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  • High school wrestling: Alden-Hebron's Cashmore wins title in Rockford

    Alden-Hebron's Colten Cashmore won the 170-pound title with three impressive victories Friday at the Rockford Lutheran Midnight Rumble at Rockford,.   ...
    NEW: Jan. 31, 2015 - 10:44 pm

  • High school girls basketball: Marengo slips past Harvard in OT

    The Marengo girls basketball team lost a fourth-quarter lead but managed to come back and defeat Harvard, 52-51, in overtime in Big Northern Conferenc ...
    NEW: Jan. 31, 2015 - 10:41 pm

  • High school boys basketball: Cary-Grove's Gregoire reaches 1,000 points in win over Huntley

    HUNTLEY – Jason Gregoire took his time to autograph two pieces of yellow loose-leaf paper for a pair of young fans after Cary-Grove’s Fox Valley Confe ...
    NEW: Jan. 31, 2015 - 10:29 pm

  • Hub Arkush: Game for the Ages won’t be easy to pick

    PHOENIX – How hard is Super Bowl XLIX between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks to predict?
    NEW: Jan. 31, 2015 - 10:19 pm

  • High school boys swimming: Jacobs co-op fifth at Conant

    Francis Ogaban won the 200-meter individual medley and the 100 backstroke to lead the Jacobs co-op boys swimming team to a fifth-place finish at the C ...
    Jan. 31, 2015 - 9:38 pm

  • High school competitive dance: Crystal Lake Central finishes 6th

    The Crystal Lake Central girls dance team completed a highly successful season with a sixth-place finish Saturday at the state finals at U.S. Cellular ...
    Jan. 31, 2015 - 9:21 pm

  • High school boys basketball: Crystal Lake Central gets revenge, beats Hampshire

    CRYSTAL LAKE – After a 41-point loss to Hampshire back in December, Crystal Lake Central wanted payback Saturday night as the Whip-Purs came to the Ti ...
    Jan. 31, 2015 - 8:16 pm

  • High school boys bowling: Jacobs' Biondo finishes 10th in state

    Jacobs' Brandon Biondo bowled a six-game series of 1,301 on the second day of the boys bowling state finals to finish in 10th place at the St. Clair B ...
    Jan. 31, 2015 - 7:43 pm

  • High school wrestling: Jacobs wins team FVC title despite no flight champions

    McHENRY – Jacobs placed all 14 of its wrestlers in the top six to win the school’s first championship in the Fox Valley Conference Tournament on Satur ...
    UPDATED: Jan. 31, 2015 - 10:31 pm

  • High school boys basketball: Woodstock falls at Grayslake North

    GRAYSLAKE – Every time Woodstock threatened Grayslake North on Saturday afternoon, the hosts responded with just enough to keep the Blue Streaks at ba ...
    Jan. 31, 2015 - 6:03 pm

  • High school cheerleading: Crystal Lake Central wins, Huntley runner-up and Hampshire advances at DeKalb Sectional

    DEKALB — The cheerleaders sat in silence, huddled in circles across the blue mat that was placed across the hardwood floor of DeKalb High’s Chuck Dayt ...
    Jan. 31, 2015 - 5:35 pm

  • High School Basketball: Northwest Herald Boys Stats Leaders

    BOYS BASKETBALLArea LeadersThrough games of Jan. 30Scoring(Minimum 8 games)Player, School Games Pts. ...
    Jan. 31, 2015 - 4:40 pm

  • High School Basketball: Northwest Herald Girls Stats Leaders

    GIRLS BASKETBALLArea LeadersThrough games of Jan. 30Scoring(Minimum 8 games)Player, School Games Pts ...
    Jan. 31, 2015 - 4:41 pm

  • Prep Zone Pop Quiz: Prairie Ridge's Kristen Voel-Pel, Harvard's Joe Quinn and Marengo's Hunter Simonini

    Kirsten Voel-PelPrairie RidgeJuniorVolleyball, basketball1. What’s the best movie you recently saw i ...
    Jan. 31, 2015 - 4:07 pm

  • I'm Just Saying: Marian Central grad RJ Carvis

    RJ Carvis hoped he was beginning a lengthy baseball career when he graduated from Marian Central in 2008 as one of the area’s top pitchers. But as he ...
    Jan. 31, 2015 - 3:58 pm

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