McHenry County Sports
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Girls basketball: Fremd beats Barrington, wins another regional titleFeb 20, 2026 10:26 pm - Girls basketball: Fremd beat Barrington 60-30 on Friday to win a regional title.
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Former Carmel teammates recall Wagner’s unlikely climb to Super Bowl gloryFeb 20, 2026 6:21 pm - Three former Carmel teammates and his high school head coach paid tribute to legendary Pittsburgh Steelers safety Mike Wagner, who passed away this week.
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Girls basketball: Crystal Lake South snaps 10-year regional drought with dominating effortFeb 19, 2026 10:17 pm - Crystal Lake South’s girls put themselves in position to win their basketball program’s first regional title in 10 years. Makena Cleary put herself in her position on the...
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Girls basketball: Huntley rallies to beat Guilford for 13th regional championshipFeb 19, 2026 10:10 pm - Huntley‘s Aubrina Adamik had plenty of room. So she took it. With 10.5 seconds remaining, the Red Raiders’ 5-foot-5 senior guard raced the entire length of the court and...
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Girls basketball: Manning, Leuze lead Cary-Grove in regional final loss to BoylanFeb 19, 2026 10:07 pm - Cary-Grove hung tough for as long as it could. After holding a sharpshooting Boylan squad to 14 first half points, the Trojans found themselves down by just four entering...
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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.