Articles filed under Algonquin

• Editorial: Yes to school shooting drills, no to mandateFeb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Drills that would prepare students for a possible school shooting are a good idea, but Gov. Pat Quinn's proposal to require them goes too far, a Daily Herald editorial says.
  

   
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  Images: Jacobs vs. Dundee-Crown, girls basketball Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Rivals Jacobs and Dundee-Crown met up in a girls regional first-round matchup Monday night in Streamwood. Dundee-Crown won 61-45.
  

   

• Animal therapy program seeks dogs Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Page 3 Centegra Health System's Caring Paws Program is looking for a few good dogs. Each year one million lives are touched by the comfort and healing of a therapy animal visit. Registration and payment must be received by Wednesday, Feb. 13.
  

   

• Dundee-Crown snaps Huntley’s Valley streak at 29 Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  Huntley’s 29-game winning streak against division opponents was gone in 29 seconds. Consecutive Dundee-Crown 3-pointers by seniors Dylan Kissack and Brandon Rodriguez 29 seconds apart turned a tenuous 2-point lead into an 8-point cushion with 1:49 to play and propelled the Chargers to a 47-38 victory in Carpentersville Saturday night.
  

   

• Bartlett wins big; St. Edward falls Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Orange, Jacobs take care of Cary-Grove Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  It’s scary how good Jacobs sophomore guard Chrishawn Orange could become by the time he’s a senior. Connecting on 11-of-13 shots from the field, Orange poured in a career high 25 points to lead Jacobs to a 77-63 win over Cary-Grove in Fox Valley Conference Valley Division boys basketball action in Algonquin Saturday night.
  

   

• St. Edward rolls over Chicago Christian Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  St. Edward 55, Chicago Christian 28: In its regular-season finale, St. Edward scored its biggest win of the season Saturday in this Suburban Christian crossover. Rena Ranallo led the Green Wave (3-24) with 19 points, while Cece Rapp added 10 and Chelsea Gnan 8.
  

   

• Westminster 2nd, Harvest 5th at NAC tourney Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  Westminster Christian boys basketball coach Bruce Firchau couldn’t fault his team’s effort, but his Warriors simply had no answer for Makur Puou. Mooseheart’s 6-foot-10 junior was a beast, scoring 32 points and grabbing 9 rebounds to lead the Ramblers past Westminster 55-31 Saturday to win the Northeastern Athletic Conference tournament hosted by Rockford Christian Life. Colin Brandon scored 14 points for Westminster (16-11), which saw its 9-game winning streak snapped.
  

   
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  Cary-Grove’s Cullen the man at Barrington Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  How do you improve on perfection? Don’t ask Michael Cullen, because the Cary-Grove sophomore still feels he’s a long way from being there. Of course his opponents might feel a little differently if they were asked. Another simply smashing performance from Cullen was put in the books following a dominating 11-1 major decision in his 113-pound final against Colin Kenyon (New Trier, 33-8) at the Class 3A Barrington sectional Saturday. The win sends the Trojans’ star into the 3A state tournament on the front foot, and a well-deserved top 4 seed when things begin Thursday on the big floor of Assembly Hall in Champaign. Cullen (42-0) will be joined by teammate Michael Underwood (138) and Logan Hanselmann (120) both for the first time, after each won in dramatic style in their afternoon state qualifying bouts.
  

   
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  Girls basketball/Scouting the Fox Valley postseason Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  Taking a look at the girls basketball postseason around the Fox Valley.
  

   
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  Moving Picture: Algonquin man's art is taxidermy Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  Vern Brancamp is an artist, but unlike other artists, for the 70-year-old taxidermist nature IS his canvas. "I got started when I was kid," he said. "My dad was a hunter and when we'd come back with pheasant he'd pluck all the feathers and throw them in the trash," he said. "It would eat at my insides to see all those beautiful feathers go to waste so I would pick them out of the trash and pin them out on cardboard."
  

