Crystal Lake Schools
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Baseball: Crystal Lake South denies St. Viator in sectional semisJun 05, 2025 10:22 pm - Mark Pachla’s fastball might not be able to break a pane of glass, but the senior righty sure is a pain to baseball hitters. Crystal Lake South’s 75-mph thrower has been ...
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Girls lacrosse: Loyola handles Crystal Lake Central in state semifinalsJun 05, 2025 9:08 pm - Addie Bechler, Anna Starr and their Crystal Lake Central co-op teammates couldn’t help but smile Thursday evening as they walked off the field and looked into the east st...
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Baseball: Taczy’s gem leads Cary-Grove past Prairie Ridge in 3A sectional semifinalsJun 04, 2025 9:12 pm - Cary-Grove senior Charlie Taczy didn’t fare too well the first time he faced Fox Valley Conference rival Prairie Ridge earlier this season. During that April 24th contest...
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Girls lacrosse: CL Central edges Downers Grove to earn first state berthJun 03, 2025 10:54 pm - As soon as they completed postgame handshakes and stick taps with Downers Grove North, Crystal Lake Central captains Addie Bechler and Fiona Lemke sprinted to receive the...
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Baseball: Crystal Lake South holds off ‘Cinderella’ Central to win regional titleMay 31, 2025 4:29 pm - Beating its crosstown rival that hadn’t lost a postseason baseball game in two years, and beating the hitter who beat them up all year, required everything Crystal Lake S...
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Girls lacrosse: Huntley falls in sectional championship to Crystal Lake Central co-opMay 30, 2025 10:15 pm - In a scene not unfamiliar with the Crystal Lake Central co-op girls lacrosse team, United scoring star Anna Starr found herself swarmed by supportive teammates. Not all a...
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Softball: Kaneland falls to Crystal Lake Central in bottom of the seventh inningMay 30, 2025 9:51 pm - After Kaneland rallied for two runs with two outs in the top half to tie the game, Makayla Malone came through with a hard hit to center field to score freshman Ella Mueller and give Crystal Lake Central a walk-off 4-3 win over the Knights in the Class 3A Woodstock North regional championship.
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Girls soccer: St. Viator drops sectional championship match to Crystal Lake CentralMay 30, 2025 9:19 pm - At the beginning of this season, Lizzie Gray and Addison Schaffer were both hesitant with their goals for what Crystal Lake Central could accomplish. Crystal Lake Central...
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‘It’s a great experience’: Final suburban speller eliminated in 8th round of Scripps National Spelling BeeMay 28, 2025 10:32 am - The last of four suburban spellers fighting for a chance to be the best in the nation was eliminated Wednesday in the eighth round of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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3 suburban school superintendents say business partnerships are key to shaping future of educationMay 19, 2025 11:25 am - In just a few years, students graduating from McHenry County schools may find themselves working in jobs that don’t exist now, according to three suburban school districts’ superintendents.