For the Female Athlete of the Year of season 13, we have one repeat nominee from season 12 along with another swimmer, a basketball player, and a volleyball player.

For our final vintage highlight of the year, we go back to the 2012 IHSA Girls State Track & Field Meet at Eastern Illinois, presented by BMO Harris Bank!

We take a trip back to 2013 with the Naperville North Huskies as they look to hoist the state championship trophy, facing off against Hinsdale Central

We head back to 2016 with the IHSA Badminton State Competition for another Vintage Highlight, presented by BMO Harris Bank!

Benet Academy in search of their third sectional plaque in the last four seasons facing off against Bolingbrook in the Sectional Final

Naperville North coming into this sectional semifinal game defeating West Aurora while Bolingbrook comes in after defeating Plainfield South 73-44.

The stands are filling up for the sectional semi final as Benet Academy faces Oswego in a rematch to last years super sectional.

Naperville North girls basketball vying for its first regional title in 15 years against West Aurora. Huskies get big contributions from freshman in the win.

The four Male Athlete of the year Nominees for season 13 come from the field, court, the ice, the mat, and the pool.

We head back to 2010 to check out the Naperville Central baseball team as they compete in the state championship game against St. Rita.

With the lack of the tournament taking place this year, we head back to the last time the Warriors competed in the Blackhawk Cup, against Glenbard in 2014.

Check out this vintage highlight from 2010 of Benet Academy facing off against Simeon in a State Sectional Final showdown!

Naperville Central takes on Glenbard East for the chance to face top seeded Lake Park in the boys basketball sectional final on Friday.

Neuqua Valley meets top-seed Joliet West in the IHSA Boys Basketball semifinal, with the winner moving on to face either East Aurora or West Aurora.

Waubonsie Valley squares off with Kings in the quarterfinals of the Blackhawk Cup. The Warriors are vying for their fourth cup semifinal in five years.

Naperville Central Boys Basketball hosts Naperville North in the regional final as the teams square off for the third time this season.

We have our Top Ten plays from season 13 plus a few honorable mentions that didn’t quite make the cut, presented by Innovative Dental Partners. 

In our final Classic Play of the Week Competition presented by Innovative Dental Partners, NSW had two soccer stars face off.

After three days of voting, the sponsor Innovative Dental Partners announces this week’s Classic Play of the Week winner!

Neuqua Valley’s Nolan Clifford and his base-clearing grand slam is facing off against Metea Valley’s Rissa Bajusz who does the splits to get the out!

After pitting Naperville Central’s Sam Jackson up against Naperville North’s Matt Maschmeier, we have our winner for our Classic Football Play of the Week!

With the lack of highlights and plays to continue NSW’s Play of the Week, the sports department at NCTV17 is looking back at some of the classic Play of the Weeks.

Even though March’s sporting events were cut short, NSW still has a March Play of the Month Winner to announce, presented by Innovative Dental Partners!

Zach Pearce went out in style, scoring the game winning over time goal that pushed his team deeper in to the Blackhawk Cup Combined Playoffs.

Another new category added to this years award show is the Newcomer of the Year! Check out the four young stars presented by Edward Medical Group.

In order to be nominated for NSW’s Team of the Year, you had to win a state title. By those qualifications there are five Team of the Year nominees.

In one of our new categories this year, we check out the four nominees for Most Improved Team from Season 13, presented by BMO Harris Bank. 

Athletic Directors reach out to their athletes and students to provide a message from hope during these uncertain times.

While local athletic teams cannot practice or hangout in person, a lot of them are connecting online to show they support each other!

A message from local high school coaches to their senior athletes after the cancellation of the rest of the school year and athletic season.

After the cancellation of spring sport state tournaments, the NCHS Girls water polo team wanted to honor their seniors one more time before graduation.

Neuqua Valley and North Central College alum Broc Rutter hopes to hear his name called during the NFL draft starting on April 23rd.

Athletic Director Andy Lutzenkirchen nominated Emily Scott & Cam Dougherty as the Redhawks represented in the Senior Send-Off Show.

Athletic Director Branden Adkins nominated Piper Biziorek and Matt Appel to be recognized in the Senior Send-Off Show

Athletic Director Gary Goforth nominated Mackenzie Relihan and Brendan Carter to be recognized in the Senior Send-Off Show

Our nominated athletes from Metea Valley are the Patterson twins from the Water Polo team and Zach Wentz from the Lacrosse team

Athletic Director Chris Neibch nominated Grace Setter and Wes Beitler to be recognized in our Senior Send-Off Show

Naperville North’s Bob Quinn nominated Hannah Martin and Ty Konrad as the Huskies to be recognized within the Senior Send-Off Show.

Metea’s Cade Sullivan is the first mustang to be selected as an All State athlete. Sullivan is also the spotlight of our final Player Profile.

North Girls Soccer Program will have to wait another year to try and repeat as state champions after the IHSA cancelled all spring sport state tournaments.

Our Fall and Winter Sport Athletes helped keep the Naperville Sports Weekly staff entertained during interviews this year!

The Waubonsie Valley Girls Soccer Program was a force to be reckoned with back in the late 2000s. Check out this Fast Fact about just how dominant the Warriors were!

this month we take a look at an irregular fact about our local softball teams and how rare they make an appearance at IHSA State!

In another edition of the Coach’s Code, we check in with Naperville Central Basketball coach Pete Kramer and his philosophy for success!

1,000 point scorers are hard to come by, so we break down the most recent batch of one thousand point scorers on our area basketball teams in NSW’s Fast Facts.

For this edition of “1 on 1 With Allie”, she hops in the pool at Neuqua Valley with Tim Karubus as he teaches her how to do a flip turn!

Waubonsie Valley Wrestling Coach Brad Caldwell is the subject of this week’s Naperville Sports Weekly Coach’s Code from the State meet.

The district 203 & 204 wrestling teams have visited the individual IHSA state tournament quite a lot in years past! Find out more in this Fast Fact!