Grayslake North Preps

Grayslake North faces Marian Central in a nonconference girls volleyball match Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, at Marian Central Catholic High School in Woodstock.

Grayslake Central hosted crosstown foe Grayslake North in Week 4 of football on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023.

Prairie Ridge faces Grayslake North in a nonconference softball Thursday. March 23, 2023, at Grayslake North High School.

Steve Soucie breaks down the second round of the 2022 IHSA Class 6A playoffs.

Just five months removed from shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum, Woodstock North sophomore Addi Salazar struck out 10 and picked up a 5-4 win Friday over host Grayslake North.

Prairie Ridge’s statistics are indicative of an offense that does not lean heavily on one player.

Dundee-Crown football (1-0) rallied to stun the host Grayslake North Knights, 30-25, and immediately matched its win total from 2017.

Ty Penningon was the lead back most of the first half and finished with 121 yards on 12 carries as Cary-Grove cruised into the Class 6A quarterfinals with a 56-7 victory over Grayslake North at Al Bohrer Field

The Knights went on to beat the Thunder, 35-21, Friday night in a Fox Valley Conference Fox Division game at Grayslake North.

Woodstock led Grayslake North in the number of offensive plays run, 46 to 42, and time of possession. The Knights, however, made the big scoring plays on the night that led to their 35-14 victory.

The game plan for Crystal Lake Central on Friday was simple. In order to spoil Grayslake North’s homecoming, the Tigers needed to establish a solid running game on offense, and slow down the Knights ground game while on defense.

Prairie Ridge football coach Chris Schremp says his team commits at least an hour at every practice to working on blocking, and its games like the one the Wolves had against Grayslake North on Friday night is where all that blocking practice really shows up.

On fourth down during their first defensive series, Cary-Grove defensive back Max Skol broke through the Grayslake North offensive wall, dove and blocked the Knights’ punt, instantly putting the Trojans in striking distance.

For Grayslake North and Hampshire, something had to give. Each team came into the second week of the season following victories over a close rival in Week 1.

Unfortunately for the Thunder, that hardware will be heading to Grayslake North as the Knights defeated Woodstock North 49-29