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Crystal Lake attorney plans to file suit to allow 30-plus McHenry County restaurants to stay open
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Cary-Grove had its 17-year playoff streak stopped in 2022, but roared back to win the Class 6A state championship for the second time in three year. The Trojans' Brad Seaburg is the 2023 Northwest Herald Football Coach of the Year.
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Priester becomes the first high school player from Illinois to be selected in the first round since the Houston Astros selected Mike Foltynewicz of Minooka High School at 19th overall in 2010.
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Cary-Grove coach Brad Seaburg has two sons on his team and two other children on the sideline for games this season. The Trojans meet East St. Louis for the Class 6A state championship game at 1 p.m. Saturday at Illinois State University.
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Cal Aldridge will make it a third generation of his family heading Crystal Lake Central's baseball program this spring. His father, Jeff, and grandfather, Gary, previously were head coaches for the Tigers.
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Gators coach Matt LePage had the respect of his FVC adversaries before this season, but South’s run to a share of the FVC championship took it to another level.
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Crystal Lake South's Matt LePage took the Gators to back-to-back Class 3A regional titles and to their best season in school history at 31-4 with a sectional championship. LePage is the 2024 Northwest Herald Boys Basketball Coach of the Year..
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Prairie Ridge coach Chris Schremp took his team to the Class 6A state championship game and one-third of the Fox Valley Conference title. Schremp is the Northwest Herald Football Coach of the Year for a fourth time.
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Crystal Lake Central athletic director Jeff Aldridge says he was blessed to spend almost all of his teaching and administrative career at his alma mater. He is stepping down after 31 years with Central.
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Hundreds of people lay down for 9 minutes of silent protest in the parking lot at the Crystal Lake City Hall/Police Department at Wednesday's Black Lives Matter protest.
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In six games last week, Huntley senior Briana Bower was 6-0 and compiled a perfect 0.00 ERA with 97 strikeouts and six walks across 37 innings.
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Photos: Huntley Principal Dr. Marcus Belin and wife surprised with diploma delivery
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Huntley junior quarterback Braylon Bower lost his father Lysle in July, but has played well through the grief and helped the Red Raiders into the second round of the Class 8A playoffs.
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McHenry coach Brian Rockweiler is the Northwest Herald Baseball Coach of the Year after leading the Warriors to a 30-10 record and their first state tournament appearance in school history.
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Crystal Lake South graduate Trevor Keegan, a 6-foot-6, 320-pound left guard, helped Michigan win its first national championship in football since 1997 on Monday night. The Wolverines beat Washington 34-13 to finish 15-0.
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Pitchers Jake Jakubowski and Michael Vitellaro along with hitting coach Tyler Albright – all Huntley graduates – helped the Heartland Community College baseball team win the program's first NJCAA Division II World Series last weekend in Oklahoma.
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Crystal Lake South boys basketball coach Matt LePage and his son Cooper have been together for four seasons. The LePages are enjoying their final season, which has the Gators sitting at 21 wins.
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Woodstock announced on Wednesday that it hired longtime Huntley boys basketball assistant Ryan Starnes as it head coach.
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Huntley is loaded with NCAA Division I talent, led by the Bakes twins, Brayden and Ryan, and will be favored for a fifth consecutive Fox Valley Conference title. A look at some of the top stories which could be forthcoming in area baseball.
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Prairie Ridge's Rylee Lydon was Northwest Herald Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year two years ago. Huntley's Alex Johnson won it last year. For 2023, they share the honor as they end their careers as two of the best the area has ever seen.
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McHenry graduate Gavin Micklinghoff is off to a blazing start with McHenry County College and just committed last week to play at Northern Illinois University next year.
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Huntley boys soccer coach Matt Lewandowski led his team to its best season in school history this fall with a 20-3-2 record and its first sectional championship. Lewandowski is the Northwest Herald Boys Soccer Coach of the Year.
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Here is the 2023 All-Fox Valley Conference baseball team.
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Huntley quarterback Sam Deligio had the worst day of his life when he lost his mother Terri last week, then had the best game of his life to help the Red Raiders to a share of the Fox Valley Conference championship.
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McHenry School District 156 had its high school strength and conditioning program recognized by the National High School Strength Coaches Association.
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Huntley had its best year yet in high school sports, culminating with the girls track and field team's state championship. The Red Raiders are the Northwest Herald All-Sports Award winners for the eighth straight time.
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Cubs win 1st Series title since 1908, beat Indians in Game 7.
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Burlington Central suffered heavy graduation losses from its best team in school history, but the Rockets came right back and won their third Fox Valley Conference championship in a row. And Central coach Brett Porto is the Northwest Herald Boys Basketb...
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McHenry County College catcher Mason Schwalbach is off to a torrid start with 11 RBIs in the Scots' first seven games. NCAA Division I schools' interest is likely to increase throughout the season.
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Huntley was making its first state appearance in team history and ended the season with a program-best 35-7 record, including wins in its final 19 games.
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Mike Cruz, a custodian at Crystal Lake South High School, saved a student from choking on Feb. 18 by successfully performing the Heimlich maneuver, Crystal Lake-based Community High School District 155 said in news release.
