Girls Lacrosse

Crystal Lake Central co-op sophomore Anna Starr took her game to another level this season after an impressive freshman year. Starr earned herself the Northwest Herald's Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year for a second straight year.

Here is the 2024 All-Fox Valley Conference girls lacrosse team, as selected by coaches.

Crystal Lake Central co-op keeps getting closer to Lake Forest, but the Scouts still ended the Tigers' season for a third consecutive season with a 9-6 victory in the Crystal Lake Central Supersectional Tuesday.

Crystal Lake Central faces Lake Forest in the Girls Lacrosse Supersectional match on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at Crystal Lake Central High School.

Prairie Ridge’s doubles pairing of Cole Palese/Tim Jones advanced to the Class 1A quarterfinals while the Wolves' Jacob Kim stayed alive in the singles consolation bracket. Plus more girls lacrosse and baseball playoff scores.

McHenry's Vanessa Buske hit a walk-off grand slam in a regional semifinal softball win, Burlington Central's Mekenzie Rogers recorded a hat trick to lead the Rockets girls soccer team to the sectional finals, and more in Wednesday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Lincoln-Way East, Providence Catholic win softball, Minooka wins girls soccer. That and more in Tuesday's roundup.

Crystal Lake Central's co-op girls lacrosse team got four goals from Anna Starr in a 10-1 win over St. Viator; and more girls and boys lacrosse scores in Monday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Richmond-Burton softball won its fourth straight regional title and set the program record for wins in a season, Huntley girls soccer captured back-to-back regional titles in a penalty-kick shootout, plus more scores and results in Friday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Marian Central advanced three entries to next weekend's Class 1A State Girls Track and Field Meet at Eastern Illinois. Plus postseason girls soccer, baseball, softball and girls lacrosse results in Friday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Crystal Lake South scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to come back to beat Cary-Grove 7-6 on Monday. Plus more baseball softball, girls soccer, boys and girls lacrosse, boys tennis and boys volleyball scores.

Prairie Ridge won two doubles titles and beat Batavia by one point for the title at Saturday's Crystal Lake Central Boys Tennis Invite. And plenty more in Saturday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Prairie Ridge's Conner Pollasky and Burlington Central's Danielle Durckel each knocked in walk-off hits to lead the respective teams to wins on Wednesday afternoon. Plus more scores from Wednesday night.

Huntley's Travis Dudycha scored off a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Red Raiders a walk-off 1-0 win over Hampshire on Friday. Plus more baseball, softball, girls soccer, girls lacrosse and boys and girls track and field scores.

Marengo's Michael Kirchhoff and Prairie Ridge's Reese Mosolino each threw a no-hitter for their respective teams Wednesday night. Plus more baseball, softball, girls soccer, boys and girls lacrosse, boys tennis and boys volleyball scores.

McHenry senior second baseman Carson Weidner lifted the Warriors to a Fox Valley Conference win against Cary-Grove with a walk-off single in extra innings. And more scores and results in Friday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Aly Jordan doubled in the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Woodstock North a 4-3 Kishwaukee River Conference win over Richmond-Burton on Thursday. Plus more scores from Thursday night.

Marengo's Lilly Kunzer fired a perfect game and hit two homers as the Indians beat Fenton in softball. And more in Wednesday's Northwest Herald high school sports roundup.

Mia Feidt hit three home runs and Marengo scored 11 runs in the seventh inning to beat Plano 20-3 on Monday. Plus more softball, baseball, girls soccer, boys and girls lacrosse and girls track and field scores.

McHenry's Vanessa Buske provided a walk-off hit to lift the Warriors past Cary-Grove 11-10 in their Fox Valley Conference game. Plus baseball, girls soccer, track and field and more results in Saturday's Northwest Herald high school sports roundup.

Dundee-Crown's McKayla Anderson threw a no-hitter, striking out 15 batters, while driving in three runs from the plate to help the Chargers take down Crystal Lake South, 10-0, on Friday. Plus more softball, baseball, girls soccer, girls lacrosse and boys volleyball scores.

Richmond-Burton's Gabby Hird homered and also had an RBI double as the Rockets beat Belvidere North in softball; and more in Thursday's Northwest Herald high school sports roundup.

The high school girls lacrosse season is just around the corner. Here are previews of teams from around the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.

The 2024 girls lacrosse season got underway last week. Check out our team-by-team preview with top returners, newcomers and info on each local team.

Huntley's Malachi Paplanus and Mason Leske were outstanding in a 2-0 one-hitter to beat Chicago Hope Saturday in baseball; and more in Saturday's high school sports roundup.

Jacobs' Gabby Wojtarowicz scored six goals to lead the Golden Eagles to a 10-3 win over Jefferson on Thursday night. Plus more girls soccer, baseball, boys and girls lacrosse scores.

