Huntley's boys wrestling team crowned four regional champions at the Class 3A DeKalb Regional, while Hampshire had three. Dundee-Crown and Burlington Central also had regional champs, plus more results from Saturday's regional action.

Burlington Central's competitive dance team finished as the Class 2A runner-up at state, Huntley boys bowling was 11th at state, Dundee-Crown, Crystal Lake Central and Richmond-Burton cheerleading captured sectional titles, and more in Saturday's roundup.

Huntley boys bowling, led by Brayden Thackwray in fourth place, sits in 10th place after the first day of the state tournament. Burlington Central is in second place in Class 2A at the competitive dance state finals, and more in Friday's roundup.

Summer Toussaint scored her 1,000th point as Johnsburg girls basketball beat Woodstock North, while Alyssa Borzych set a new career high with 30 points to lead Huntley girls basketball over Crystal Lake Central.

Carson Trivellini scored 16 points to help the Gators keep pace in the Fox Valley Conference. Woodstock North earned its second win behind 20 from Zaiden Vess. Plus more scores in Tuesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Brothers Elijah and Malachi Bell combined for 36 points and delivered key shots down the stretch as Jacobs knocked off Cary-Grove 50-46 and handed the Trojans their first Fox Valley Conference loss Tuesday.

Carson Trivellini's physical growth has been exponential, and the development of his game on the basketball court has kept pace. The Crystal Lake South junior, who's an Illinois baseball commit, recently scored his 1,000th career point.

Johnsburg girls basketball improved to 24-0 with a win over Lakes, Laken LePage led Crystal Lake South over Woodstock and Max Beard helped Woodstock boys basketball beat Harvard.

Here are all of the IHSA regional, sectional and dual team sectional assignments for McHenry County area boys and girls wrestling teams.

Huntley boys bowling qualified for state, Burlington Central, Huntley, Hampshire, Crystal Lake South and Crystal Lake Central will represent the FVC at next weekend's competitive dance state tournament, Marian Central wrestling won conference, and more in Saturday's roundup.

Adam Bauer had 22 points and 13 rebounds, and Cary-Grove's boys basketball team stayed perfect in the Fox Valley Conference with a 61-53 win over two-time defending FVC champ Crystal Lake South on Friday night.

Crystal Lake South's Laken LePage ditched the 3-point shot late and instead found success driving to the basket, scoring a game-high 23 points as the Gators beat Cary-Grove 53-42 in a key Fox Valley Conference game Friday night.

Cary-Grove faces Crystal Lake South in a Fox Valley Conference boys basketball game on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, at Crystal Lake South High School.

Cary-Grove faces Crystal Lake South in a Fox Valley Conference girls basketball game on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, at Crystal Lake South High School.

Hayden Smith scored 43 points to lead Alden-Hebron to girls basketball to a win over Schaumburg Christian, Johnsburg girls improved to 23-0, and more in the Thursday's roundup.

Carson Trivellini surpassed 1,000 points as Crystal Lake South boys basketball beat Jacobs, while Richmond-Burton boys basketball knocked off Marengo on Gavin Radmer's buzzer-beating 3-point shot.

Burlington Central's girls basketball team scored 74 points in a Fox Valley Conference win, Johnsburg's girls cruised to its 22nd straight victory, plus more in Tuesday's roundup.

Johnsburg's girls basketball team captured the Round Lake MLK Tournament title and won its 21st straight game, Richmond-Burton's boys took second at South Beloit, and more tournament basketball results in Monday's roundup.

Johnsburg girls basketball improved to 19-0, Cary-Grove's Adam Bauer scored 35 points in the Trojans' 18th win, and more in Saturday's roundup.

Woodstock's Max Haggerty won the individual championship and Huntley won the team title at the Belvidere Boys Bowling Regional, Crystal Lake South boys basketball beat crosstown rival Crystal Lake Central, Marengo boys wrestling topped Harvard, and more in Friday's roundup.

Ignas Venlauskas and Charlie Edwards each won two individual races as Cary-Grove co-op's boys swimming team rolled to an FVC win. Huntley boys wrestling remained perfect in conference, and more in Thursday's roundup.

Hampshire boys basketball beat Dundee-Crown for its first Fox Valley Conference win, Cary-Grove boys overcame an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Prairie Ridge, Marengo girls defeated Richmond-Burton, and more in Wednesday's roundup.

Luke Robinson scored 24 points to become the all-time leading scorer at Richmond-Burton, Hayden Smith scored 50 points to break the girls scoring record for Alden-Hebron, plus more in Tuesday's Northwest Herald Sports roundup.

Johnsburg girls basketball remained undefeated, Harvard boys bowling beat St. Edward and Woodstock North led the way in a triangular with Woodstock and Johnsburg. That and more in Monday's roundup.

