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Girls track: Joscelyn Dieckman leads five DeKalb qualifiers to state
HUNTLEY – Joscelyn Dieckman’s entire season has been something of a struggle after her Class 3A pole vault runner-up finish at last year’s IHSA Girls Track and Field State Meet. The DeKalb standout battled an ankle injury early in the season and fought with her own thoughts...
Softball Game Recap: DeKalb Comes Up Short
DeKalb lost against Waubonsie Valley two weeks ago, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Monday. The DeKalb Barbs fell just short of the Waubonsie Valley Warriors by a score of 3-1. The loss continues a trend for DeKalb in their matchups with Waubonsie Valley: they've now lost four in a row.
Baseball Recap: Ashton-Franklin Center's win ends three-game losing streak on the road
Ashton-Franklin Center came into Monday's game having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They walked away with an 8-3 win over the Milledgeville Missiles on Monday. That's more bragging rights for Ashton-Franklin Center, who also won the pair's last head-to-head. Nolan Rueff spent all seven...
Perspective: Life after being a student/athlete
Josefina Trella is a student in Northern Illinois University's Journalism 401 class, Editorial & Opinion Writing. We'll bring you more Perspectives from the class in the coming days. College athletes get a rough transition out of college. Student-athletes are given so many tools to prepare for everything, for a life...
Three with DeKalb County ties enter IBCA Hall of Fame
At his Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame induction ceremony earlier this month, Josh Allen was flipping through the program of fellow inductees and was pleasantly surprised. The Malta grad wasn’t the only person with DeKalb County ties being inducted, as he was joined by former Hinckley-Big Rock player...
Mendota’s Mariyah Elam wins three sectional titles: Wednesday’s NewsTribune roundup
At Rochelle: Mendota freshman Mariyah Elam won three titles at the Class 2A Rochelle Sectional on Wednesday. Elam cleared 1.64 meters to win the high jump, leapt a personal record 10.89 to win the triple jump and ran a PR 15.91 seconds to win the 100 hurdles. “It feels great,”...
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