It is the second quarter. It third-and-10. Hawaii gets 62 yards on a screen pass to set up a touchdown. It is after the game. The Huskies have lost to the Rainbow Warriors and the season can see very much like a time loop, writes Eddie Carifio.

For the first time in the 65-year history of the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival, to the delight of hundreds of festivalgoers, a troupe of lumberjacks cut wood and fell into a pool of water.

Lumberjacks competed on Saturday in front of hundreds who gathered on North Maple St. during the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival to watch their competition on Oct. 24, 2026.

The Genoa-Kingston boys soccer team won its home regional on Saturday behind a hat trick from Ayden Hernandez, while DeKalb's Alex Schwantes and Sycamore's Jack Daskal had top 5 regional cross country finishes. That and more in the roundup.

For the second straight week, the NIU defense allowed more than 40 points to one of the worst scoring offenses in the country, this time letting the Hawaii offense to unload in a 56-21 Rainbow Warriors win in DeKalb on Saturday.

Putnam County freshman Anniston Judd ran to the girls title of the Class 1A Seneca Cross Country Regional on Saturday at the Seneca Ag Farm.

The collection will run from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday through Dec. 4, weather permitting.

Powerhouse Academy, a new indoor training facility for baseball and softball, is making its pitch to the community to make DeKalb more of a year-round destination for youth and young adults interested in baseball and softball.

The Stage Coach production will be directed by Jackson Nielsen, who previously directed the Stage Coach production of “Almost Maine” in 2025.

The Genoa-Kingston defense had the ultimate 1-minute, 23-second test of its bend-but-don’t-break mentality Friday against North Boone in a Class 3A Opening Round playoff game and passed it in the 25-20 win.