The Tigers wrestling team won it's 5th consecutive FVC title on Saturday and take that momentum into this weekend's Marengo Regional.

Central is ranked 12th in Class 2A by illinoismatmen.com and should win the Marengo Regional.

Also in Class 2A, Richmond-Burton will be the favorites at the Antioch Regional where they take the mat with Johnsburg and both the Grayslake's.

Harvard will look to win another title as they host a Class 1A regional. Alden-Hebron will be there along with a Marian Central squad that could make some noise.

The Ridge and McHenry will be in Libertyville, and The Grove will wrestle in Lincolnshire. Also in Class 3A, Jacobs will host a regional with Dundee-Crown, CL South and Huntley.

The Rant is wonderin', how many wrestler's we will have make state this year?

Get ready for some of the best wrestling action in the state this weekend at the FVC Tournament.

The Rant thinks you should head over to Huntley High School on Friday and Saturday and catch some of the matches from the teams in the highly competitive FVC.

Should be interestin' to see which team comes out on top. The Rant is thinkin' this year could be a close one. Will the Warriors add a conference trophy to that conference title?

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In girls hoops, The Ridge pulled off the upset win over Dundee-Crown on Wednesday night and got a victory for their new head coach, Jeff Boldog, in his first game.

CL South had a nice come-back effort against Huntley in maybe their best win of the season.

All events have been cancelled for Friday because of lots of snow. We will still have The Fastest Four Minutes posted tonight with several highlights from the week, including original video from the Hampshire vs. Johnsburg boys basketball game.

The Rant is wonderin' who is gonna replace Tim Beagle as head coach for the McHenry Warriors football team. Does anybody have any good ideas as to who some god replacements might be?

Speaking of the Warriors, The Rant wants to send out a big congrats to the McHenry wrestling team on clinching first place in the FVC Valley Division with a win over Huntley. Great job!

That's right folks, be sure to check out the winter edition of the Fastest Four Minutes to see prep sports action from the week.

The format is a little different than the fall edition as we will show highlights from throughout the entire week, some of the stuff from the week's videos and some exclusive video just for F4M. The Rant loves him some Fastest Four Minutes! F4M is posted on Saturday mornings.

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There were several close games Friday night in boys hoops.

Dundee-Crown stayed close to Huntley in the Valley Division with a 48-43 win over McHenry. Brandon Rodriguez came up big for the Chargers with 20 points and the Warriors missed a couple crucial free throws that gave the edge back to D-C. The Red Raiders won big against The Ridge.

Also in the Valley, CL South edged the The Grove 48-44.

In the Fox, Grayslake Old stays unbeaten in the division with Grayslake New with a nice win over Hampshire, 53-43. The Burg beat Woodstock New 71-67 and CL Community beat Woodstock Old by 11.

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In girls hoops, Grayslake New beat CL Community to pretty much make it a two team race in the Fox Division between Grayslake Old and the Knights. The Rams beat the Knights already this season.

Now that all of the tournaments are behind us it's time to figure out which teams are gonna win their respective divisions.

The Rant has demolished all of the holiday sweets and put away the decorations for another year. That means it's time to get into division play in boys and girls hoops.

The Rant is sure that there will be upsets along the way but right now the favorites are Huntley in the Valley and CL Community in the Fox. Of course Grayslake Old and Hampshire may have something to say about that in the Fox. The Rant thinks for some reason that only Dundee-Crown will challenge Huntley in the Valley but has been proven wrong before.

It looks like Richmond-Burton and Marengo each have a real good shot at the BNC East. The Rant is hopin' one of them can take the crown.

Marian Central and Alden-Hebron look to have a hard road to winnin' a title in their respective conferences.

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On the girls side, The Grove still has to be the favorite in the Valley but are probably not quite as good as in a few of the past seasons. The Valley has a lot of good teams playin' in it and several of them could pull out the title if they stay close and win the big games when needed.

The Rant thinks Dundee-Crown is in good shape to challenge C-G with excellent guard play. The Ridge, McHenry and Huntley all could make a run.

In the Fox, it is hard for The Rant to see any other than a  Grayslake team winnin' the title but ya never know.

The Rant is lookin' forward to a good battle between Marengo and Richmond-Burton in the BNC East and hopes one of them can win it all.

Marian Central will have a hard time winning the SCC Blue and the same for Alden-Hebron in the NAC.