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Ten McHenry County basketball players, six girls and four boys, received IBCA All-State honors for the 2025-26 season. Johnsburg's Summer Toussaint received first-team honors in Class 2A.

People crowd along Green Street in McHenry for the ShamROCKS the Fox Parade on Saturday, March 14, 2026.

People enjoy watching as the McHenry's ShamROCKS the Fox dyes the Fox River green on Saturday, March 14, 2026, in McHenry.
Here is the All-Fox Valley Conference boys basketball team for the 2025-26 season, as selected by coaches.

Johnsburg senior Jayce Schmitt and Woodstock junior Max Beard were named co-Kishwaukee River Conference Player of the Year. Check out the full All-KRC boys basketball team here, as selected by coaches.
Here is the 2025-26 All-Kishwaukee River Conference girls wrestling team, as voted on by KRC coaches.

Here is the 2025-26 All-Kishwaukee River Conference boys wrestling team, as voted on by KRC coaches.

A Crystal Lake teen who was at the center of criminal cases against her mother and stepfather died while their cases were pending. Now her brother is suing a DCFS contractor over her death.
Johnsburg's best boys basketball season since 2003 ended with a 75-41 loss to Peoria Manual in the Class 2A Sterling Supersectional on Monday night.


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