Marengo Preps

Marengo quarterback Josh Holst has a strong arm and fleet feet on his 6-foot-4 frame and has received considerable interest from NCAA scholarship schools. Holst is working hard and waiting for more offers.

Marengo athletic director Nate Wright, who has worked in the district for 15 years, is leaving to become a dean of students at Sycamore High School, the town in which he lives.

Members of the Marengo football team practice Monday, June 27, 2022, at Marengo Community High School in Marengo.

Meet the 2022 Northwest Herald All-Area baseball team.

Meet the 2022 Northwest Herald All-Area softball team.

Meet the 2022 Northwest Herald Girls Soccer All-Area teams.

Marengo's Jenna Turner and Prairie Ridge's Bella Crimaldi each had big offensive seasons to help Rock Valley College win its eighth straight NJCAA Division III national championship last month. The eight titles in a row is a record across all NJCAA divisions.

Richmond-Burton's Hayden Christiansen is the Kishwaukee River Conference Baseball Player of the Year as the All-KRC team is announced.

Eighteen players from the Northwest Herald coverage area were named to the Illinois Coaches Association All-State softball team, released Monday night.

Here is the All-Kishwaukee River Conference softball team for the 2022 season, as selected by coaches.

Richmond-Burton's Tristan Rockwell, Joe Miller, Sean Rockwell and Jack Verdoni look like the team to beat in the Class 2A 4x400-meter relay at the IHSA Boys Track and Field State Meet after their preliminary performance Friday.

University of Wisconsin LaCrosse freshman Kyra Lard, a McHenry East graduate, had hits in 27 of her team's final 31 games and finished with a .410 batting average. Lard was named Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year.

Prairie Ridge's Elena Smith tossed a complete-game shutout to lead the Wolves to a 3-0 win over Harvard in their Class 3A Woodstock North Regional semifinal. Plus more postseason results in baseball and tennis in Thursday's prep roundup.

The Richmond-Burton 4x400-meter relay team has had an outstanding season and how heads to state with the top seed time out of sectional meets. Here's a preview of local boys teams heading to the IHSA Boys Track and Field State Meet this Friday and Saturday.

Richmond-Burton's Reese Frericks is the Kishwaukee River Conference Girls Soccer Player of the Year as the All-KRC team is announced. Woodstock's Valerie Sardelli is Goalkeeper of the Year.