Crystal Lake Schools
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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.
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‘Beyond the music room’: Vernon Hills High director of bands to retire after 26 yearsMay 12, 2025 12:23 pm - As the only director of bands at Vernon Hills High School since it opened in 1999, Randy Sundell has influenced generations of young musicians and snared numerous awards and honors for himself and the program.