McHenry County
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Boys volleyball: Libertyville, New Trier advance to sectional final at BarringtonMay 31, 2025 4:36 pm - Libertyville’s smallest uniform number is reserved for its tallest player: 6-foot-10 middle hitter Nathan Knight. Sporting No. 0, the junior and Ball State commit filled...
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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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Baseball: McHenry denies Jacobs’ upset bidMay 31, 2025 4:06 pm - McHenry third baseman Zach Readdy knew as soon as the ball left his bat, he may have done something special. Mired in a stagnant 1-1 tie and pitcher’s duel with Jacobs— w...
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Algonquin landowner wants to create a public riverfront park. Village says no thanksMay 31, 2025 2:12 pm - Along North River Road in Algonquin is a vacant property with more than 400 feet of frontage on the Fox River that a local resident is hoping to sell to the village for use as a public park — but officials have said they’re not interested.
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‘Finding their niche’: The Fresh Market is back to opening stores in the suburbs, this time in redeveloping areasMay 31, 2025 2:11 pm - Despite having shed a few stores in recent years, The Fresh Market grocery chain based in North Carolina is in the midst of a true growth spurt bringing its distinct stores to redeveloping areas of the suburbs.
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Northern Illinois Food Bank’s 13th annual A Taste That Matters raises over $430,000 for hunger reliefMay 30, 2025 11:48 pm - Northern Illinois Food Bank's annual fundraiser raised over $430,000, which translates to $3.4 million worth of groceries. The event, presented by Jewel-Osco, was attended by over 600 guests and featured an extensive silent auction, open bar, and food tastings from local chefs and vendors.
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Boys lacrosse: St. Viator scores early, often to cruise past Lake ZurichMay 30, 2025 10:24 pm - St. Viator’s Wes Starr and Luca Scandroli make a fastbreak look routine. On Friday night in the sectional final against Lake Zurich, the pair of attackers performed thei...
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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 roundup: Fremd, Stevenson, Hersey, Carmel, Grayslake North claim regional crownsMay 30, 2025 10:02 pm - A look at softball regional championship games from around the suburbs.
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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.