Football
Displaying knowledge and passion that belies his age, Matt Gehrig was selected as Huntley’s new football coach.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Matt Fralick played an integral role in Crystal Lake Central’s football revival over the past several years, and now he gets to take over in the top spot.
Not long after Jacobs named Bill Mitz its new head football coach, CL Community has promoted sophomore coach Matt Fralick to its top spot.
The thought crossed Bill Mitz’s mind on the Saturday of the IHSA state football playoff semifinals.
ALGONQUIN – Bill Mitz’s retirement as a high school football coach was a short one.
CARY – Cary-Grove’s state championship football season is over, but the accolades continued Tuesday.
Big news came in November when Johnsburg’s C.J. Fiedorowicz switched from one Big Ten Conference school to its rival.
The Rant tried to focus on things other than football, but that’s kind of like askin’ Flipper not to swim.
Marian Central offensive line coach Steve Spoden has watched almost 20 of his former players go on to play in college in recent years.
Jon McLaughlin thought the situation over and over.
IHSA Class 6A state football champion Cary-Grove led the way with 11 selections to the All-Fox Valley Conference Valley Division team as the list was released this week.
Northwest Herald All-Area Football Team
There’s a reason college football coaches were falling all over themselves trying to get Johnsburg senior wide receiver and safety C.J. Fiedorowicz.
Cary-Grove football coach Bruce Kay did something last summer he never had done before.
CHAMPAIGN – Coach Bruce Kay knew his team could pick up at least 1 yard.
CHAMPAIGN – Cary-Grove senior Bryan Lorman couldn’t have picked a better time for his first reception of the season.
CHAMPAIGN – When Alex Hembrey was in seventh grade, he and his Cary Junior Trojans football team filled the stands at Memorial Stadium to watch their idols.
CHAMPAIGN – Sue Mago thinks Cary-Grove can win state football titles every year, but that didn’t make the moment Saturday any less spectacular.
CHAMPAIGN – The prevailing assumption was that Cary-Grove didn’t stand much of a chance against Providence Catholic on Saturday.
CHAMPAIGN – In the biggest game of their lives, Cary-Grove’s football players performed like it was just any other weekend.
A game-by-game look at Cary-Grove’s football season leading up to today’s IHSA Class 6A state championship game against Providence Catholic:
CARY – The scenario would not be difficult to believe.
CHAMPAIGN – Cary-Grove strove to get back to Memorial Stadium each of the past four seasons, but was beaten each time.
The Trojans football team is on the doorstep of a perfect 14-0 season and a state championship, and the only thing standing in their way is Providence Catholic.
Cary-Grove will try to win its first state football title Saturday against one of the most celebrated programs in Illinois history.
The Northwest Herald asked members of Cary-Grove’s football team to share thoughts of their experience this season leading up to the IHSA Class 6A state championship game against Providence Catholic at 1 p.m. Saturday.
CARY – Six seasons ago, Cary-Grove unveiled a defensive system that set the rest of the area on its collective ear.
Johnsburg senior C.J. Fiedorowicz confirmed Wednesday what had seemed inevitable for the last two months.
It won’t be long until we find out who is the best football team in Class 6A.
The Northwest Herald asked members of Cary-Grove’s football team to share thoughts of their experience this season leading up to the IHSA Class 6A state championship game against Providence Catholic at 1 p.m. Saturday.
CARY – Tyler Krebs had tons of extra homework last winter and spring.
The Northwest Herald asked members of Cary-Grove’s football team to share thoughts of their experience this season leading up to the IHSA Class 6A state championship game against Providence Catholic at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The Northwest Herald asked members of Cary-Grove’s football team to share thoughts of their experience this season leading up to Saturday’s 1 p.m. Class 6A state championship game against Providence Catholic.
Cary-Grove’s football team is right where it hoped, even expected, to be.
CARY – The outcome Saturday was more of an expectation met for Cary-Grove’s football team than it was a storybook ending.
GENESEO – The 31⁄2-hour bus ride home probably seemed three times that long.
LOMBARD – Woodstock’s senior-led football team knew its run was coming to an end.
The Rant has mixed emotions after a Saturday afternoon full of semifinal football playoff action.
The Cary-Grove Trojans jumped out to an early lead on Chad McCarron's 30-yard interception return for a touchdown on the third play from scrimmage and never looked back, dominating on offense and defense in a 40-7 win against Prairie Ridge.
Montini football coach Chris Andriano more or less expects today’s IHSA Class 5A playoff semifinal game with Woodstock to turn into a shootout.
Richmond-Burton linebacker Trevor Von Bruenchenhein heard the question in the hallway this week and understood, even though he couldn’t answer.
Cary-Grove fullback Eric Chandler was standing next to running back Alex Hembrey on Saturday night at Illinois State University’s Redbird Arena when the Trojans’ volleyball players hoisted their Class 4A state championship trophy.
Prairie Ridge’s football team didn’t much like the 24-21 loss to Johnsburg when it happened in Week 8.
The winningest football coach in Jacobs history will not be back to coach the Golden Eagles in the 2010 season.
Woodstock quarterback Logan Kunzie feels like taking his offensive line out for dinner sometime soon.
How crazy would it be for McHenry County to send three teams to the state football tournament two weeks after having three local teams make it to the state volleyball tournament?
Richmond-Burton’s offense has rolled up staggering numbers of yards and points, and often has overshadowed its defense this football season.
Athlete of
Woodstock running back-defensive end Mike Liedtke summed up Saturday’s game quite succinctly.
CARY – The Cary-Grove football team’s defensive goal, even in the playoff quarterfinals against an explosive offense like Chicago De La Salle’s, remained unchanged.
