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POPLAR GROVE – Richmond-Burton saw its chance at a share of the Big Northern Conference East Division girls basketball title flash before its eyes Thursday when its starting point guard and leading scorer, senior Erin Thomas, went down with a sprained ankle in the last five minutes of practice Thursday.
McHENRY – Huntley took another important step toward defending its Fox Valley Conference Valley Division boys basketball title by winning in one of the toughest road gyms in the league.
MARENGO – Senior Kourtney Heitz had to look up at the banners at Homer “Bill” Barry Gymnasium to see when the Indians won their last conference championship.
CRYSTAL LAKE – With Hampshire’s star forward Tyler Watzlawick sitting with four fouls early in the third quarter Friday, Crystal Lake Central’s Chase Cane knew it was time to attack.
He wasn’t trying to kill the baseball. Just a steady stroke, smooth through the strike zone, solid on the way out – like he’d done thousands of times. Scott Taylor hit a home run in his previous at-bat against Kaneland in the IHSA Class 3A Rochelle Sectional semifinals. Here came another. If he could just … hit … the ball … square.
HEBRON – Alden-Hebron’s Carissa Stauss decided early on that she was not going to let the Giants lose the last home basketball game of her high school career.
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GRAYSLAKE – Johnsburg has proved it can play with any of the Fox Valley Conference Fox Division’s top teams, although closing the deal has been another matter.
WOODSTOCK – Some cringe at the mere thought of competing in the event.
CRYSTAL LAKE – McHenry’s bus ride to Crystal Lake South was noisy but smooth.
Under normal circumstances, Crystal Lake South senior Charlie Oliver would have signed his NCAA national letter of intent Wednesday to play soccer on scholarship at Northern Illinois University.
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CARY– The Cary-Grove girls basketball team clinched a share of the Fox Valley Conference Valley Division title with a 42-33 win against Jacobs on Wednesday.
GRAYSLAKE – There was no hesitation from Johnsburg senior Ashley Schuld when asked about a potential postseason rematch with Grayslake Central in a couple of weeks.
WOODSTOCK – Sami Ahr caught fire at exactly the right time for Woodstock North.
Crystal Lake South’s Nick Fontanetta enters the IHSA wrestling state series after a season that saw significant time off with an injury and his first regular-season loss in three years.
SYCAMORE – Marengo’s Jessica Villie scored 11 of her game-high 18 points as part of a 21-point third quarter in the Indians’ 47-35 non-conference win against Sycamore on Tuesday.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Cary-Grove had one last chance to win a game it had slowly let slip away.
McHENRY – Dundee-Crown guard Will Stupar had a rather forgettable shooting performance through 31 minutes.
JOHNSBURG – Mike Ward had a pretty good feeling about his jump shot during warmups.
HUNTLEY – Huntley’s girls basketball team needs a win.
JOHNSBURG – Johnsburg trailed Woodstock North by nine points at halftime of the teams’ Fox Valley Conference Fox Division girls basketball game Monday.
SCHAUMBURG – Prairie Ridge senior gymnast Nikki Novak has an idea what practices will be like in the upcoming week.
MARENGO – The way Jessica Villie looks at it, she can sleep some other time.
Huntley’s setter became known for having a namesake in the NFL, although Elizabeth Manning also earned a reputation with her ability on the volleyball court.
Prairie Ridge hockey coach Rick Rewiako was uncertain who was calling when he saw the Chicago “312” prefix appear on his phone last week.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Crystal Lake South’s girls basketball players easily could have hung their heads and called it a night.
CARPENTERSVILLE – The way Huntley and Dundee-Crown got after each other defensively, uncontested baskets were difficult to find.
Maciej Kozlowski has made a name for himself on the football field in a relatively short period of time.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS – Alden-Hebron’s girls basketball team came through with a big fourth quarter Saturday to run past Rockford Christian Life, 47-38, in the third-place game of the Northeastern Athletic Conference Tournament at Christian Liberty.
HUNTLEY – Crystal Lake Central senior Justin Bernero was in uncharted waters entering the championship match at 170 pounds at the Fox Valley Conference Meet on Saturday.
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CRYSTAL LAKE – Senior Chase Cane scored 24 points on 10 of 12 shooting from the free-throw line Friday, and the Crystal Lake Central boys basketball team rallied for a 56-49 Fox Valley Conference Fox Division win against Johnsburg.
HARVARD – In a dual meet pitting two storied wrestling programs Friday, Harvard came away with a decisive 42-28 win against Granite City.
McHENRY – As the “Orange Mamba” struck again, Prairie Ridge’s Sean Valentine was left shaking his head.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Crystal Lake South did a lot right in the first half Friday, playing some of its most efficient offense of the season.
Barry Creviston is confident he will coach football somewhere this fall, but it will not be at Johnsburg.
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ROCK FALLS – Coach Nick Rode hopes the Marengo girls basketball team finds a way out of the funk its in, and quickly.
RICHMOND– The Harvard wrestling team captured the Big Northern Conference East Division title Thursday, narrowly defeating Richmond-Burton, 30-29, and overwhelming Genoa-Kingston, 79-0.
McHENRY – With three 6-foot girls in the rotation, McHenry is one of the taller teams in the area.
HUNTLEY – A couple of minor tweaks to Crystal Lake South’s full-court pressure defense made a big difference in Wednesday’s matchup against Huntley.
CARPENTERSVILLE – Prairie Ridge looked at the 29 points it surrendered in the first half to Dundee-Crown with disdain.
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NILES – Joey Bower scored a goal and added an assist for Crystal Lake South’s hockey team in its 2-1 Metro Central win against Maine at Iceland Skate Complex on Wednesday.
For the last two football seasons, Prairie Ridge’s Collin Corcoran and Crystal Lake South’s Brad Walovitch have known one another as rivals.
GRAYSLAKE – Crystal Lake Central faced another opportunity to conquer its main nemesis.
RICHMOND – It was almost fitting that Richmond-Burton finished out the last two minutes of Tuesday night’s game without senior guard Erin Thomas, who had fouled out.
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