The Jacobs softball team threw the Fox Valley Conference Valley Division race into a three-team sprint to the finish Tuesday. The Golden Eagles (15-11, 4-4) scored 4 runs in the top of the seventh inning off Prairie Ridge standout Kirsten Stevens to...

South Elgin (16-7, 13-6), Crystal Lake South (22-7) and Cary-Grove (17-9) each drew top regional seeds in Class 4A while Burlington Central (20-7) and Prairie Ridge (19-9) were named top seeds at Class 3A regionals when seedings for the upcoming sta...

Baseball Top 20 Team Comment 1. Mundelein (22-4) Maranto pitches in for Mustangs 2. Neuqua Valley (19-7) Impressive sweep of South Elgin 3. Grayslake Central (20-5) Streaking Rams clinch share of FVC Fox 4. Crystal Lake S. (21-5) FVC Valley le...

Saturday’s matches * Bartlett invitational team scores Championship: Schaumburg d. Hersey 20-25, 25-21, 15-11 Schaumburg d. Plainfield Central 26-24, 25-18 Schaumburg d. Rolling Meadows 25-18, 25-11 Schaumburg d. Geneva 25-22, 25-12 St. Charles Nort...

Barrington’s boys volleyball team cruised through four straight pool-play victories to qualify for the championship match of the Glenbrook North tournament. The Spartans proved ungracious hosts, though, topping the Broncos 25-19, 25-21 in the title ...

Cary-Grove 3, Jacobs 1: Sarah Leudo had a double and 3 RBI, Sara Markelonis went 2-for-3 with a double and Taylor Dunne was 2-for-3 as the Trojans (22-5, 7-1) maintained a share of the Fox Valley Conference Valley Division lead. Lindsay Efflandt (19...

Thursday’s meets * UEC River Meet TEAM SCORES St. Charles East 152, Batavia 142, St. Charles North 126, Geneva 112, Streamwood 12, Elgin 11 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 3200 relay: 1. St. Charles East 9:51.54, 2. St. Charles North 10:11.10, 3. Batavia 10:15.0...

Trustees from the Cary and Fox River Grove public libraries continued to debate the pros and cons of a possible merger, but postponed making a decision on hiring a consultant for a feasibility study. The trustees viewed proposals from two consultant...

CL South 2, Prairie Ridge 0: Zack Geib (7-2) tossed a 3-hitter with 6 strikeouts and 3 walks as the Gators (19-7, 10-2) won in the Fox Valley Conference Valley Division. Tyler Salm was 2-for-3 for Crystal Lake South, while Will Ahsmann was 2-for-2 a...

A number of taxing bodies in McHenry County are seeing double-digit increases in their tax rates, and McHenry County Clerk Kathie Schultz says that’s not surprising as property values continue to slide. When property values go down, tax rates go up,...