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Edward Berthond, 102, of Fox River Grove, flew in the Army Air Forces during World War II. U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth stopped by his home Friday afternoon to wish him a happy 103rd birthday.
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Huntley announced that it hired assistant football coach Mike Naymola on Monday as the program's new leader.
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Meet the 2021 Northwest Herald All-Area baseball team.
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Huntley's Ben Ahmer loves shooting. His practice with his craft is evident as he is about to set the Red Raiders' 3-point season record. Prairie Ridge's Mason Loucks has big long-distance week, and more in this week's notes.
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Burlington Central's Drew Scharnowski led the Rockets back for their third consecutive Fox Valley Conference boys basketball title with a dominant season. The 6-foot-9 senior is the Northwest Herald Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
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Meet the 2022 Northwest Herald All-Area baseball team.
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Meet the 2023 Northwest Herald Baseball All-Area Team.
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The Red Raiders (34-7), making their first state appearance in program history, will play St. Charles East (26-10) for the title at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Briana Bower, who helped Huntley softball win a Class 4A state title in 2019, has transferred to the University of Illinois after playing two seasons at Mississippi State. “It’s really a full-circle moment,” Bower said.
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Priester, who just finished his senior year of high school, signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday and will have his first news conference with the media at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
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Prairie Ridge quarterback Tyler Vasey ran for more yards than anyone in state history and more yards than anyone else in the nation this season. He is the 2022 Friday Night Drive Offensive Player of the Year.
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Bobby Miller, a 2017 McHenry West graduate, flashed a 100-mph fastball and struck out five Atlanta Braves to win his MLB debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night in Atlanta.
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Huntley senior Austin Scheiblein, at 17, is one of the youngest IHSA-registered officials in the state. He called youth football games in the fall and now does some lower-level high school basketball games.
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Richmond-Burton catcher-outfielder Hayden Christiansen is the Northwest Herald Baseball Player of the Year in a repeat of last season. Christiansen helped the Rockets to a school record 32-6 performance and a Class 2A state runner-up finish.
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Here is the 2022 All-Fox Valley Conference baseball team, as selected by FVC coaches.
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High school wrestling: Marian Central's Bryce Shelton commits to Air Force Academy
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Crystal Lake South's AJ Demirov and Woodstock's Spencer Cullum were voted to the Illinois Media All-State Boys Basketball Team as Class 3A honorable mentions.
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Cary-Grove's Ethan Dorchies has been outstanding, with a 6-0 record and opponents hitting .095 against him. The Trojans feel really confident every time that he takes the mound. And more in this week's baseball notes.
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McHenry County Sheriff's Office won't enforce state stay-at-home order
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Crystal Lake South boys soccer coach Brian Allen helped his team overcome obstacles during the season to win the Class 2A state championship. For his efforts, Allen was named the Northwest Herald Boys Soccer Coach of the Year for a second straight season.
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Cary-Grove's fourth Class 6A football state championship takes the top spot among local sports stories for 2023. Local pitchers Bobby Miller and Quinn Priester making it to the major leagues is No. 2.
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Burlington Central is bringing back an experienced offensive line and its starting quarterback for another season. That O-line is anchored by MJ Hansen, healthy after missing half of last season with a torn hamstring.
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Ressler faced the minimum, firing a 75-pitch, complete-game no-hitter as the Red Raiders defeated the host Whip-Purs 3-0 for their seventh consecutive regional championship.
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On the radar: MLB scouts show keen interest in Cary-Grove's Priester
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State Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) is asking the United States Attorney General William Barr to review the governor's stay-at-home guidelines, which McSweeney called "overreaching and unconstitutional directives."
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Frericks, who led the area in scoring (20.2), 3-pointers (94) and free-throw percentage (88.7), helped C-G to its most wins in school history at 31-3, the Fox Valley Conference championship and its second regional title in school history.
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Cody O'Neill was headed for a career as a college football coach until heart problems that eventually led to a transplant forced him down a different path. Now, he is taking over as athletic director at Marian Central, his alma mater.
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Prairie Ridge's Rylee Lydon is the 2021 Northwest Herald Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year after winning a state title in the 400-meter dash and finishing second in the high jump.
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Huntley coach Mike Naymola, whose team mounted a stirring comeback to beat Cary-Grove 29-28, is the Chicago Bears High School Coach of the Week.
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Mark and Sandy Landvick are a husband-wife coaching duo with Johnsburg's baseball program. Mark is varsity coach, while Sandy is the junior varsity coach.
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Crystal Lake South got a grand slam from CJ Regillio as it defeated St. Viator 11-0 on Saturday for the Class 3A Crystal Lake South Baseball Regional championship.
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Cary-Grove went from a 3-6 season in 2022 and missing the playoffs to the Class 6A state title with a come-from-behind 23-20 victory over East St. Louis on Saturday at Illinois State University's Hancock Stadium.
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With Hampshire's Rummell brothers as starters, No. 1 ranked North Central College will play for its third NCAA Division III national title in the past four seasons Friday night against No. 11 Cortland on ESPNU.
