St. Paul Lutheran School cross country runner Esam Farraj represented the Crusaders during the 2024 Lutheran National Championship meet held at Concordia University Wisconsin on Saturday, Oct. 26.

The Rochelle Lady Hub tennis team held its season-ending awards banquet on Wednesday evening. Several student-athletes took home RTHS and Interstate 8 Conference awards.

The Rochelle Hub varsity football team is rolling into the IHSA 5A Playoffs riding a five-game winning streak.

Three Rochelle baseball teams traveled east to compete in the 2024 Field of Screams Tournament at the Elgin Sports Complex from Oct. 26-27. 

It was a tale of two seasons for the Rochelle Lady Hub varsity volleyball team, which carried a winning record into the middle of September before the combination of injuries and a tough conference schedule led to a lengthy losing streak and an early postseason exit.

The Rochelle Hub fresh-soph football team concluded the 2024 season with a victory on Monday evening, when the purple and white took down DuPec 39-20 in nonconference play.

Only a few points separated the Rochelle Lady Hubs and the Dixon Duchesses as players on both teams fought to keep their respective seasons alive during the third set of their IHSA 3A Regional Quarterfinal varsity volleyball match at Dixon High School on Monday night.

Gusty winds were among the running conditions that members of the Rochelle Township High School varsity cross country team pushed through on Saturday afternoon, when the purple and white laced up for the IHSA 2A Regional at Belvidere North High School.

Despite losing nearly every varsity starter from last season, the Rochelle Lady Hub tennis team reloaded with a new blend of junior and senior athletes this season.

Sophomore Keegan Cathina rushed for five touchdowns on Friday evening, when the Rochelle Hub fresh-soph football team took on Plainfield South in a nonconference matchup.

Not even a short week could slow down the Rochelle Hubs, who rumbled for six first-half touchdowns during their varsity football matchup against Marian Catholic on Thursday.

The Rochelle Lady Hub varsity volleyball team concluded the regular season and the Interstate 8 schedule with a 24-26, 17-25 loss against Ottawa on Thursday evening.

Senior netters Catherine Williams and Erin Murphy took on some of the best players in Illinois during the IHSA 1A State Championship tournament this past week, when the Rochelle Lady Hub doubles duo achieved a feat not seen at their school in almost two decades.

The Rochelle Township High School golf team held its season-ending awards banquet on Wednesday evening. Several players received RTHS and Interstate 8 Conference honors.

Senior Emma Kennay dished out five digs to lead the Rochelle Lady Hub varsity volleyball team during its Interstate 8 Conference match against LaSalle-Peru on Tuesday evening.

The Rochelle Hub varsity golf team will have nearly its entire starting lineup eligible to return next fall.

The Rochelle Hub varsity soccer team was without key starters when the boys conceded a 3-0 shutout loss against Belvidere earlier this season. Rochelle was back at full strength on Saturday, when the two teams reunited in the IHSA 2A Regional Quarterfinals.

Junior Annaliese Koziol could hear the support from members of her family as she raced toward the finish line during the Interstate 8 Conference Championship meet Saturday.

The St. Paul Lutheran School cross country team sent three runners to the 2024 Lutheran Sports Association State Championship at the Trinity Lutheran School Course in Bloomington on Saturday, Oct. 19. 

Catherine Williams and Erin Murphy didn’t envision becoming state qualifiers when they arrived at their home tennis courts for the start of the IHSA 1A Rochelle Sectional on Friday.

Seven different players scored touchdowns on offense to lead the Rochelle Hub fresh-soph football team during its 58-14 win over Ottawa on Friday evening.

It was business as usual for the Rochelle Hubs on Friday evening, when the purple and white took the field for their Interstate 8 Conference varsity football finale against Ottawa.

Senior setter and Toledo commit Ali Ohlinger received a loud applause from the home crowd as she departed the floor during the final moments of the Rochelle Lady Hub varsity volleyball team’s Interstate 8 Conference match against Morris on Thursday night.

The Rochelle Lady Hubs took advantage of Kaneland’s mistakes to extend their Interstate 8 Conference varsity volleyball match to a third-set tiebreaker on Tuesday evening.

Longtime Rochelle resident Glenn Baldwin saw his fastpitch softball achievements immortalized on Oct. 5, when Baldwin was inducted into the USA Softball of Illinois Hall of Fame as a member of the 2024 class.