Girls Tennis

The IHSA announced three significant changes to its classification policy Tuesday. Starting next school year, the IHSA will go back to using fixed classification cutoffs, change its multiplier waiver process and adjust its “Success Adjustment Policy.”

After going 35-8 and making it to the fifth round of the Class 2A doubles state bracket, St. Charles North's doubles team of Shannon Lu and Danielle Dejanovich are the Kane County Chronicle girls tennis Players of the Year. Plus, the All-Area team.

Meet the 2024 Northwest Herald All-Area girls tennis team.

Lizzie McConkie and Maggie Klein’s determination on the courts of the Class A State Tournament earned Sycamore’s No. 1 doubles team a 17th-place finish and the Daily Chronicle’s Girls Tennis Players of the Year Award.

A look at the top girls tennis players in the NewsTribune area for the 2024 season.

La Salle-Peru's Elena Leone and Cali Mickley are the 2024 NewsTribune Girls Tennis Players of the Year after placing third in the Interstate 8 Conference Tournament and Class 1A Ottawa Sectional and winning two matches at state to finish top 32.

Ottawa junior singles player Zulee Moreland won 23 matches, Interstate 8 Conference Tournament and Ottawa Sectional championships, claimed an opening-round victory at the IHSA Class 1A state meet and is the 2024 Times Girls Tennis Player of the Year.

The 2024 IHSA Girls Tennis Championship were held on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024 at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights.

In Class 2A singles at the IHSA State Finals in suburban Chicago, Plainfield North’s Jessica Kovalcik – the defending state champion – won all three of her matches and advanced to the second day, plus more in Thursday's Herald-News Roundup.

The last two locals competing at state tennis, Dixon's Grace Ferguson and Sterling's Ellie Aitken ended up meeting in consolation play on Thursday. Ferguson came out on top and advanced to Day 2 for the first time in singles.

A trio of local seniors are set for Thursday's state tennis tournament as Dixon's Addison Arjes and Grace Ferguson, and Sterling's Ellie Aitken will compete in singles in Class 1A.

Ottawa junior Zulee Moreland won the Class 1A Ottawa Sectional singles championship on Saturday, while La Salle-Peru captured the team title at the Henderson-Guenther Tennis Facility.

Here’s a look at Bureau County area girls tennis sectionals, including L-P, Mendota, Princeton and St. Bede

Streator girls tennis coach will retire Kaye Tallier at the end of the season after 28 seasons leading the Bulldogs' netters.

Cary Grove junior Jameson Tenopir used a big surge in the final mile to win the St. Charles North Boys Cross Country Invite, Huntley senior Tommy Nitz won the Peoria Invite, plus more scores and results in Saturday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Lincoln-Way East, Morris win girls volleyball, Romeoville, Yorkville win boys soccer. That and more in Thursday's roundup.

Ulisses Mateos and Ryan Spencer each scored a goal to lead Crystal Lake Central past McHenry, 2-1, on Thursday to keep pace in the Fox Valley Conference race. Plus more boys soccer, girls volleyball, girls tennis, girls swimming and flag football scores.

Shannon Lu became just the fourth player in St. Charles North history with 100 career victories after winning her match against St. Charles East. Lu was selected as the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

McHenry volleyball swept Huntley 25-20, 25-20, Dundee-Crown beat Burlington Central in three sets, plus more volleyball, boys soccer, girls tennis and cross country results in Tuesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

The Streator girls tennis team swept all three doubles matches and earned a 4-1 victory over Kankakee in Monday's match at the SHS courts.

Streator played Kankankee on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 at Streator High School.

Richmond-Burton's Alex Hopp surpassed 2,000 career assists as the Rockets went 4-1 to win their own tournament Saturday. Marengo volleyball won the Yorkville Christian Tournament, Huntley girls tennis placed first at the Larkin Invite, plus more in the Northwest Herald roundup.

Huntley's No. 1 doubles team of Kate Burkey and Carlie Weishaar helped lead the Red Raiders to a Fox Valley Conference win against Cary-Grove on Friday.

Lincoln-Way East's Aiden Shaughnessy scored with less than a second left in a 1-0 win against Lincoln-Way Central, plus more boys soccer, girls volleyball and girls tennis results in Thursday's The Herald-News roundup.

