Two members of the Rochelle Hub varsity baseball team earned All-Conference honors from the Interstate 8 for their efforts during the 2024 season. Senior Brock Metzger earned First-Team recognition and freshman Brody Bruns was named an Honorable Mention.
The Rochelle Hub varsity basketball team nearly came away with an IHSA 3A Regional Championship last season, when the boys took down Woodstock and came close to upending another higher-ranked school in Freeport.
A pair of injuries to her right shoulder forced Rochelle senior Macy Belmonte to miss her final season with the varsity softball team.
The Rochelle 561 Sluggers 11U baseball team went 2-1 over three games to take second place in the 2024 Rockford Rumble at the MercyHealth Sportscore on June 2.
The Rochelle 561 Sluggers 11U baseball team went 5-0 over five games to take home the championship during the 2024 Spring Fling in Woodstock from May 18-19.
The Rochelle Rampage 8U baseball team went 3-1 over four games to finish in second place out of four teams at the 2024 School’s Out Slugfest on Sunday, May 19.
Senior left-hander Dylan Whaley said his throwing arm felt stronger than it had felt all season when he prepared to take the mound for the Rochelle Hub varsity baseball team during an Interstate 8 Conference matchup against the talented Morris Redskins on April 24.
The Rochelle Lady Hub varsity softball team will have a different look without senior catcher Ella Alfano anchoring the defense from behind the dish.
Senior Brock Metzger was named the Rochelle Hub varsity baseball team’s Most Valuable Player for the 2024 season, where Metzger finished second in both innings pitched (30) and strikeouts (30) while ranking second in hits (22) and third in batting average (.265).
The Rochelle News-Leader selected Rochelle Township High School senior graduates Parker Lenkaitis and Alivia Henkel as the 2023-24 Scholar-Athlete Award winners. Both student-athletes were presented with awards during the RTHS Honors Night in early May.
Lady Hub senior Kyra Bivins leaned on her athletic background when she decided to take up track and field for the first time during her junior year at Rochelle Township High School.
The 2024 season was the beginning of a youth movement for the Rochelle Lady Hub varsity softball team.
The Rochelle Hub varsity tennis team was forced to retool its roster after losing 14 seniors from the 2023 season.
Between a brutal conference schedule and issues with consistency, wins were difficult for the Rochelle Hub varsity baseball team to achieve during the 2024 season.
The Rochelle Hub track and field team managed to conclude its season at the IHSA State Championships for the second time over the last three years.
Sophomore Andrew Nuyen’s historic season with the Rochelle Hub track and field team culminated in his first-ever trip to the IHSA State Championships, where Nuyen took on the best pole vaulters from around the state and walked away with his first state medal.
Rochelle senior Landon Mickley concluded his second and final season of high school track and field at the IHSA State Championships, where he represented the Hubs in both discus and shot put.
The Rochelle Lady Hub varsity softball team had its season come to a close on Tuesday evening, when the purple and white hosted the IHSA 3A Rochelle Regional Semifinals against Sycamore.
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Disaster struck in the bottom of the sixth inning on Monday, when the Rochelle Hub varsity baseball team was just six outs away from an IHSA 3A Regional Quarterfinal win.
Before taking the court as a member of the Rochelle Lady Hub varsity volleyball team, junior outside hitter Taelynn Rodeghero was a successful gymnast during her childhood, regularly competing in state-level events throughout her grade-school and middle-school years.
The St. Paul Lutheran School track and field team earned the sixth-place trophy during the 2024 Lutheran State Championships at Concordia University Chicago over the weekend.
Head coach Kristy Eckardt and senior Jimmy Chavez shared an emotional moment after the final match of the IHSA 1A Rochelle Sectional concluded Friday evening.
Rochelle senior Landon Mickley was stunned when he heard the result of his first throw in the shot put during the IHSA 2A Sycamore Sectional on Thursday evening.
Since she began competing in rodeo as a third-grader, Rochelle Township High School senior Megan Seebach has earned several accolades through various riding organizations.