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2021 Northwest Herald Boys Basketball Coach of the Year: Huntley’s Will Benson
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Jim Altendorf is stepping down after 11 years as Cary-Grove AD and assistant Ryan Ludwig will take over next year.
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'Let's do this for mom.' Marian Central senior carries on her mother's passion
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Burlington Central guard Nolan Milas provided defensive intensity and Drew Scharnowski scored 31 points in the second day of Central's MLK tournament on Saturday in a win over Neuqua Valley.
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Huntley went deep three times to give Red Raiders coach Andy Jakubowski his 500th coaching win in a 12-2 victory over Jacobs in Fox Valley Conference baseball.
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McHenry West graduate Bobby Miller has been called up to the major leagues and will start for the Los Angeles Dodgers against Atlanta on Tuesday.
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Bri Bower continued to exceed even her own sky-high expectations on Saturday by delivering an unbelievable 13-inning, 2-0 shutout on the road in Lemont in which she allowed just one hit and struck out a preposterous 28 batters.
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Huntley had another strong, consistent year with all its sports to win the Northwest Herald All-Sports Award for the sixth consecutive year.
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Prairie Ridge has been a Class 6A powerhouse for more than a decade. The 2011 state championship team set a standard that took the program to those heights, which now includes another trip to the 6A state title game.
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Bill Murray returns to Woodstock Square to film Jeep commercial
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McHenry teacher and coach Ray Hagerty learned valuable lessons and discipline with his three-year stint in the Army, things that he constantly shares with his students and athletes.
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Under the guidance of co-teachers Ryan Starnes and Amy Ehman, Marlowe Middle School students recently raised more than $4,000 to help fix a broken water infiltration system in a village in Uganda.
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Huntley junior QB Braylon Bower capped a 209-yard rushing night as he scored from 6 yards out with 1:18 to play to give the Red Raiders a dramatic 26-21 victory over Crystal Lake Central.
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In an extremely close race, Johnsburg picked up the 2022-23 Kishwaukee River Conference Cup for best overall boys and girls sports, edging out Richmond-Burton, Woodstock North and Marengo.
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Huntley's Tommy Nitz repeats as the Northwest Herald Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year after earning Class 3A All-State honors.
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Huntley third baseman AJ Putty was on fire in a summer tournament in late July where several schools were watching. A few weeks later, the junior committed to Illinois.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers selected McHenry native Bobby Miller with the No. 29 overall pick in the 2020 MLB draft on Wednesday night.
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Burlington Central's Gavin Sarvis did a little bit of everything for the 31-4 Rockets, who won a Class 3A regional and went unbeaten through the Fox Valley Conference. Sarvis is the 2022 Northwest Herald Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
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With Huntley graduate Uchenna Egekeze among the team leaders, NCAA Division III Calvin University, which is ranked No. 11 nationally, has won 21 games and its first Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association regular-season title since 2015.
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High school baseball insider:
@mchenrybaseball
senior Mark Winter is Athlete of the Week; plus:
• Northwest Herald power rankings
• Notes on
@huntley_bball
,
@ridge_baseball
and
@CoachSimoncelli
• What to watch
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With each new outburst, he further discredits the presidency among the American people and nations around the world.
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Crystal Lake Central made program history by winning its first state trophy on Saturday after defeating De La Salle 5-1 to win the Class 2A third-place match at North Central College in Naperville.
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Crystal Lake South's AJ Demirov, McHenry's Marko Visnjevac and Woodstock's Spencer Cullum led their teams Friday at South's Gary Collins Shootout.
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Huntley quarterback Sam Deligio played the game of his life a few days after his mother Terri died from brain cancer and helped the Red Raiders to a 27-19 victory over Crystal Lake South and a share of the FVC title.
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The Northwest Herald softball preview will appear in print March 15, with info on every local team. Until then, here are five storylines to look out for in the 2024 season.
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McHenry alum Robert Tonyan erupts for 3 touchdowns on Monday Night Football
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More than 100 people turned out to wish the Cary-Grove football team luck as they departed for the IHSA Class 6A state title game.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Democrat Sean Casten defeats Rep. Peter Roskam to flip suburban Chicago district GOP has held for decades.
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Crystal Lake South's Jorie Fontana is the Fall 2021 Northwest Herald Volleyball Coach of Year after leading the Gators to their first Fox Valley Conference championship since 2014 and first regional title since 2015.
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McHenry's Marko Visnjevac hit a floater from 5 feet at the buzzer as the Warriors beat Rockford Christian 66-64 for the championship at Marengo's 73rd Annual E.C. Nichols Holiday Classic.
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Richmond-Burton's Lyndsay Regnier scored all 14 of her points in the first half to lead the Home to a 62-53 victory in the McHenry County Area All-Star Basketball Extravaganza on Sunday in Hebron.
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Prairie Ridge coach Chris Schremp, who was 187-64 in 22 seasons, announced to his players on Monday that he is resigning. Schremp will apply to become Prairie Ridge's athletic director.
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