Richmond-Burton's Breckin Campbell won the 285-pound title at the 62nd Annual Lyle King Princeton Invite, Johnburg boys basketball's Jayce Schmitt surpassed 1,000 career points, and more in Saturday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Jacobs' Brett Biondo won the individual championship of the FVC/KRC Alliance Boys Bowling Tournament, and Woodstock took the team title by 220 pins. Plus boys and girls basketball results in Friday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Cary-Grove's Malaina Kurth scored a game-high 20 points and helped spark a fast start for the Trojans, who earned their seventh straight victory Friday night with a 64-39 Fox Valley Conference win against Hampshire.

Cary-Grove co-op boys swimming won 10 of 11 events in an FVC dual against Huntley, Sonny Marsalla rolled a 753 series to lead Woodstock boys bowling past rival Woodstock North, Hampshire boys wrestling beat Crystal Lake Central, and more in Thursday's roundup.

Brady Bauer hit two 3-pointers in the first quarter en route to a 14-point effort, and Cary-Grove's boys basketball team remained perfect in the Fox Valley Conference with a 67-38 win over Burlington Central on Wednesday night in Cary.

Huntley, Crystal Lake South and Prairie Ridge picked up wins in Fox Valley Conference boys basketball, Richmond-Burton boys defeated Woodstock North, Makena Cleary sank four 3s for Crystal Lake South girls, and more results in Wednesday's roundup.

Burlington Central faces Cary-Grove in a Fox Valley Conference boys basketball game on Wednesday Jan. 7, 2026, at Cary-Grove High School, in Cary.

Adam Bauer had a double-double to lead Cary-Grove's boys basketball team to a 62-35 win over Carmel in a nonconference game. Hampshire's girls beat Crystal Lake South behind Mikala Amegasse's 18 points, and more in Tuesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Olivia Leuze posted a 13-point, 14-rebound double-double and Malaina Kurth added 11 points as the Cary-Grove girls basketball team handed Burlington Central its first Fox Valley Conference loss of the season, defeating the Rockets 42-35 on Tuesday night.

Johnsburg defeated Rockford Christian in boys and girls basketball, Alden-Hebron's boys beat Durand, Richmond-Burton's girls topped Woodstock North and Harvard's girls took down Zion-Benton. Plus boys and girls bowling results in Monday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Eva Hermansson won the 110-pound title to lead Woodstock co-op's girls wrestling team to runner-up at the Dundee-Crown Invite, McHenry's Natalie Corona earned her 100th career victory, and more in Saturday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Cary-Grove faces Lakes in a nonconference girls basketball game on Friday Jan. 2, 2026, at Lakes high School in Lake Villa.

Malaina Kurth scored 13 points as Cary-Grove's girls basketball team beat Lakes for the Trojans' fourth straight win.

Cary-Grove basketball twins Adam and Brady Bauer have been joined by their younger brother Evan this season. The Bauer trio has helped the Trojans put together an 11-2 record, including 4-0 in the Fox Valley Conference. Plus, more in the Northwest Herald boys basketball notebook.

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Dundee-Crown and Huntley boys basketball won on the last day of the Chuck Dayton Holiday Classic, Hampshire girls finished 2-2 at the Komaromy Classic, Harvard girls took runner-up at the North Boone Christmas Tournament, and more in Tuesday's roundup.

Jacobs' Hinkle Holiday Classic used a 35-second shot clock this year for the first time in the tournament's long history, and it made an impact. The shot clock will be mandatory next season for IHSA teams.

Harvard's Summer Jones scored a program-record 30 points to beat Alden-Hebron and lead the Hornets to the championship game of the North Boone Christmas Tournament. Plus more holiday tournament scores in Monday's Northwest Herald roundup.

McHenry boys basketball defeated West Chicago to win the Elgin Holiday Tournament consolation championship, Woodstock boys topped Antioch, Burlington Central girls moved to 10-3 with a win against Pecatonica at the Dixon Christmas Classic, and more in Saturday's roundup.

Cary-Grove faces Larkin in a Hinkle Holiday Classic boys basketball game on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, at Jacobs High School in Algonquin.

Cary-Grove hit 10 3-pointers, including two by shutdown defender Brandon Freund, and beat Larkin 81-39 in Friday's fifth-place game in the championship bracket of Jacobs’ Hinkle Holiday Classic.

Richmond-Burton and Crystal Lake Central advanced to the title game of Marengo's E.C. Nichols Holiday Classic, Cary-Grove girls basketball placed third at the Libertyville Winter Classic, and more holiday scores in Tuesday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Jacobs topped Grant behind 18 points and four 3-pointers from Elijah Bell, Johnsburg's Jayce Schmitt poured in 28 points in a win against Mundelein, Woodstock knocked off Plainfield Central behind a double-double from Max Beard, and more holiday basketball scores in the roundup.

Naperville North made 13 of 17 shots from 3-point range to beat Cary-Grove 65-48 on Day 2 of Jacobs' Hinkle Holiday Classic on Tuesday, snapping the Trojans' eight-game winning streak.

Cary-Grove faces Naperville North in Hinkle Holiday Classic boys basketball game on Monday, Dec. 21, 2025, at Jacobs High School in Algonquin.