Girls Track
Marengo’s Allison Rogutich was inspired by the IHSA Girls Track and Field State Meet in May.
The bygone year saw a lot of “firsts” in McHenry County athletics. There were first state champions for schools around the area, record-setting performances, and some athletes who proved they were not only the best in the area, but best in the entire state.
EUGENE, Ore. – Woodstock graduate Kayla Beattie finished second in the junior women’s 3,000-meter run Saturday night at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Oregon.
Event (state-qualfying standards in parantheses; standards listed are FAT).
Kayla Beattie initially thought Woodstock coach Matt McCulley had lost his mind.
CHARLESTON – Cary-Grove’s Carly Loeffel spent two years waiting, working and wondering when she would hit 5 feet, 8 inches again in the high jump.
CHARLESTON – So many times this season, Woodstock senior Kayla Beattie ran eye-popping times, yet still walked away from races dissatisfied.
CHARLESTON – Woodstock’s Kayla Beattie is the fastest girl in Illinois history – in two events.
CHARLESTON – Allison Rogutich feels like there is a monster effort inside her waiting to be unleashed.
CHARLESTON – Cary-Grove’s Carly Loeffel and McHenry’s Ashley Conway, high-jump rivals for their entire high school careers, will have one more competition on the state’s biggest stage.
WOODSTOCK – At the time, Kayla Beattie and her sister Elise were just being kids.
Athletes of the week
BELVIDERE – Kayla Beattie had a little extra to deal with at the IHSA Class 2A Belvidere North Sectional Girls Track and Field Meet.
Athlete of the week
GENOA – Buddy Lasker had a toss of 139 feet in the discus, Matt Smith recorded a 20-11⁄2 long jump, and David Martinez finished the 300 intermediate hurdles in 42.39 seconds Saturday to win their events and set personal bests for the season for Harvard at the Genoa-Kingston Invitational.
STILLMAN VALLEY – Combining for five first-place individual finishes, Hampshire (105 points) and Marengo (103) took the second and third team spots in the Big Northern Conference Girls Track Meet on Thursday.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Kayla Beattie cranked out lap after lap at speeds never before seen at a Fox Valley Conference Track and Field Meet.
Athletes of the week
GRAYSLAKE – Winning nine individual events and one relay event, the Crystal Lake South girls track team took home top honors Monday, topping Woodstock North and Grayslake North with 91.5 points at the Grayslake North Triangular.
PALATINE – Prairie Ridge junior Jessica Ayers wore the scrapes on both knees, both elbows and right hip – commonly referred to by runners as road rash – like badges of honor.
PALMYRA, Wis. – Richmond-Burton traveled over the border and came back a winner, racking up 143 points to top 10 other teams at the Palmyra-Eagle girls track invitational Saturday.
If Liz Pitones ever scores a point for Marengo’s girls track and field team, it will be a shock.
ROCKFORD – Hayli Lagerhausen threw her third no-hitter in a row, and Alden-Hebron won its ninth consecutive game as the Giants swept Rockford Christian Life in a Northeastern Athletic Conference softball doubleheader Thursday, 13-0 and 25-1.
CRYSTAL LAKE– Crystal Lake Central’s Taylor Ward and Sara McConnell combined to pitch a three-hit shutout in a 3-0 Fox Valley Conference Fox Division softball victory against Grayslake Central on Wednesday.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Crystal Lake Central scored in the bottom of the eighth to defeat Grayslake North, 4-3, in their Fox Valley Conference Fox Division softball game Monday.
Boys Athlete of the Week
CARY – Something strange happened in the opener of a Fox Valley Conference Valley Division baseball doubleheader between McHenry and Cary-Grove on Saturday.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Crystal Lake South senior Kamille Udrenaite wasn’t going to be deterred by a little cold weather or a case of nerves.
As Cary-Grove senior Carly Loeffel arrived at a high jumpers’ camp last summer in Minneapolis, she noticed a familiar face right away.
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Athletes of the Week
WOODSTOCK – Marian Central first baseman Mitch Ennis played the hero Wednesday, going 4 for 4 from the plate with a three-run home run in the bottom of the second to help the Hurricanes beat Boylan, 11-7, in non-conference play.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Kate Idstein and Jessie Wells each won two events for the Crystal Lake Central girls track team Monday, helping the Tigers win their triangular meet with 96 points.
Carly Loeffel provided an answer before Notre Dame’s track and field coaches could even ask the question.
MARENGO – Alexa Torman’s hat trick helped Marengo build a big lead early, and the Indians held on to defeat Woodstock, 4-3, in a non-conference girls soccer match Tuesday.
Perhaps the best word to describe Prairie Ridge senior Sam Nirva is versatile.
CRYSTAL LAKE – The Crystal Lake Central boys track team won its own indoor quadrangular Saturday, winning nine of the 13 events for 86.5 points. Cary-Grove finished in second with 37.5 points, Crystal Lake South took third with 37, and Johnsburg finished fourth with 17.
Woodstock senior Kayla Beattie took second place in the 2-mile run at the Brooks Prep Invitational Track and Field Meet on Sunday at the University of Washington in Seattle.
