Power was not in short supply on softball diamonds across DeKalb County this year, with some gaudy offensive numbers up and down the entire all-area team.
For a short while before the season began, it seemed like Tia Durst wasn’t going to have a senior softball season thanks to a shoulder tear. She ended up playing in a limited capacity and still managed to write her name into the Sycamore record books.
Although it’s their first year with the Kishwaukee Storm, Max Piper and the 10U team are now strangers to Strom Days. Competing with the Sycamore Syocs program last year, the core group of players is back competing in this year’s 23rd annual edition of the tournament.
Whether it was long playoff runs, standout freshman seasons or swan songs for seniors, there were plenty of interesting storylines from the 2023 softball season. Here’s a look at five numbers that put the season into perspective.
Daily Chronicle sports editor Eddie Carifio has live updates from Monday’s IHSA Class 3A softball supersectional between Sycamore and Antioch.
The Sycamore softball team ended a successful season with a loss to Antioch Monday in the Class 3A Kaneland Supersectional.
Addie McLaughlin legged out an infield single, then two steals and a wild throw later McLaughlin scored the tying run in the Spartans' 6-5 comeback win in the Class 3A Belvidere North Sectional championship.
The Sycamore and Sterling softball teams played in the IHSA Class 3A sectional final Friday at Belvidere North High School.
Whether it was in Belvidere or Sycamore, freshman Kairi Lantz was coming up with big hits for the Spartans in a 9-1 win over Kaneland in a game played both in Belvidere and Sycamore.