Prairie Ridge faces McHenry in a Fox Valley Conference soccer match on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, at McCraken Field in McHenry.

Jacobs faces Guilford in the Harvard Sectional semifinal girls flag football game at Harvard High School.

People partake in apple-picking traditions Thursday at Royal Oak Farm Apple Orchard in Harvard. The orchard features 34 different varieties of apples from 22,000 trees over 160 acres and four different orchard. Depending on the weather, Royal Oaks Farm expects apple picking season to last into November. The orchard, which also has an apple maze, was recently named the second best orchard in the county by the readers of Newsweek.

Burlington Central faces Prairie Ridge in a Fox Valley Conference football game on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake.

Aurora Christian faces Marian Central in a Chicagoland Christian Conference football game on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at Marian Central High School in Woodstock.

Woodstock North faces Richmond-Burton in a Kishwaukee River Conference football game on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at Richmond-Burton High School in Richmond.

Sandwich hosted Woodstock on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024 in Week 7 of football.

McHenry faces Antioch in the IHSA Flag Football Regional Championship game on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, atMcCracken Field in McHenry.

A large police presence on a street near Wonder Lake Thursday was followed by an announcement from authorities that two people were 'possibly' shot there.

Crystal Lake Central vs. Prairie Ridge in a Fox Valley Conference soccer match on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, at Prairie Ridge High School.

On Oct. 9, 2023, an explosion rocked Woodstock that leveled one house, burned another to a shell and damaged about 20 buildings. Here's a look back at images from that day and since.

Prairie Ridge faces Huntley in a Fox Valley Conference volleyball match on Tuesday Oct. 8, 2024, at Huntley High School.

Richmond-Burton faces Harvard Harvard in the Kishwaukee River Conference championship soccer match on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, at Dan Horne Field on the campus of Harvard High School in Harvard.

The Class 2A Kaneland Boys Golf Sectional was held on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 at Hughes Creek in Elburn.

Area golfers compete in the IHSA Boys’ Class 3A Sectional Golf Tournament Monday, Oct. 7 2024, at Randall Oaks Golf Club in West Dundee.