Here are the McHenry County-area girls lacrosse players who earned All-State and All-Sectional honors from the IGLCA for the 2026 season. Crystal Lake Central co-op's Anna Starr and Huntley's Mya Holmberg were each named All-State first team.

Here are the 2026 All-Fox Valley Conference girls lacrosse selections, as voted on by FVC coaches.

The Lincoln-Way girls lost to Maris 11-9 in the Lockport Supersectional lacrosse match while the Lincoln-Way boys were bested by St. Ignatius.

The Huntley girls lacrosse team's historic season ended Tuesday with a 10-6 loss to Barrington in the Huntley Supersectional. Mya Holmberg led the Red Raiders with three goals, and Aubrie Salazar added two.

Huntley faces Barrington in the Huntley Supersectional girls lacrosse match on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at Huntley High School.

Host Crystal Lake Central co-op fell behind 5-0 in the first 10 minutes against Barrington and couldn't recover in an 11-6 loss to the Fillies at the Crystal Lake Central Sectional championship on Friday afternoon.

Huntley's girls soccer team earned a shutout to advance to a Class 3A sectional final, while the Huntley and Crystal Lake Central co-op girls lacrosse teams also won sectional-semifinal matches. Plus, more in Tuesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Here are the IHSA sectional and supersectional assignments for McHenry County-area boys and girls lacrosse teams. The state final tournament will be held June 4 and 6 at Hinsdale Central.

Crystal Lake Central co-op's Anna Starr scored 19 goals in three wins against St. Charles East co-op, Hampshire co-op and Lincoln-Way Central co-op and surpassed 300 in her career. Starr is the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week.

Huntley faces Crystal Lake Central co-op in a Fox Valley Conference girls lacrosse match on Friday, April 17, 2026, at Crystal Lake Central High School.

The 2026 girls lacrosse season is officially underway. Here are five players to watch in the McHenry County area.

The 2026 girls lacrosse season is underway. Here are this year's season preview capsules for McHenry County area teams.

Crystal Lake Central co-op junior Anna Starr already cemented herself as one of the state's best players. But Starr took her game to yet another level, earning her the Northwest Herald Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year for a third straight season.

Here is the 2025 All-Fox Valley Conference girls lacrosse team, as selected by coaches.

Crystal Lake Central Coop faces Hinsdale Central in the third-place game of the girls lacrosse state finals on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at Hinsdale Central High School.

Crystal Lake Central co-op takes on Loyola Academy in a girls lacrosse state semifinal match on Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Hinsdale.

Addie Bechler scored five goals, Fiona Lemke added three, and Crystal Lake Central's girls lacrosse team held off a fourth-quarter rally to beat Downers Grove North 10-8 on Tuesday and earn the program's first state berth.

Addie Bechler, Anna Starr and Fiona Lemke each scored three goals, and the Crystal Lake Central co-op girls lacrosse team used a team effort to beat Huntley 14-8 in the Crystal Lake Central Sectional championship match Friday.

Crystal Lake Central faces Huntley in the IHSA Sectional championship girls lacrosse match on Friday, May 30, 2025, at Crystal Lake Central High School.

Burlington Central's Chase Powrozek threw a no-hitter to lead the Rockets to an 8-0 win over Rochelle in a Class 3A regional semifinal, Hampshire and McHenry baseball threw combined no-hitters, plus more postseason scores in Wednesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Prairie Ridge won the Class 2A Marmion Sectional team title after qualifying four individuals and three relay teams to the IHSA state meet. Plus more boys and girls lacrosse, girls soccer, baseball and softball scores.

Crystal Lake Central's co-op girls lacrosse team won the FVC title again, while Gabby Wojtarowicz scored four times to become the Jacobs girls soccer team's all-time leading goal scorer. Plus more in Tuesday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Prairie Ridge softball won at least a share of the Fox Valley Conference championship with a 1-0 win over Burlington Central on Monday. Plus more softball, baseball, girls soccer and girls lacrosse scores.

Emma Dallas threw a no-hitter to help Prairie Ridge beat Crystal Lake South 11-0 on Wednesday night to keep pace at the top of the Fox Valley Conference standings. Plus more softball, baseball, girls soccer, boys tennis and girls lacrosse scores.

A look back at the last week in sports in the Northwest Herald by photographers Gregory Shaver, and Patrick Kunzer for the Shaw Local News Network

Prairie Ridge softball stayed undefeated Saturday after a pair of wins over Glenbrook South. Plus plenty of more softball, baseball, girls soccer, boys tennis, boys and girls lacrosse and boys volleyball scores.

