Meet the 2025 Northwest Herald All-Area Girls Volleyball Team.

Prairie Ridge first-year coach Leah Groat led the Wolves back to the Class 3A state tournament and their most wins in 20 years. Groat is the 2025 Northwest Herald Girls Volleyball Coach of the Year.

Jarrel Albea scored 16 points, and Johnsburg's boys basketball team beat Harvest-Westminster 71-45 for its third win in a row. Plus more basketball, swimming and bowling results in Thursday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Led by returning state medalist Radic Dvorak, Huntley recorded four pins and dominated both the middle and upper weight classes during its 48-24 Fox Valley Conference victory against Jacobs on Thursday evening.

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Jacobs faces Huntley in a Fox Valley Conference wrestling meet on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, at Huntley High School.

Woodstock junior guard Max Beard scored his 1,000th point this week and seeks to become the school's all-time leading scorer before he graduates. Plus notes on McHenry and Burlington Central in the Northwest Herald's boys basketball notebook.

Meet the 2025 Northwest Herald All-Area boys soccer team.

Huntley's Matt Lewandowski, who led the Red Raiders to a 13-3-3 record, a 9-0 Fox Valley Conference record and FVC championship, is the 2025 Northwest Herald Boys Soccer Coach of the Year.

Harvard senior midfielder Jesus Aquino, who recorded 21 goals and 15 assists while leading the Hornets to KRC Tournament and regional championships, is the 2025 Northwest Herald Boys Soccer Player of the Year.