   
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  Westminster nails down 1A regional crown Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  Westminster Christian guard Kinsley Donahue was disappointed that Thursday’s snowstorm pushed the Class 1A Harvest Christian girls basketball regional final to Friday. Even more so for the pumped-up Donahue, as the game began Friday night, she waited even longer being the sixth man in Ken Flickinger’s group. But when Flickinger called for her to settle her teammates down when the Warriors were trailing by 3 points with 1:43 left in the first quarter, Donahue’s role became even more important. Westminster needed her spark off the bench to get the team back in the flow. “I kind of prayed a lot before the game and I feel I kind of got the strength,” said Donahue. “Coach encouraged me to make an effort when I came off the bench to spark something.” Donahue rose to the occasion. Her 13 points and 4 rebounds, including 6 points in the second quarter, helped Westminster fight off Christian Liberty, which hung around in the first half. Freshman Maddie Versluys took care of the rest with a game-high 21 points, including 7 rebounds as top-seeded Westminster grabbed a second-straight regional crown in a 62-43 win over No. 2 Christian Liberty at the Mitchell Swaback Athletic Center in Elgin.
  

   

• Jacobs, Dundee-Crown notch wins Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   
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  Cary-Grove tops Grayslake North in FVC ‘championship’ game Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Fox Valley Conference may continue to choose not to call it a championship game, but don’t tell that to the players or coaches from Cary-Grove and Grayslake North. The Trojans and Knights played with all the intensity of any championship affair Friday night when the FVC division champions met in Cary-Grove’s Elroy Fitzgerald Gymnasium. And when all was said and done, Cary-Grove’s girls basketball team had come away with its third straight “unofficial” FVC crown after holding off the Knights 56-48. “It was definitely one of our goals to make it to the crossover championship game,” said Cary-Grove senior Olivia Jakubicek, who scored a game-high 24 points for the Trojans. “Even though they don’t call it a championship game we wanted to give a championship effort.”
  

   

• Grayslake Central rallies to dump Huntley Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  When Huntley’s Ali Andrews nailed a 12-footer, the Red Raiders extended their lead to 29-16 with 6:12 left in the third quarter. It appeared the Red Raiders were on their way to an easy win over Grayslake Central. But someone forgot to tell the Rams the game looked to be over. Responding with a 23-0 outburst, Grayslake Central rallied for a 47-42 victory over the Red Raiders in a Fox Valley Conference crossover battle of second place girls basketball teams at Huntley Friday night.
  

   

• Westminster handles Harvest to advance in NAC tourney Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  A torrid start was all Westminster Christian needed. The Warriors roared out to a 19-2 lead and cruised past Harvest Christian, 63-43, in the first round of the Northeastern Athletic Conference boys basketball tournament here Friday night. Will Woodhouse led the early surge, scoring 12 of his game-high 22 points in the first quarter. Westminster made 7 of 8 3-point attempts in opening a 30-11 lead. Woodhouse hit back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 10-2, then Dillon Rejman came off the bench to knock down 3 trifectas.
  

   

• Village Church of Barrington to host Stephen Ministry Workshop Mar 2Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  This workshop is an excellent opportunity for church leaders and other members to learn about the Stephen Series, a ministry system that equips and mobilizes laypeople for effective caring ministry.
  

   

• McHenry UU Congregation, PFLAG to push legislators on marriage equalityFeb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  Members of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in McHenry and their long-time allies, Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), will visit two local legislators on Monday, February 11 to lobby in support of marriage equality
  

   

• 'On the Vine: Celebrating Books and Wine' Feb. 23Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  Join us at the Historic Dole Mansion on February 23, 2013 from 7pm-10pm for our 3rd annual wine tasting and silent auction.
  

   

• Learn about 'Cemetery Sleuthing for Ancestors' Feb. 16Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  Kathy Kult will share tips for ancestors in cemeteries effectively, recording what one finds.Join the Computer-Assisted Genealogy Group of Northern Illinois (CAGGNI) as she shares tips for searching for your departed ancestors in cemeteries and effectively recording what you find.