DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks traded down in the second round of the NBA draft Thursday night, ending up with Nebraska forward Isaiah Roby at No. 45 overall. Dallas initially selected Deividas Sirvydis of Lithuania with their scheduled 37th pick, but agreed to trade his rights to the Detroit Pistons for Roby and two…… Read more »
As we reflect on the 2018-2019 High School Sports Season, 77 Champions were crowned in 31 different IHSA Sports throughout the year. So which schools brought home state championships and how many? Here is the list of the Champions crowned during the 2018-2019 year. *BOLD* include local Northern Illinois Teams Naperville North- 4 East St…… Read more »
The IHSA recently approved some changes that will begin in the 2019-2020 School Year: In Boys and Girls Basketball- the Mercy Rule will now be used in postseason State Series games. This means if a team is winning by 30 points or more in the 4th quarter, the clock will continue to run. This is…… Read more »
The IHSA announced that the basketball state tournament will be held on one three-day weekend starting in March 2021. Reports say the girls state tournament will be held on March 4-6, 2021 and the boys state tournament will be held March 11-13, 2021. Currently, the Class 1A and Class 2A post-season begin one week prior…… Read more »
The Dixon Dukes wrapped up their historic baseball season with a 4th place finish in the Class 3A State Baseball Tournament in Joliet over the weekend. Dixon lost to Waterloo 9-2 in the third-place game at Route 66 Stadium on Saturday. The Dukes led 2-0 but gave up 4 runs in both the 4th and…… Read more »
In Boys Baseball, the Dixon Dukes 17 game winning streak came to end in the Class 3A State Semifinals on Friday losing to Lombard Montini 5-1 in Joliet. Dixon took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the 1st inning on an RBI by Tucker Cole but the Broncos would answer with 3 runs…… Read more »
The Dixon Dukes will be playing in the Class 3A Baseball State Semifinals on Friday at 12pm at Joliet’s Route 66 Staduim and WIXN AM1460 is set to carry the game beginning at around 12pm. Sam Ramirez and John Kutz will have the broadcast as the Dixon Dukes will be participating at State for the…… Read more »
With Dixon leading 1-0 in the bottom of the 6th inning, Dunlap had runners on first and second base with two outs when Dixon’s Talbir Chima made the diving catch of his life to save the day for the Dukes. Chima had just been inserted into the game in the bottom of the 6th inning…… Read more »
In Boys Baseball, the Dixon Dukes picked up a Sectional Championship with a 5-2 win over Rockford Boylan on Saturday at Sycamore. Payton Lawrence struck out 13 Titans batters on the day to get the win for the Dukes. Tucker Cole, who tied the game with a solo home run in the bottom of the…… Read more »
Girls Softball- Class 3A Sectional Finals Scoreboard at Genoa-Kingston: Sycamore 2 Sterling 1 at Peoria Notre Dame: Pontiac 4 Geneseo 2 at Joliet Catholic: Kankakee McNamara 8 Ottawa 3 Monday Super-Sectional at Kaneland High School- 4:30pm- Sycamore vs Marengo… Read more »