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Images: Daily Herald prep photos of the week Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
The Prep Photos of the Week gallery includes the best high school sports pictures by Daily Herald photographers. This week's gallery features photos from basketball, swimming and gymnastics.
Black sets the pace as Stevenson, LF share NSC crown Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
In Saturday's North Suburban Conference boys swimming meet, Mundelein's Connor Black broke the 100 butterfly pool record set in 1994 by Tucker Shade of Decatur MacArthur in a quick 48.76. Host Lake Forest (286) edged Stevenson (283) in the team standings, meaning those teams share the overall conference championship.
Montini leads the way at Antioch Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
With the top-ranked Class 2A wrestling team in the state in the field, getting out of the Antioch individual sectional was going to be a difficult task Saturday. Ten-time state champion Montini headlined the powerful meet with eight champions going to Champaign next weekend for the state meet. The top four finishers in each of the 14 weight classes earned a berth to the Assembly Hall, and the Broncos had qualifiers in every division except for 285 pounds. Carmel Catholic proved to be the big winners out of Lake County, as the Corsairs will send four individuals downstate, including No. 1-ranked senior Jake Cochrane (40-1).
Dunning’s FT help Grant past Vernon Hills Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
Three-pointers were here, there and everywhere at Grant on Friday night. The host Bulldogs hit a total of six 3-pointers while visiting Vernon Hills hit five of its own. At one point in the second quarter, the teams combined to hit four straight shots from long distance, and five overall. Yet, despite the importance that the triples played for both teams, it was a shot that was worth a single solitary point that made the biggest difference of all. Junior forward Steve Dunning hit a free throw with 2.2 seconds remaining in the game to give Grant a 59-58 North Suburban Conference Prairie Division victory and send the home fans into an excited frenzy on senior night.
Carmel’s Feely’s looking forward Feb 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Carmel Catholic’s Lauren Feely is looking forward to next week’s state gymnastics meet at Palatine, but it won’t be the same this year. Feely chalked up the all-around championship with a 38.175 Thursday night in the Stevenson sectional. She also flew to top honors on vault (9.85) and floor exercise (9.65), while placing third on uneven parallel bars (9.5) and fourth on beam (9.175).
Football / Lake County signees Feb 6, 2013 12:00 AM
Images: Zion-Benton vs. Vernon Hills, girls basketball Feb 6, 2013 12:00 AM
The Vernon Hills Cougars and the Zion-Benton Zee-Bees played for the North Suburban Conference girls basketball championship on Wednesday, Feb. 6 in Zion.
Prairie pride: Super victory for Vernon Hills Feb 6, 2013 12:00 AM
By edging Zion-Benton 51-50, Vernon Hills became the first Prairie Division team to win the NSC title game, which has been contested since 2001. "I think it's awesome for our division and also for our program to be the pioneers of this feat," said VH's Meri Bennett-Swanson, who scored 15 points on 7-of-14 shooting and collected 5 rebounds. "It's an amazing accomplishment."
VHHS to stage ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Feb 4, 2013 12:00 AM
William Shakespeare's classic love story, "Romeo and Juliet", is coming to Vernon Hills High School but in an unusual style.
Perfection the norm for NSC Prairie champion Vernon Hills Feb 2, 2013 12:00 AM
Alina Lehocky, “Go Go Gadget Arms” to her Vernon Hills basketball team, might have needed her exceptional hands and arms to pen that long note on the basketball she gave to her parents. On Senior Day, Lehocky and fellow seniors Brie Bahlmann and Meri Bennett-Swanson penned essay-like thank-you notes to their moms and dads. Each girl’s canvas was a brown-and-white basketball. If the ball slipped while writing, starting over would have been time-consuming and potentially expensive, too. “We were all really careful,” Lehocky said. The Cougars expect perfection — on the basketball court, too. Vernon Hills completed a perfect run in the North Suburban Conference Prairie Division for the second year in a row Saturday. Junior forward Lauren Webb scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Lehocky added a season-high 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocked shots, as the Cougars defeated visiting Lakes 64-39.
