McHenry County Sports
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Girls flag football: Schaumburg pulls away from Carmel behind Bickhem, White, PhelpsSep 11, 2026 10:09 pm - Martha White makes her Schaumburg flag football teammates crack up. Destiny Bickhem made that clear Friday night. “She’s funny; she makes all of us laugh,” Bickhem said o...
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Hersey ends drought with convincing win over Barrington to stay unbeatenSep 10, 2026 9:57 pm - Heading into Week 4, Hersey had last defeated Barrington in a football game on September 23, 1994. On that night, Dan Becker ran for 129 yards as Bruce Glover’s squad be...
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Who benefits from the expanded IHSA football playoffs?Sep 10, 2026 2:31 pm - Perhaps expansion was inevitable for the IHSA football playoffs. But who benefits?
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Carmel Division I prospect Hart knows ‘this is my time’Sep 10, 2026 2:28 pm - Carmel senior Kyron Hart knows that being an effective wide receiver involves more than catching passes. The 6-foot-2, 180-pound Hart is good enough in a number of areas ...
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Schmit: Who had the area’s top prep football performances of Week 3?Sep 07, 2026 12:57 pm - Kevin Schmit: This edition of the High Five honors the area’s top prep football performances of Week 3.
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Cross country: Elgin’s Sanchez Munoz wins by large margin, but Buffalo Grove takes team titleSep 05, 2026 4:59 pm - Elgin junior Giovani Sanchez Munoz was the class of the field Saturday morning at the Elk Grove Invitational. But there was very little separating Buffalo Grove and Lake ...
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Brooks, Naperville North pick off BarringtonSep 05, 2026 7:14 am - Naperville North’s stifling defense kept Barrington’s offensive at bay for a 21-7 Huskies nonconference win Friday night in Barrington. Naperville North’s defense interc...
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Cary-Grove gets back on brand, drives past Burlington CentralSep 05, 2026 7:05 am - Final score: Cary-Grove 32, Burlington Central 20. Records: Both teams are 2-1 overall and in the Fox Valley Conference. Player of the game: Cary-Grove quarte...
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Girls flag football: Rolling Meadows battles through heat, two overtimes to get by BarringtonSep 03, 2026 5:40 am - Rain fell at a Rolling Meadows flag football practice earlier this season. The Mustangs kept playing. “Let’s keep going,” coach Todd Schaap remembered his players telling...
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Why natural grass football fields are disappearing quicklyAug 30, 2026 5:58 pm - Four area high schools replaced their natural grass football fields with artificial turf this fall. There aren’t many grass fields left, but why has the switch become so popular?