Girls Bowling

La Salle-Peru senior Olivia Weber overcame a slow start to the season to lead the area in average, help the Cavaliers to a regional title and earn NewsTribune Girls Bowler of the Year for the third time.

A look at the top girls bowlers in the NewsTribune area for the 2023-24 season.

Richmond-Burton's Gina Scichowski recorded McHenry County's best finish ever by placing runner-up at the IHSA Girls Bowling State Tournament. The Rockets senior was selected as the 2024 Northwest Herald Girls Bowler of the Year.

Morrison junior Camryn Veltrop became the first girls basketball player in school history to be named first-team all-state by the Associated Press and IBCA, and former E-P football standout Jase Grunder received his first varsity letter at Central College. Plus more local sports.

Richmond-Burton's Gina Scichowski went to The Cherry Bowl in Rockford with hopes of winning a state title and nearly succeeded. She took second in the IHSA Girls Bowling State Tournament on Saturday.

Richmond-Burton senior Gina Scichowski won the Antioch Girls Bowling Regional championship on Feb. 3, then added a sectional title to her collection over the weekend. Scichowski was selected as the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

Polo and Newman girls basketball each picked up quarterfinal wins Saturday as part of the Class 1A West Carroll Regional. Plus more local results in Saturday's roundup.

Richmond-Burton senior Gina Scichowski backed up her regional girls bowling championship last week with another first-place finish at the Fremd Sectional. Plus more girls bowling, boys and girls wrestling and boys and girls basketball results in Saturday's roundup.

Sterling freshman Sarah Doughty won the Sterling girls bowling regional, while wrestlers from Oregon, Amboy, Polo and West Carroll advanced from various regionals on Saturday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.

Richmond-Burton senior Gina Scichowski won the Antioch Bowling Regional; and more in Saturday's high school sports roundup.

The Polo boys and girls basketball teams both defeated Milledgeville, while the Newman girls basketball team fell to Princeton on Thursday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.

Newman topped Morrison, Polo beat Forreston, and Ashton-Franklin Center routed Milledgeville in girls basketball games on Wednesday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.

Crystal Lake Central took sole possession of third place in the Fox Valley Conference with an overtime victory over Cary-Grove; and more in Wednesday's high school sports roundup.

Sterling freshman Sarah Doughty took the Western Big 6 girls bowling title with a 1,271 six-game series, while the Newman girls basketball team rolled to a nonconference win over Oregon on Monday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.

Ben Person scored 37 points and set a single-game school record for made 3-pointers in Johnsburg's 91-71 win over Marian Central on Monday. The Skyhawks also made a program-record 21 3-pointers. Plus more boys basketball, girls basketball and girls bowling scores.