Anna Starr scored her fifth goal of the game and 205th of her career in sudden-death overtime to lift the Crystal Lake Central co-op girls lacrosse team to a 12-11 win over Huntley on Friday night.

Huntley faces Crystal Lake Central Co-op in Fox Valley Conference lacrosse match on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at Crystal Lake Central High School in Algonquin.

The Crystal Lake Central softball team stayed undefeated with a 13-1 win over crosstown rival Crystal Lake South. Plus more softball, baseball, girls soccer, girls lacrosse, boys tennis and boys volleyball scores.

After going 0-15 last year, Plainfield's co-op girls lacrosse team is now 0-3 on the year. Still, they're finding the positive in every situation.

Johnsburg baseball's Ashton Stern and Peyton Mesce threw a combined no-hitter, Woodstock baseball's Everett Flannery struck out 11 and Hampshire softball's Lily Sippel struck out 10 in wins Wednesday. Plus more baseball, softball and girls lacrosse scores.

Check out the Northwest Herald's team-by-team girls lacrosse preview for the 2025 season with top returners, key newcomers and information on each local team.

Crystal Lake Central co-op sophomore Anna Starr took her game to another level this season after an impressive freshman year. Starr earned herself the Northwest Herald's Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year for a second straight year.

Here is the 2024 All-Fox Valley Conference girls lacrosse team, as selected by coaches.

Crystal Lake Central co-op keeps getting closer to Lake Forest, but the Scouts still ended the Tigers' season for a third consecutive season with a 9-6 victory in the Crystal Lake Central Supersectional Tuesday.

Crystal Lake Central faces Lake Forest in the Girls Lacrosse Supersectional match on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at Crystal Lake Central High School.

Prairie Ridge’s doubles pairing of Cole Palese/Tim Jones advanced to the Class 1A quarterfinals while the Wolves' Jacob Kim stayed alive in the singles consolation bracket. Plus more girls lacrosse and baseball playoff scores.

McHenry's Vanessa Buske hit a walk-off grand slam in a regional semifinal softball win, Burlington Central's Mekenzie Rogers recorded a hat trick to lead the Rockets girls soccer team to the sectional finals, and more in Wednesday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Lincoln-Way East, Providence Catholic win softball, Minooka wins girls soccer. That and more in Tuesday's roundup.

Crystal Lake Central's co-op girls lacrosse team got four goals from Anna Starr in a 10-1 win over St. Viator; and more girls and boys lacrosse scores in Monday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Richmond-Burton softball won its fourth straight regional title and set the program record for wins in a season, Huntley girls soccer captured back-to-back regional titles in a penalty-kick shootout, plus more scores and results in Friday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Marian Central advanced three entries to next weekend's Class 1A State Girls Track and Field Meet at Eastern Illinois. Plus postseason girls soccer, baseball, softball and girls lacrosse results in Friday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Crystal Lake South scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to come back to beat Cary-Grove 7-6 on Monday. Plus more baseball softball, girls soccer, boys and girls lacrosse, boys tennis and boys volleyball scores.

Prairie Ridge won two doubles titles and beat Batavia by one point for the title at Saturday's Crystal Lake Central Boys Tennis Invite. And plenty more in Saturday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Prairie Ridge's Conner Pollasky and Burlington Central's Danielle Durckel each knocked in walk-off hits to lead the respective teams to wins on Wednesday afternoon. Plus more scores from Wednesday night.

Huntley's Travis Dudycha scored off a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Red Raiders a walk-off 1-0 win over Hampshire on Friday. Plus more baseball, softball, girls soccer, girls lacrosse and boys and girls track and field scores.

Marengo's Michael Kirchhoff and Prairie Ridge's Reese Mosolino each threw a no-hitter for their respective teams Wednesday night. Plus more baseball, softball, girls soccer, boys and girls lacrosse, boys tennis and boys volleyball scores.

McHenry senior second baseman Carson Weidner lifted the Warriors to a Fox Valley Conference win against Cary-Grove with a walk-off single in extra innings. And more scores and results in Friday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Aly Jordan doubled in the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Woodstock North a 4-3 Kishwaukee River Conference win over Richmond-Burton on Thursday. Plus more scores from Thursday night.

Marengo's Lilly Kunzer fired a perfect game and hit two homers as the Indians beat Fenton in softball. And more in Wednesday's Northwest Herald high school sports roundup.