Richmond-Burton senior right-hander Ryan Junge tossed a no-hitter with eight strikeouts as the Rockets beat Round Lake 7-0. Plus more scores and results from around the area in Wednesday's high school sports roundup.

Gabby Wojtarowicz knocked in four goals and added two assists to help Jacobs top Rockford Guilford, 8-3, on Tuesday. Plus more girls soccer, baseball and softball scores.

The spring sports season gets started this week. Check out the local sports schedule for the first week of the season.

Crystal Lake Central co-op led the way with six selections on the 2023 All-Fox Valley Conference girls lacrosse team. Check out the full team, as selected by coaches.

Crystal Lake Central faces Lake Forest in Super-Sectional Lacrosse Final on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Huntley.

Crystal Lake Central co-op couldn't keep up with Lake Forest in the second half of Tuesday's Huntley Supersectional, falling to the Scouts 7-3 for the second straight season.

Crystal Lake Central girls soccer defeated Belvidere North 2-1 on Wednesday to advance to the Class 2A Burlington Central Sectional final while Huntley and McHenry baseball each threw no-hitters. Plus more baseball, softball, girls soccer and boys and girls lacrosse scores.

Richmond-Burton's Aiden Wicinski doubles in a run in the seventh as the Rockets beat Aurora Central Catholic 7-6 to advance to the Class 2A Johnsburg Baseball Regional championship game on Saturday. Plus more local results in Thursday's roundup.

Elizabeth Kulpinski and Marissa Massaro will both attend the University of Notre Dame after graduating from Providence Catholic High School.

Crystal Lake Central baseball’s John Gariepy, Johnny Geisser and Rhett Ozment combined to throw a no-hitter in the Tigers’ 19-4 win in five innings over Woodstock North. Plus more playoff baseball, softball, girls soccer and boys lacrosse scores.

Top-seeded Crystal Lake Central defeated No. 8 Crystal Lake South 4-1 in their opener of the Class 2A Sycamore Girls Soccer Regional on Tuesday. More soccer, softball and baseball in Tuesday's roundup.

Cary-Grove’s Alexander Riley averaged a 9.25 on the vault to take third place at the IHSA Boys Gymnastics State Finals on Saturday in Hoffman Estates. Plus much more boys tennis, baseball, softball, girls soccer, boys and girls lacrosse scores.

Crystal Lake Central co-op wins again in girls lacrosse to go to 16-1. And more in Monday's high school sports roundup.

Maddi Lieflander scored the game-winning goal in overtime to lead the Crystal Lake Central co-op girls lacrosse team past Hersey with a 9-8 win. Plus results in softball, baseball and more in Tuesday's roundup.

Liz Smith scored two goals within two minutes late on Monday night to lead the Johnsburg girls soccer team to a 7-5 win over Woodstock North in the Kishwaukee River Conference Tournament semifinals. Plus more girls soccer, baseball and boys and girls lacrosse scores.

Jake Herman hit a grand slam, AJ Payton drove in five runs and the Burlington Central baseball team scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning to beat Jacobs 12-6 on Monday. Plus more baseball, softball, girls soccer, boys tennis, girls lacrosse and boys volleyball.

Cary-Grove softball held off a late rally from Dundee-Crown at home Monday to win 3-2 and earn coach Tammy Olson her 500th career win. Plus more softball, girls soccer, baseball, boys tennis, boys and girls lacrosse and boys volleyball scores.

Crystal Lake Central baseball scored 10 runs in the first two innings against Dundee-Crown on Friday night to beat the Chargers 13-2 at home in five innings. Plus more baseball, softball, girls soccer, girls lacrosse and boys volleyball scores.

Huntley faces Crystal Lake Central in a Fox Valley Conference girl's lacrosse match Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at Huntley High School.

Crystal Lake Central co-op's offense came through once again for the Tigers as they took down Huntley 6-3 on Wednesday to stay undefeated on the season.

Richmond-Burton came up big to hand Marengo its first loss in Kishwaukee River Conference baseball. And more softball, girls soccer and boys tennis in Thursday's high school roundup.

Katherine Erickson scored six goals to lead the St. Charles Co-op lacrosse team to a 15-9 win over Huntley on Wednesday.

Huntley’s Juliana Maude threw a five-inning no-hitter to lead the Red Raiders to an 11-1 win over Jacobs at home on Wednesday. Plus more softball, baseball, girls soccer, girls lacrosse and boys volleyball scores.

Cary-Grove's Maddie Crick was a perfect 4 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs in the Trojans' 8-6 Fox Valley Conference win against Crystal Lake South. Plus results in baseball, girls lacrosse, boys tennis and more in Wednesday's prep roundup.