap battle and assume the lead. On the next lap Neau slid Heinert for 3rd in 3 but struggled with traction exiting 4 and got out of shape entering 1 resulting in a “tommy tip over” and bringing out the red flag. Innocent bystander Jacob Irwin had nowhere to go and was collected in the accident. Both would retire from the event with 3 laps to go. Strane commanded the restart and took the white flag with Brannam and Heinert in tow but a spin in T4 would set up over-time and a GWC finish – extending the feature to 21 laps. In the end it was Strane holding on for the win with Brannam and Heinert rounding out the podium. Rookie contender Stouthamer would earn the Weld Racing Hard Charger going +6 in the feature. For 14 year old Strane, it was his first IRA Lightning Sprint victory and he leaves Sycamore as the IRA Lightning Sprints presented by 1175 Sports Park and Eatery point leader. The series takes a week off and then will be back in action for a Memorial Day weekend double header – again with the IRA Sprint Cars both nights on Saturday May 25th at Wilmot Raceway and then Sunday May 26th at 141 Speedway.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Mid-American Conference announced Monday afternoon the 2024 Men's Tennis Academic All-MAC Team. A total of 22 student-athletes were named to this year's squad. Ball State and Buffalo led the way with five student-athletes on this year's team. Northern Illinois and Western Michigan had four honorees, while Toledo had three and UIC had one student-athlete represented. The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular...

Ashton-Franklin Center had to endure an 11-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They had just enough and edged the Rochelle Hubs out 6-4. This was payback for Ashton-Franklin Center, who suffered an 18-3 loss the last time these two teams met. Reese Polk spent all eight innings...

Boylan Lady Titans defeat Sycamore; advance to Sectional Finals.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (May 13, 2024) - A not-so-swell start to the weekend quickly turned into a success story for Scotty Thiel and Team 73, eventually concluding their two-race sweep through Iowa and Illinois with an IRA Outlaw Sprint Series top-five outcome at Sycamore Speedway in Sycamore, Illinois, on Saturday, May 11.

LG: When did you start playing golf and how did you decide to play in college?. HR: I started playing in eighth grade after I stopped playing baseball. I fell in love with it, so I wanted to continue playing in college. LG: What is your biggest personal accomplishment in...

DeKALB, IL – The Northern Illinois University baseball team closes its 2024 season this week with four home games at Ralph McKinzie Field at Walt and Janice Owens Park. The Huskies host Milwaukee on Tuesday, May 14 at 3 p.m. before taking on Eastern Michigan on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Saturday's game is Senior Day with a ceremony honoring this year's seniors pregame.

DeKALB, Ill.—NIU Athletics held its annual "Victors Awards" show on Friday, May 3 in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium in the Holmes Student Center as the Huskie student-athletes came together to celebrate the accomplishments of the past year, both on and off the field. The Huskie wrestling program collected seven honors on the night while softball collected six awards.