Articles filed under Crystal Lake

• Softball/Fox Valley roundup May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Baseball/Fox Valley roundup May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Crystal Lake South blanks Dundee-Crown May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  The postseason couldn't have started out any better for the Crystal Lake South girls soccer team. The Gators dominated possession and kept Dundee-Crown from getting any good scoring opportunity Tuesday as CL South defeated the Chargers, 5-0, in the semifinals of the Class 3A Crystal Lake South regional. "It's good motivation to help us get through," said Gators senior Mackenzie Taldone, who scored the final 2 goals. "We've definitely been put as underdogs during the conference so we're definitely going to push through regionals and show people who we actually are."
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  John Giesing, 74, of the 700 block of Coventry Lane, Crystal Lake, was charged over the weekend with solicitation of a sexual act, after police said he offered to pay a 16-year-old boy to perform a sexual act, according to a police report.
  

   

• Baseball/Fox Valley roundup May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Burlington Central downs DeKalb May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Prairie Ridge denies Cary-Grove FVC Valley crown May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  Lauren Stanley deserved better. Allowing only an unearned run in the sixth inning, Stanley was the hard-luck loser as Cary-Grove dropped a gut-wrenching 1-0 decision to Prairie Ridge in Fox Valley Conference Valley Division softball action in Crystal Lake Monday afternoon. The victory gave the Wolves the outright Valley championship with a 10-2 record. The Trojans end league play with a 9-3 slate.
  

   
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  The Dow Jones and the Industrials sell out 'the Listening Room at Lakeside Legacy Foundation in Crystal Lake, IL on May 11th.May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  On Saturday, May 11th, the Dow Jones and the Industrials played to a sold out crowd at ‘the Listening Room’ at Lakeside Legacy Foundation in Crystal Lake, IL. The Dow Jones and the Industrials are the veritable Who’s Who in the Crystal Lake area. The Dow Jones and the Industrials is a local band featuring the talents of Chuck Stevens, J.T. Wheeler, Wenzel Rossler, Penny Johns-Thompson, and Bob Blazier. Marti Bonne the pianist from Together Again and Geoff Demuth a pedal steel guitar player sat in with the band.
  

   

• Cary Park District Hosts Hershey Track & Field GamesMay 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Cary Park District and the Hershey Company present Hershey’s National Track and Field Games. This meet is open to boys and girls ages 9 – 14 years old and will be held on Sunday, June 2 from 12:00 – 3:00 pm at the Cary-Grove High School Track.
  

   
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  West Chicago's Community Art Banner Project Answers A Question of Balance From the Perspective of Eleven ArtistsMay 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  West Chicago's Community Art Banner Project Answers A Question of Balance From the Perspective of Eleven Artists
  

   
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  Record Crowds at the May 3rd First Friday at Lakeside Legacy Foundation in Crystal Lake, ILMay 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  The first Friday of every month is the First Friday gallery event at Lakeside Legacy Foundation in Crystal Lake, IL. The May 3rd event featured student artwork from the Crystal Lake D47 schools and students of Creative Artistry School of Fine Arts, and had record attendance of over 200 guests. Guests enjoyed art, free appetizers and participated in coloring, origami, and face painting. Music at the event was provided by teachers and student musicians from D47 school choirs and two groups from the McHenry County Youth Orchestra.
  

   

• Youth football plans registration May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  Page 3 The Junior Eagles Youth Football will hold its third in-person registration from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at No Limit Arcade, 2719 W. Algonquin Road in Algonquin.
  

   

• Historical society to plaque Crystal Lake house May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  The McHenry County Historical Society Committee will hold a plaque ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18 for the Josephine and William Lorimer Jr. House at 615 Lake Ave. in Crystal Lake. The present owners, Rudolph Magnani and Lynn Lourie, have taken care in preserving and restoring this 1929 grand residence and will be awarded the plaque in a public ceremony.
  

   

• Baseball/Fox Valley roundup May 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Jacobs, Crystal Lake South split May 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Crystal Lake South and Jacobs baseball teams traded walk-off winners Saturday in an intense doubleheader preview of their May 23 regional semifinal. CL South (15-5, 12-5) took Game 1 when Tom Gaede singled to left-center field in the bottom of the eighth inning to score Jake Bigos for a 3-2 victory. Jacobs (17-10, 9-7) salvaged the split when catcher Aaron Meciej laced a one-out single down the third-base line in the bottom of the seventh, scoring Grant Kale from second base for a 1-0 win. Kale led off with a single and advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Nick Ledinsky.
  

   
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  Richard Marx, Peter Yarrow on Raue summer lineup May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake announced some of its 2013-2014 lineup which will include singer/songwriter Richard Marx, Broadway veteran Ben Vereen, Peter Yarrow and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy among others. The center’s resident theater company Williams Street Repertory inaugurates its first comedy week on Aug. 11 with Jeff Sweet’s “You Only Shoot the Ones You Love.”
  

   
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  Ex-Huntley trustee Fender planning for life after politics May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  Now that Pam Fender is out of the public eye, she's eager to become a regular person. Fender, a Huntley trustee for eight years and Grafton Township's one-time administrator, says she's focused on building a new life — one that will likely be outside of Huntley. "I just want to be a private citizen and just figure out my future," she said.
  

   
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  Huntley runs away with Fox Valley title May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  Without talented hurdler Kyle See, who was out with a twisted ankle, Huntley coach Jim Rolando realized a total team effort would be needed for the Red Raiders to capture the Fox Valley Conference boys track and field championship. Mission accomplished. With 3 first-place finishes, Huntley compiled 116 ½ points to claim top honors in the FVC meet held at Cary Grove's Al Bohrer Field Friday night.
  

   

• Baseball/Fox Valley roundup May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Cary-Grove’s Stanley throws no-hitter May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  Junior Lauren Stanley had her best outing since taking over the circle for injured senior Lindsay Efflandt, throwing a no-hitter Friday as Cary-Grove's softball team defeated Dundee-Crown 1-0 in a Fox Valley Conference Valley Division game at Cary-Grove. Stanley (7-3) struck out 7 and walked 1 as the Trojans (18-3, 9-2) remained in a first-place tie in the Valley with McHenry and Prairie Ridge. Cary-Grove plays at PR Monday.