Oswego East’s Mason Lockett, the 2025-26 Beacon-News/Courier-News Boys Basketball Player of the Year, gets ready for his next chapter at DePaul.

A pair of players from Kaneland, which took third place in Class 3A, headline the first team.

Oscar Alexander Jr. looks to have a breakout season as a catcher in his second varsity season for West Aurora.

Metea Valley’s Jenna LaVine earns a Western Golf Association Chick Evans Scholarship as a caddie at Naperville Country Club.

Callie Ferko delivers a two-run triple that sends the game into extra innings, where Yorkville pulls off a 6-5 win over Kaneland in 10th.

Waubonsie Valley’s Nathan Napolitano strikes out four in four innings in a 6-2 season-opening win over St. Charles East.

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