Huntley defeated Burlington Central 6-1 on Tuesday night to win its first outright Fox Valley Conference championship since 2015.

Woodstock North crowned five champions en route to winning the Kishwaukee River Conference Boys Tennis Tournament.

Few athletes are tougher than Alden-Hebron's Wyatt Armbrust, who hunts excellence. When the versatile senior and A student isn't playing football, baseball or other sports for the Giants, he keeps busy by fishing, hunting, farming and trap-shooting.

Of all of the presents, including a Mason jar full of infield dirt scooped from Prairie Ridge‘s baseball field, it was the presence of current assistant coaches and former players that mattered most to Glen Pecoraro. His Wolves then beat Crystal Lake Central 8-0 Monday.

Prairie Ridge softball won at least a share of the Fox Valley Conference championship with a 1-0 win over Burlington Central on Monday. Plus more softball, baseball, girls soccer and girls lacrosse scores.

Behind a two-hitter from Iowa State commit Hailey Holtz, Richmond-Burton prevented Marengo from winning the Kishwaukee River Conference outright with a 10-0, six-inning victory. Now, it’s the Rockets who are in control of the race with two games left.

Marengo faces Richmond-Burton in a Kishwaukee River Conference softball game on Monday, May 12, 2025, at Richmond-Burton High School in Richmond.

A look back at the last week in sports in the Northwest Herald by photographers Gregory Shaver, and Patrick Kunzer for the Shaw Local News Network

A look back at the last week of high school sports in the Northwest Herald by photographers Gregory Shaver, Patrick Kunzer for the Shaw Local News Network, and Ryan Rayburn for the Shaw Local News Network.

Harvard's Tallulah Eichholz hit two home runs and struck out 11 while her sister Leona hit a walk-off, two-run blast to beat Dundee-Crown, Prairie Ridge's Reese Mosolino struck out 10 in a shutout against Marengo, plus more in Saturday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Despite only managing two wins on the day, St. Charles North surpassed expectations to win it's first-ever Kane County Meet championship, while five meet records were broken across the board at the 106th event, the most since 1977.

A funny guy who likes to joke around on the ball field and maybe even in Mr. Jakubowski’s English class, Huntley sophomore pitcher Sean Dabe was put in a not-so-fun situation Friday. He delivered, pitching 4 2/3 innings in relief as the Red Raiders held off Dundee-Crown 3-2.

Jacobs edged McHenry in baseball, Hampshire topped Burlington Central, Dundee-Crown's Oreoluwa Sobodu won three events at the Kane County Boys Track and Field Meet, and more in Friday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Dundee-Crown faces Huntley in a Fox Valley Conference baseball game on Friday, May 9, 2025, at Huntley High School.

Harvard freshman Julie Silva has been a catalyst in a turnaround season for the Hornets, who Wednesday won their first Kishwaukee River Conference Tournament championship. Silva is the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week.