SPORTS
Huskies net 2 first place finishes in visit to Urbana-Champaign
Senior Tara Stauffacher’s first place finish in shot put highlighted NIU women’s track and field’s successful day at the Fighting Illini Tune Up. Stauffacher championed shot put with her best throw measuring in at 12.13 meters, beating out second place by more than four meters. Sophomore Emily...
Brouwer’s no-hit bid powers Huskies to weekend win
DeKALB – Redshirt sophomore pitcher Adam Brouwer was dominant on the mound as NIU baseball (16-30, 10-13 MAC) tied the series against the Ball State University Cardinals (26-19-1, 13-10 MAC) with a 12-3 win Saturday. Brouwer went seven or more innings for the third straight time en route to...
3-year starter Ashton Henkel rejoins dominant Byron baseball team after delaying surgery
Ashton Henkel was late to Byron’s latest championship season. But he is back now. And his return has coincided with Byron making a charge to win its first Big Northern Conference baseball title in a decade. Byron opened a two-game lead in the BNC over four-time defending champion Dixon...
The Cardinals win on the road against NIU
With just two more series and two solo games remaining in Ball State Baseball's regular season, the team is attempting to fight its way up the Mid-American Conference (MAC) standings. This weekend, headed into a three-game series against conference opponent Northern Illinois University, (NIU) the Cardinals sat in fifth place...
Softball swept in series versus No. 25 RedHawks
DeKALB – NIU softball (18-34, 9-19 MAC) mustered four total runs in weekend action against the 25th-ranked Miami University RedHawks (45-7, 26-1 MAC) on Saturday and Sunday at Mary M. Bell Field to conclude the regular season. The Huskies were blanked 7-0 in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader...
Huskies out-slugged by Ball State, drop series finale
DeKALB – NIU baseball lost a slugfest against Ball State University, as the Cardinals slugged four home runs, losing by a score of 13-10. The Huskies starting pitcher for the day, senior pitcher Dominic Hann, totaled three innings in the ball game, giving up four runs on four hits.
Boys track and field: Jacob Barraza, relays power DeKalb to third at home meet
DeKALB – Paced by two first finishes, DeKalb captured third place in Friday’s Tim Holt Invite. Junior Jacob Barraza won the 800-meter race with a time of 1:56.93 and the Barbs’ relay team of Cam Matthews, Braylen Anderson, Isiah Butler and Talen Tate took first place honors in 4x100, crossing the finish line in 42.35.
Genoa-Kingston’s Natasha Bianchi wins 4 events at own invite : Daily Chronicle sports roundup for Saturday
Genoa-Kingston Invite: At Genoa, freshman Natasha Bianchi earned four first-place finishes (three individual, one relay) as the host Cogs (110 points) finished runner-up to Seneca (155 1/2) in the 14-team meet. Hinckley-Big Rock (27 1/2) was ninth and Indian Creek (10) was 12th. Bianchi won the 100 meters (13.35 seconds),...
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