Woodstock junior Max Beard scored 24 points in a win against Harvard and surpassed 1,000 career points, Alden-Hebron's Hayden Smith had 38 points in an overtime loss to Hiawatha, and more in Tuesday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Jayce Schmitt scored 19 points, Jarrel Albea added 17, and Johnsburg's boys basketball team beat short-handed Richmond-Burton 71-46 Tuesday night in a Kishwaukee River Conference opener.

Crystal Lake South and Huntley exchanged leads five times in the fourth quarter. In the end, it was the Gators who came out on top. Senior Laken LePage tossed in 10 of her game-high 25 points in the fourth quarter as South held on for a 47-45 win.

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Richmond-Burton faces Johnsburg in a Kishwaukee River Conference boys basketball game on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at Johnsburg High School.

Adam Anwar finished with 17 points and seven rebounds, while Nate Ottaway added 12 points and four rebounds as McHenry fought off Hampshire 47-38 in a defensive Fox Valley Conference boys basketball matchup Tuesday evening.

Johnsburg sophomores Skye and Summer Toussaint have averaged almost 40 points a game for the undefeated Skyhawks. The twin sisters hope to lead Johnsburg to its first conference championship since 2017.

When she was in middle school, Prairie Ridge sophomore Emaline Foster had to convince her dad to let her go out for cross country. This fall, she finished second in the Class 2A state meet. Foster is the 2025 Northwest Herald Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.

Meet the 2025 Northwest Herald All-Area girls cross country team.

Marian Central's Julia Dovidio hit a go-ahead 3-pointer to lead the Hurricanes past Wheaton Academy, Alden-Hebron girls and boys earned wins, and more in Monday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.