This is the Daily Chronicle's top 10 Year in Sports photos. A sports photograph can be an action photograph that shows the height of athletic competition, or an interesting moment that happens away from the action at a sports event. Here are some of our top favorites from 2017. Think we missed something? It is probably online in our full 2017 Sports Photos of the Year gallery. Head online and check out a much larger selection of the area's top sports photos!
James Marcinkowski of Sycamore is hoisted high above the Spartans in celebration of their boys basketball sectional semifinal victory against Belvidere on Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2017 at Genoa-Kingston High School in Genoa. Sycamore won 36-35 on two free throw shots by Marcinkowski with 0.1 seconds left on the clock.
Kaneland Knights wander the sidelines, silhouetted only by the scoreboard with 9:06 left in the 4th quarter during their IHSA class 5A second round football playoff game against Sterling on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017 at Kaneland High School in Maple Park. Sterling won 46-20 in a game where the stadium lights abruptly shut off twice.
DeKalb's Michael Mitchell, right, soars past Sycamore's James Marcinkowski, left, for a layup during the First National Challenge boys basketball game on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 at the Convocation Center in DeKalb.
Frankfort Lincoln-Way East senior Tim Magee of Frankfort, 17, lets out some steam as he cheers on the Eagles during their 2017 IHSA state championship 8A football game on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 at Huskie Stadium on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
Jakob Norman of DeKalb, front, is pushed out of bounds by Yorkville's Cale Reeder during their 138 pound finals bout of the Northern Illinois Big 12 conference championship tournament on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 at Kaneland High School in Maple Park. Reeder won by 5-4 decision.
Michael Elias (right), former assistant coach for the 1968 DeKalb High School wrestling team, shares a laugh with Dave Braser, a former wrestler on the 1968 team, as they catch up in the bleachers before the current Barbs' season opener against West Aurora on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 at DeKalb High School in DeKalb. DeKalb honored members of the 1968 state championship wrestling team between the junior varsity and varsity matchups.
DeKalb football players celebrate their victory over Sycamore after the First National Challenge on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb.
Roadrunner fans Annie Henehan (left) and Morgan McCarthy, both 12 and from LaGrange Park, shield themselves from the wind, cold, and bright sun as they watch their 2017 IHSA state championship 6A football game on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 at Huskie Stadium on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Indian Creek track runners (from left:) Emma Turner, Charlett Marcrum, Everett Willis, and Jeffrey Probst warm up with the team during track practice on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at Indian Creek Middle School in Waterman.
Lake Zurich's Travis Katzenberger (68) hangs his head while alone on the empty field and with stands packed after losing their 2017 IHSA state championship 7A football game on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 at Huskie Stadium on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.