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Softball Game Preview: Antioch Heads Out
Antioch is 8-2 against Grayslake North since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Antioch Sequoits will be staying on the road to face off against the Grayslake North Knights at 4:45 p.m. Antioch will be strutting in after a win while Grayslake North will be coming in after a loss.
Baseball Recap: Waterford snaps three-game streak of wins at home
Waterford scored the most runs they've had all season on Monday, but it wasn't enough. They fell just short of the Westosha Central Falcons by a score of 16-15. Waterford's loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak. For Westosha Central's part, Mason Mitacek was incredible, scoring three runs...
Prairie Ridge wins title at CL Central Boys Tennis Invite: Saturday’s Northwest Herald sports roundup
Crystal Lake Central Invitational: Prairie Ridge won two of the three doubles divisions to finish with 41 points and edge out Batavia (40) for the team title in the eight-team tournament. Cole Palese and Tim Jones won at No. 1 doubles and Mason Bartmess and Eli Loeding won at No....
Union Grove pours on nine runs in first to beat Milton
Marshall Loch slugged a grand slam in a nine-run first inning en route to Union Grove's 15-2 run-rule-shortened nonconference win over Milton on Saturday morning. The first seven Broncos to come to the plate reached base, and they loaded the bases a second time in the first after Loch's grand slam, which put Union Grove up 5-0. Another run scored on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch, then Dessart smashed a two-run double...
Softball: Marengo tops Richmond-Burton, closes in on Kishwaukee River Conference title
MARENGO – Marengo pitcher Lilly Kunzer cruised through the first five innings against Richmond-Burton but ran into trouble in the sixth and seventh innings – twice facing bases-loaded situations. Kunzer, a senior, has been in sticky spots before and saved some of her best stuff at the perfect...
Crystal Lake street skateboarder is globally ranked: ‘It is so much more than competition’
A typical day for Crystal Lake resident Gabe Schuch involves taking a Metra train to downtown Chicago and skating everywhere and anywhere. At just 17 years old, his passion for street skating has made him a globally ranked skateboarder. Schuch is ranked 1,662 out of almost 19,000 skateboarders around the...
Baseball Game Preview: Woodstock North Hits the Road
The Woodstock North Thunder will head out on the road to take on the Badger Badgers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Woodstock North is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Wilmot on Thursday. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 3-2.
Soccer Game Preview: Wauconda Hits the Road
The Wauconda Bulldogs will head out on the road to face off against the Mundelein Mustangs at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual. Wauconda's offense might be...
Baseball: McHenry gets boost from ace Brandon Shannon, beats Jacobs to end 3-game skid
McHENRY – McHenry tends to feel slightly invincible when junior righthander Brandon Shannon takes the mound, and the Warriors needed that feeling. Reeling after Fox Valley Conference losses to Hampshire, Crystal Lake South and Jacobs last week, McHenry had their ace to stop the bleeding Monday. Shannon struck out...
Crystal Lake South scores 6 in seventh to walk off Trojans: Monday’s Northwest Herald sports roundup
Crystal Lake South 7, Cary-Grove 6: At Crystal Lake, the Gators scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to earn a walk-off Fox Valley Conference win. Chris Regillio started the run when he scored off an error, Michael Silvius singled in another run, Dayton Murphy brought in two off a double, while Xander Shevchenko and Murphy both scored off an error to earn the win.
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