Dundee-Crown senior guard Jared Russell tied a school record with 10 3-pointers in an FVC win against Crystal Lake Central on Jan. 17. Russell is the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week.
Point guard Collin Greenlee scored a season- and game-high 21 points, and Woodstock spoiled Johnsburg's Gold Out Game with a 61-57 win Wednesday night.
Harvard senior Adam Cooke scored a game-high 27 points and surpassed 1,000 career points in a loss to Plano, Burlington Central and Dundee-Crown survived in overtime, plus more results in Wednesday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.
Morris swept the Huntley Quad with three wins Wednesday while DeKalb and Huntley each picked up wins.
Morris faces Huntley in a nononference girls wrestling meet on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, at Huntley High School.
Burlington Central and Cary-Grove played a girls and boys doubleheader last week at NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates. If you were seated close enough to the court, you could hear the players and coaches talking. Plus more in this week's Northwest Herald boys basketball notes.
Crystal Lake Central, Cary-Grove and Hampshire earned FVC girls basketball wins, while McHenry and Woodstock co-op girls bowling picked up dual victories in Tuesday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.
Adam Wrzos hit two 3-pointers in the final 43 seconds, and Finn Pivnicka had a double-double, but Marian Central's improved boys basketball team lost to Chicago Christian 66-62 in Chicagoland Christian Conference action Tuesday night.
Burlington Central sophomores Audrey LaFleur, Julia Scheuer and Ainsley Wilson all scored in double figures as the Rockets found reason to celebrate and snapped a six-game losing skid with a 67-48 win over Jacobs.