Huntley's Isabella Ciesla won the Fox Valley Conference Girls Cross Country Meet Oct. 19 and over the weekend took 11th at the Class 3A Lake Park Sectional as the Raiders advanced to state as a team. Ciesla was selected as the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week.
State golf roundup: Burlington Central places 3rd at 2A tournament for best finish in school history
Burlington Central's boys golf team, led by an 11th-place finish from junior Tyler Samaan, went from sixth place Friday to third Saturday at the Class 2A state tournament for the program's best finish ever. Plus more top finishes in the Northwest Herald state golf roundup.
Burlington Central's boys team sits in sixth place at the Class 2A state tournament, Crystal Lake Central's Jack Bice is tied for 17th and five shots behind the leader in 3A, plus more scores and results in Friday's Northwest Herald state golf roundup.
Woodstock North co-op senior Brady Yergens won the Class 3A Harlem Regional individual title by two shots with a 74 on Oct. 2. For his performance, Yergens was selected as the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week in an online vote.
Hampshire's Seth Gillie fired a 2-over-par 73 Monday to tie for fourth at the Class 3A Jacobs Sectional and advance to his second straight state meet. Crystal Lake Central's Jack Bice, a three-time state qualifier, and Asher Johnson also moved on.
The Burtlington Central and Ottawa boys golf teams tied for first at the Class 2A Kaneland Sectional with the Rockets claiming the title on the fifth score tiebreaker.
The Class 2A Kaneland Boys Golf Sectional was held on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 at Hughes Creek in Elburn.
The Ottawa boys golf team — led by individual champion Chandler Creedon — won its sixth straight regional title at Wednesday's Class 2A La Salle-Peru Regional at Senica's Oak Ridge Golf Club. Burlington Central and Mendota also advanced to next week's Kaneland Sectional.
Hampshire junior Nolan Adamczyk earned medalist honors with a 1-over-par 72, and Crystal Lake Central claimed the team championship by two shots at Wednesday's Class 3A Dundee-Crown Regional at Randall Oaks in West Dundee.