Girls wrestling was officially sanctioned four years ago by the IHSA, and the sport has continued to explode since then.

St. Charles East senior Addison Wolf, who led the Saints to their first sectional title since 2019 in softball, and played a major part in the formation of the school's girls wrestling and flag football programs, is the Kane County Chronicle 2024-25 Female Athlete of the Year.

Crystal Lake South's Annalee Aarseth overcame struggles during the season to finish runner-up at the state tournament, tying McHenry County's highest placement. For her efforts, Aarseth was named the 2025 Northwest Herald Girls Wrestler of the Year.

Tucker went 32-1 and won the state championship at 170 pounds.

A look at the best girls wrestlers in the NewsTribune area during the 2024-25 season.

Images from the 2025 IHSA girls wrestling state championships in Bloomington on Saturday, March 1, 2025.

Ottawa's Juliana Thrush, La Salle-Peru's Kiely Domyancich, Streator's Lily Gwaltney and Seneca's Cattalina Pacheco and Sammie Greisen will compete at the IHSA girls wrestling state tournament this weekend.

L-P's Kiely Domyancich, Ottawa’s Juliana Thrush, Streator’s Lily Gwaltney and Seneca’s Catalina Pacheco and Sammie Greisen qualified for the IHSA girls wrestling state tournament out of the Geneseo Sectional on Saturday.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais wrestling team will retain its All-City crown for yet another year

Morris faces Huntley in a nononference girls wrestling meet on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, at Huntley High School.

Morris faces DeKalb in a nononference girls wrestling meet on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, at Huntley High School.

A fortunate click on Lockport's school website led Averi Colella to the girls wrestling team as a sophomore. As a senior this season, she became the first in program history to record 100 wins.

Batavia girls wrestling hosted Lincoln-Way East on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.

Ottawa and L-P boys and girls wrestling competed on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P High School. The Cavaliers won the match by a final of 50-25.

Joliet Central's girls wrestling team won five of the first seven bouts by pin and cruised to a 47-33 win over Lockport on Wednesday.

Oswego East hosted a girls wrestling tournament on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025 in Oswego.

Jacobs co-op boys swimming won Harlem's Dave Logterman Memorial Invite to open the season, Huntley girls bowling was first at the Dundee-Crown Charger Scramble, Richmond-Burton boys wrestling took third at Rockford East, and more in Saturday's Northwest Herald roundup.

A look at the La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Putnam County-Hall, Mendota and Princeton wrestling teams for the 2024-25 season.

Aplington Middle School eighth grader and Polo resident Zandra Vock had a March to remember. On the 8th and 9th of the month, at the 2024 IKWF State Girls Wrestling Tournament, Vock scored a medal finish.

Sandwich's Ashlyn Strenz, Seneca’s Sammie Greisen, Ottawa’s Juliana Thrush and Sterling Newman’s Blair Grennan all earned medals at Saturday's IHSA Girls Wrestling State Finals at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.

Images from the 2024 IHSA girls wrestling state championships in Bloomington on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024.

Newman freshman Blair Grennan reached the third round of wrestlebacks at the IHSA Girls State Wrestling Tournament, while the Fulton boys basketball team edged Annawan to win the Class 1A Wethersfield Regional title on Friday.

Two McHenry County sophomores remain in contention for state titles after earning two wins Friday during the IHSA Girls Wrestling State Tournament. Plus more results from dual-team state wrestling and boys swimming.

With the third IHSA Girls Wrestling State Tournament set to begin Friday, we take a look at the area wrestlers who look to come back with a medal.

The Schaumburg Sectional girls wrestling meet was held Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024.

Richmond-Burton senior Gina Scichowski backed up her regional girls bowling championship last week with another first-place finish at the Fremd Sectional. Plus more girls bowling, boys and girls wrestling and boys and girls basketball results in Saturday's roundup.

Huntley sophomores Janiah Slaughter and Aubrie Rohrbacher were runners-up as six McHenry County competitors qualified for state Saturday at the IHSA Schaumburg Girls Wrestling Sectional Tournament.

Downers Grove North wrestler Kayleigh Loo missed last year's postseason with a knee injury. Now a senior, Loo is headed to state after winning the 170-pound championship Saturday at the Schaumburg Sectional. Batavia senior Sydney Perry was among other locals to advance.

Newman freshman Blair Grennan won the 100-pound title at the Erie girls wrestling regional on Jan. 27. She has been voted the Sauk Valley Media Athlete of the Week by readers for Jan. 22-28 and answered a few questions.

Huntley sophomore Aubrie Rohrbacher won the 130-pound title at the Conant Regional as the Red Raiders took third out of 41 teams. Rohrbacher was selected as the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

The Dixon boys bowling team finished the two-day state tournament, while Rock Falls' Gavin Sands surpassed 1,000 career points. Plus more local results in Saturday's roundup.

Coach Liz Short has seen the Joliet Township girls wrestling program nearly double its numbers in the last two seasons.

Johnsburg’s Aiden Schwichow rolled a 1,328 series to finish 11th overall to move on to Saturday’s second day of IHSA boys bowling state tournament action. Plus more regional girls wrestling, boys basketball, girls basketball and girls bowling scores.

La Salle-Peru senior Danica Scoma went out for wrestling for the first time and fell in love with the sport, which is growing among girls in the NewsTribune area and throughout the country.

Marian Central's Juliette Huff hit six 3-pointers in the second quarter and finished with 20 points as the Hurricanes earned their 17th win of the season with a Chicagoland Christian Conference win over Hope Academy. And more in Thursday's high school sports roundup.

Huntley faces McHenry in a Fox Valley Conference boys and girls wrestling match Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, at McHenry High School.

Hiawatha wins in boys basketball, Kaneland wins in girls basketball. That and more in Wednesday's roundup.

Jake Terlecki scored 19 points to lead the Crystal Lake Central to a 50-48 win over Sycamore on Wednesday and advance to the E.C. Nichols Tournament semifinals in Marengo. Plus more holiday tournament, girls wrestling, boys bowling and boys swimming scores.

Brooklyn Doti and Peyton Kueltzo were two seniors to win for Minooka in a 70-12 win over Joliet Township

McHenry sophomore Natalie Corona won the 145-pound championship at the Waukegan Tournament to lead the Warriors to their first team title in program history. Corona was chosen as the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

Here we are again at the end of another successful high school sports year in the Sauk Valley – and 2022-23 was a doozy.

Huntley freshman Janiah Slaughter became the first from her school to win a medal at the IHSA Girls Wrestling State Tournament on Feb. 25 in Bloomington. Slaughter was voted the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week by readers.

Batavia junior Sydney Perry, the Team USA No. 2 ranked 145-pounder and defending IHSA 145-pound state champion, defeated Team USA No. 138-pounder Valerie Hamilton 7-4 in the title match days after both were initially ineligible before being reinstated two days before.

Batavia junior Sydney Perry won her eligibility appeal to the IHSA on Thursday and will compete at this weekend’ state tournament in Bloomington. Perry was initially deemed ineligible after competing for Team USA in Sweden last weekend.

A total of 25 girls from the Joliet area will compete in this weekend's state tournament.

Joliet Central girls wrestling wins with pins in its inaugural season. That and more from across the area in boys and girls bowling, girls basketball and boys basketball.