Senior Nolan Roper scored Jacobs' first nine third-quarter points and finished with 20 as the Golden Eagles caught fire down the stretch and pulled out a 58-49 win against Cary-Grove on Tuesday.

Thea Scheuer won the all-around title as Prairie Ridge co-op’s gymnastics team captured the four-team regional championship at Stevenson. Richmond-Burton girls basketball earned its first KRC win of the season, and more in Tuesday’s Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Harvard senior Adam Cooke hopes to be a firefighter like his dad one day, but in the meantime he shows his leadership qualities on the basketball court for the Hornets.

Harvard's Mayra Hyde grabbed her 500th career rebound in a win over Rockford East, Huntley improved to 26-0, Prairie Ridge beat Crystal Lake South, and more in Monday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Woodstock welcomed five new members – Luke Beattie, Grace Beattie, Lisa (Kucharski) Kunzie, Kirk Benda and Brett Saladin – to the Blue Streak Hall of Fame during halftime of Friday’s Kishwaukee River Conference game against Marengo.

Palatine rallied from down seven points in the third quarter to beat Cary-Grove 58-52 on Saturday. Adam Bauer scored 16 points and AJ Berndt tossed in 15 for the Trojans.

Jacobs sophomore Brett Biondo earned a top-10 finish at the IHSA Boys Bowling State Finals, Burlington Central girls wrestling advanced five to sectionals, nine cheerleading teams made it to state, and more in Saturday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Senior forward Dayna Carr returned from injury Saturday and helped Marengo's offense get back on track in the third quarter en route to a 42-26 win over Johnsburg in their Kishwaukee River Conference game.

Huntley senior Aubrie Rohrbacher started her quest back to the state tournament by helping the Red Raiders win the Hampshire Regional on Saturday.

Burlington Central placed third in Class 2A at the IHSA Competitive Dance State Finals on Saturday at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.

Dance teams performed during the IHSA State Dance competition on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025 at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.

Johnsburg faces Marengo in a Kishwaukee River Conference basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, at Marengo High School.

Area wrestlers compete in the Hampshire Girls Wrestling Regional on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025 at Hampshire High School

A former Bears head coach, a kicker from the west suburbs and a lineman from Crystal Lake highlight the Illinois connections to Super Bowl LIX. Here's every player and coach with ties to Illinois on the Chiefs and Eagles.

Crystal Lake Central has a new head football coach in Matt MacCrindle, who replaces longtime coach Dirk Stanger. MacCrindle, a 2003 Central graduate, has been a longtime assistant coach for the Tigers.