Prairie Ridge Preps

Ethan Dorchies brought his A-game to Saturday’s Class 3A Cary-Grove Regional championship against rival Prairie Ridge, tossing a complete-game, 12-strikeout, 1-0 shutout.

Woodstock North plated three runs in the bottom of the third, then sent 12 hitters to the plate in the fourth - scoring seven more times - to coast to a 10-2, regional championship win.

Cary-Grove's Reece Ihenacho and Crystal Lake Central's Jonathan Tegel both put up top performances in a Class 3A event Friday at the IHSA Boys Track and Field State Meet. More state meet news in Friday's high school sports roundup.

Thursday's prep roundup has local results from the boys state tennis tournament and postseason baseball.

Prairie Ridge pitcher Trace Vrbancic kept the game close until the offense got rolling later, with a grand slam from Tyler Vasey, as the Wolves beat Woodstock North 11-1 in their Class 3A Cary-Grove Regional baseball semifinal.

Prairie Ridge faces Woodstock North in a Class 3A Regional baseball action at Cary-Grove High School on Thursday, May 25, 2023.

Minnesota's 4x100 relay team, including Marengo alum Finn Schirmer, turned heads at the Big Ten Conference outdoor championships earlier this month by winning the event. On Friday, Schirmer and the Golden Gophers will try to earn a spot to NCAA nationals.

Crystal Lake Central faces Prairie Ridge in Class 3A Regional softball action at Crystal Lake South Wednesday.

Crystal Lake Central girls soccer defeated Belvidere North 2-1 on Wednesday to advance to the Class 2A Burlington Central Sectional final while Huntley and McHenry baseball each threw no-hitters. Plus more baseball, softball, girls soccer and boys and girls lacrosse scores.

Prairie Ridge freshman pitcher Reese Mosolino faced heavy traffic on the bases during Wednesday's Class 3A Crystal Lake South Regional semifinal and made Ady Kiddy’s sixth-inning run hold up for the Wolves in a 1-0 win against Crystal Lake Central.

Woodstock's Sam Chapman shut down Harvard as the Blue Streaks won their Class 3A Cary-Grove Regional opener in baseball. More baseball and lacrosse in Monday's roundup.

Prairie Ridge’s Jaylan Tucker and Cole Palese teamed up to win doubles play Saturday at the Class 1A Boys Tennis Lakes Sectional to advance to next weekend’s state meet. Plus more local results in Saturday's roundup.

Huntley won the Class 3A team title at the IHSA Girls Track and Field State Meet on Saturday. Huntley's Alex Johnson and Prairie Ridge's Rylee Lydon closed out their brilliant careers with another state championship each.

Huntley's Grace Helzer and Crystal Lake Central's Lizzie Gray each recorded hat tricks to lead their respective teams to regional championship wins. Plus more in Friday's high school sports roundup.

Huntley's Alex and Dominique Johnson and Prairie Ridge's Rylee Lydon all qualified in four events out of the preliminaries at the IHSA Girls Track and Field State Meet on Friday. Huntley can make a run at the team state title in Saturday's finals.