Boys Swimming
WOODSTOCK – Some cringe at the mere thought of competing in the event.
JOHNSBURG – Johnsburg trailed Woodstock North by nine points at halftime of the teams’ Fox Valley Conference Fox Division girls basketball game Monday.
McHENRY – Morgan Hofmann and Adam Steinken each won two individual events and swam a leg of a winning relay for the Woodstock co-op boys swimming team Thursday in a 112-58 Fox Valley Conference win against McHenry.
HUNTLEY – Huntley’s girls basketball team made a resounding statement in the Fox Valley Conference Valley Division race Saturday.
CARPENTERSVILLE – Cary-Grove co-op swimmer Michael Hamann has swum a lot of different events this season, but what he competes in is based primarily on who can give him the most competition.
WOODSTOCK – The right adjustments at the right time made all the difference for the Johnsburg boys basketball team Saturday night.
McHENRY – McHenry capitalized at the free-throw line to defeat Woodstock North, 54-40, in a Fox Valley Conference crossover boys basketball game Wednesday.
ROCKFORD – Woodstock’s Paige Busch posted a 878 series – including a 235 high game – to win the Rockford East Holiday Invitational title by 57 pins over runner-up Krystal Alt of Marengo Saturday.
After making it to the consolation finals of the IHSA Boys Swimming and Diving State Meet last year, Cary-Grove co-op’s Michael Hamann and Jacobs co-op’s Alex Elston have even loftier goals this season.
Fox Valley Conference
CRYSTAL LAKE – Ali Sanders tossed in 22 points and Dundee-Crown defeated Prairie Ridge, 45-43, in a Fox Valley Conference Valley Division girls basketball game Tuesday night.
STERLING – Zach Synon became a repeat champion Saturday when the senior Prairie Ridge wrestler pinned two of his five opponents en route to a first-place finish at the Carson DeJarnatt Wrestling Invitational.
ORLAND PARK – The Prairie Ridge hockey team earned a 3-1 victory against Sandburg in High School Invitation Tournament play Wednesday at the Arctic Ice Arena.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Crystal Lake Central’s Chase Cane wasted little time finding his rhythm against Prairie Ridge on Tuesday.
Cary-Grove’s Lauren Curtis and Melissa Rose and Dundee-Crown’s Colleen Champa qualified for state at sectional meets Saturday.
Cary-Grove sophomore Michael Hamann has accomplished some great things in the pool, but the best may be to come.
WINNETKA – Two local swimmers placed in the top 12 at the IHSA Boys Swimming and Diving State Meet on Saturday at New Trier.
WINNETKA – Michael Hamann’s post-race fist pump said it all.
BARRINGTON – Jacobs/Dundee-Crown Co-op’s Alex Elston was hoping to set a pool record in the 100-yard butterfly Saturday at the IHSA Barrington Boys Swimming Sectional.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Crystal Lake South capitalized when it had the advantage, netting four power-play goals to defeat Cary-Grove, 6-1, in a Metro Central Scholastic Cup playoff game Saturday at the Crystal Ice House.
WOODSTOCK– The Dundee-Crown/Jacobs boys swimming team won every event Thursday in an 87-83 Fox Valley Conference victory against Woodstock North.
DURAND – The Alden-Hebron girls basketball team ended its season with a 53-26 loss to top-seeded Dakota in the IHSA Class A Durand Regional semifinals Wednesday.