Vernon Hills’ Tran takes next step Feb 2, 2013 12:00 AM
Alli Tran had unfinished business to care of at Lake Forest on Saturday . Vernon Hills’ star gymnast had never won a regional championship. She changed that by posting a winning 37.15 in the all-around.
Antioch powers to Class 2A title at Lakes Feb 2, 2013 12:00 AM
Curry, Vernon Hills rally for sweet win over Wauconda Feb 1, 2013 12:00 AM
The occasions are rare that Vernon Hills coach Matt McCarty has to remind senior Stephen Curry to be more aggressive on the basketball floor. But this unusual scenario occurred Friday night when the Cougars hosted Wauconda in a North Suburban Conference Prairie Division contest, Curry had a very good reason for his slow start to the game. “A couple of our coaches saw him munching on Puppy Chow and cupcakes before the game,” McCarty said. The goodies were a bit too good for birthday boy Curry. But when he finally shook off the effects of the sugar high, everything was sweet for the Cougars. Curry turned the game around with 6 big points to end the first half and finished with a game-high 17 to lead Vernon Hills to a come-from-behind 58-44 win over the Bulldogs.
Suburban cheer teams move on to finals Feb 1, 2013 12:00 AM
The finals are set, and lots of suburban high schools will compete for the IHSA state cheerleading championships on Saturday in Bloomington. Perennial coed powerhouse Buffalo Grove High School led all scorers Friday, finishing with 91.72 points out of a possible 100.
Hope is in the air as cheer squads head downstateJan 31, 2013 12:00 AM
Cheerleading squads from all over Illinois converge on Bloomington Friday as the 2013 IHSA's competitive cheerleading state championships open. The suburbs are well represented in the 100 schools that made the championships. "We're so excited," said Conant cheerleading coach Dana Muszynski. "We're a young team, but they're very determined and driven." Only the top 10 in each of the three divisions return to compete on Saturday for the state titles.
Images: Daily Herald prep photos of the week Jan 29, 2013 12:00 AM
The Prep Photos of the Week gallery includes the best high school sports pictures by Daily Herald photographers. This week's gallery features photos from basketball, wrestling and gymnastics and swimming.
By design, Bellecomo will direct the action at Vernon HillsJan 29, 2013 12:00 AM
Those football plays that li'l Bill Bellecomo used to carve in his yard are long gone. They left an indelible mark, however. "My old man used to catch me in the back yard drawing them up in the dirt," Bellecomo, Ray Bellecomo's boy, said with a laugh. Not that Bellecomo will draw up a play from his boyhood days when he directs Vernon Hills' football team in the fall. But suffice it to say, he will draw on experience, from his days as a kid, to his days as a football player at Willowbrook High, to his years as an assistant coach studying under three highly successful high school head coaches.
Lake County roundup Jan 29, 2013 12:00 AM
Libertyville prevails in NSC battle with Grant Jan 26, 2013 12:00 AM
Once again it was a two-team race Saturday as defending champion Grant and archrival Libertyville battled it out for the North Suburban Conference wrestling championship. The Bulldogs held a slim 9-point advantage over Libertyville heading into the second day of the 57th annual league meet, held at Stevenson. But the Wildcats turned the tables in the semifinal round to win 223.5 to 211.5 over Grant. The victory marked the fourth NSC crown in five years for Libertyville, and its 19th overall. It looks like No. 20 is a strong possibility next year, with the abundance of young talent on the Wildcats roster.
Images: IHSA State Dance Finals Jan 26, 2013 12:00 AM
The final round of the IHSA Competitive Dance competition took place in Bloomington on Saturday, January 26th. School performing were Naperville Central, Lake Park, Waubonsie Valley, Libertyville, St. Viator, Downers Grove North, Fremd, Mundelein, Fenton, Downers Grove South, St. Charles North, Lakes, Warren, Grayslake North, Neuqua Valley, Jacobs, South Elgin, Rolling Meadows, Batavia, Buffalo Grove, Vernon Hills, Maine South, Crystal Lake South, Crystal Lake Central, Naperville North and Larkin.