Marengo sophomore Maggie Hanson earned medalist honors, and the Indians girls golf team captured their third straight Kishwaukee River Conference championship. That and more in Thursday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Casey Sanborn of Plainfield North and Ty Quinn of Minooka finished separated by one stroke. That one shot was the difference in the team race, as the Tigers won the conference title over the Indians 293-294, plus more from across the Herald-News coverage.

Johnsburg's Riley Johnson earned medalist honors to lead the Skyhawks boys golf team to the Kishwaukee River Conference championship, Harvard boys soccer won its fourth straight KRC regular-season title, plus more in Wednesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Minooka, Lemont win girls volleyball, Lincoln-Way Central, Plainfield East win boys soccer. That and more in Thursday's roundup.

Hampshire and Burlington Central both shot 147s in their Fox Valley Conference boys golf dual wins on Thursday. Plus more results in girls golf, girls tennis, volleyball and boys soccer in the Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Nick Kyes scored two goals to lead the Richmond-Burton past Woodstock North, 4-0, to a Kishwaukee River Conference win on Wednesday. Plus more boys soccer, volleyball, girls tennis, boys and girls golf and girls swimming scores.

The La Salle-Peru girls tennis teams wept all three doubles matches and took five of the six matches in singles to defeat Ottawa in the Interstate 8 Conference dual at the L-P Sports Complex on Tuesday.

Ottawa and L-P competed during a tennis meet on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024 at the L-P Athletic Complex in La Salle.

The Sycamore girls tennis team hosted the Barbs of DeKalb Wednesday afternoon in a nonconference contest.

Richmond-Burton soccer won 9-0 and more soccer, golf, volleyball and tennis results in Monday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Crystal Lake Central co-op's Rylee Rud earned medalist honors at the Stillman Valley Invite in girls golf, Crystal Lake South's Morgan Johnson reached 500 career kills in volleyball, plus more scores and results in Saturday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Lockport, Seneca win in volleyball, Lincoln-Way West, Lincoln-Way East win in boys soccer. That and more in Thursday's roundup.

Burlington Central's Leah Freesemann reached 500 career kills in a Fox Valley Conference win against Jacobs on Thursday. Plus more volleyball, girls swimming, girls tennis, boys soccer and boys golf results in the Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Woodstock North and Richmond-Burton each won their volleyball matches Wednesday to each stay undefeated on the season. Plus more volleyball, boys soccer, girls tennis, boys and girls golf and girls swimming scores in the Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Crystal Lake South volleyball handed Crystal Lake Central its first Fox Valley Conference loss. Plus more volleyball, golf, cross country and boys soccer results in Tuesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Huntley volleyball coach Karen Naymola earned her 500th career victory as the Red Raiders beat Prairie Ridge Thursday in Fox Valley Conference action. Plus more volleyball, girls tennis, boys and girls golf and boys soccer results.

Minooka, Seneca win girls volleyball, Lincoln-Way East wins boys golf. Plus more in boys soccer, girls tennis and girls golf scores in our Wednesday rounudup.

Richmond-Burton girls volleyball stayed undefeated on the season with a 25-8, 25-15 Kishwaukee River Conference win over Woodstock on Wednesday night. Plus more boys soccer, girls tennis and boys and girls golf scores.

Hampshire volleyball rallied to beat Prairie Ridge and Crystal Lake Central defeated Dundee-Crown as both teams stayed perfect. Plus more volleyball, boys soccer, boys and girls golf and girls tennis scores in Tuesday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Here is the schedule of upcoming games and matches for the week of Sept. 2 in the Kane County coverage area.

Huntley’s Tommy Nitz won the boys race and Haley Rahman won the girls for the Red Raiders at Saturday's McHenry County Cross Country Meet. Plus more cross country, boys soccer, girls tennis and volleyball results in the Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Jacobs senior Barrett Rennell led the Golden Eagles past Prairie Ridge in a tightly-contested Fox Valley Conference boys golf dual. Plus more boys and girls golf, volleyball, boys soccer and girls tennis scores in Thursday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Here is a capsule look the Dixon, Newman and Sterling girls tennis teams. The Duchesses and Golden Warriors both return state qualifiers.

Marengo boys soccer came back to beat Woodstock North 3-2 in penalty kicks to win its season opener on Wednesday. Plus more boys soccer, volleyball girls tennis and boys and girls golf scores.

While a few key players from last season return, there will be a lot of new faces on the tennis courts in 2024 for the Ottawa Pirates and Streator Bulldogs.

Here is the schedule of upcoming games and matches for the week of Aug. 26 in the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.