McHenry County Sports
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Girls basketball: St. Edward turns tables on Marengo to win 2A regional titleFeb 19, 2026 9:27 pm - What a difference two weeks make. On Feb. 5, Marengo defeated St. Edward 52-46 in a nonconference game in Marengo. The Green Wave's stifling defense was on display Thursd...
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Girls basketball: McCrea’s layup in closing seconds lifts St. Viator to third straight regional titleFeb 19, 2026 8:21 pm - St. Viator went “Navy” to sink Lake Forest 30-29 in the title game of the Class 3A Antioch regional Thursday. St. Viator (19-14) will meet second-seeded Wauconda next Tue...
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Steelers legend Mike Wagner, Lake Villa native and Carmel grad, passes away at 76Feb 19, 2026 1:47 pm - Former Pittsburgh Steelers safety Mike Wagner, a Carmel High School grad who won four Super Bowl rings, passed away Wednesday at 76 after battling pancreatic cancer.
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Boys basketball: Cary-Grove clinches FVC title outright by beating McHenryFeb 18, 2026 8:39 am - Adam McCloud’s message to his Cary-Grove boys basketball team after it clinched a share of the Fox Valley Conference championship was that the job’s not done. After the T...
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Who had the area’s top prep basketball performances last week?Feb 16, 2026 6:19 pm - This edition of the High Five honors the area’s top prep basketball performances from last week.
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Girls wrestling: Talented group shines at Schaumburg sectionalFeb 14, 2026 8:49 pm - A roundup of Saturday’s girls wrestling individual sectionals.
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Boys wrestling: Warren’s Noble, Stewart capture sectional championships at BarringtonFeb 14, 2026 7:56 pm - A roundup of results from Saturday’s boys wrestling individual sectionals.
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Boys swimming: No stopping Barrington in Mid-Suburban League meetFeb 14, 2026 6:13 pm - Host Buffalo Grove and Fremd tied for second place with 211 points at the Mid-Suburban League boys swimming and diving meet with strong performances Saturday afternoon. But there was just no stopping the Barrington dynasty as the Broncos took home their eighth straight MSL championship with 250 points.
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Boys swimming: Cary-Grove co-op piles up the points at Fox Valley Conference meetFeb 14, 2026 5:11 pm - Cary-Grove co-op, which also takes swimmers from Crystal Lake Central, Crystal Lake South and Prairie Ridge, finished first in six of the 11 events and won the Fox Valley Conference boys swimming meet handily with 354 points.
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Boys basketball: Berndt scores 1,000th point as Cary-Grove clinches share of FVC titleFeb 13, 2026 10:38 pm - AJ Berndt could sense Adam Bauer charging behind him as Cary-Grove sought to close out a win over Crystal Lake Central in style. The two seniors have been working on thei...