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.
Burlington Central senior right-hander Brady Gilroy was excellent in a spot start for the Rockets, who defeated Huntley 4-1 in their final Fox Valley Conference game of the season Friday.
Burlington Central faces Huntley in the Fox Valley Conference baseball game on Friday, May 10, 2024, at Huntley High School.
Prairie Ridge's Katie Jewell ran the fastest 100 meters in Fox Valley Conference Girls Track and Field Meet history on May 2 and qualified for state in four events at Wednesday's Class 2A Carmel Sectional. The Wolves junior was voted the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week.
Zach Rysavy and Jeff Cruickshank got Huntley off to a good start in field events and the Red Raiders went on to win their second consecutive Fox Valley Conference Boys Track and Field Meet championship.
McHenry senior Vanessa Buske belted two home runs, including a grand slam, and pitched all five innings in a 15-5 Fox Valley Conference win against Prairie Ridge. And more softball, baseball and girls soccer results in Thursday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.
Local athletes compete in the Fox Valley Conference Boys Track and Field Meet on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at Huntley High School.
Huntley's Sophie Amin tore it up on the same track where she suffered a horrific injury a year ago, and the Red Raiders won the Class 3A Huntley Girls Track and Field Sectional for a third consecutive year.
Prairie Ridge qualified five individuals and three relays to the IHSA State Meet on its way to the Class 2A Carmel Sectional title Wednesday in Mundelein.