Stories about Marian Central high school sports
The weather was the big winner Monday as most baseball and softball games were suspended or canceled. Read more in Monday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.
Marian Central faces Winnebago in a Class 2A Marengo Regional softball game on Monday, May 13, 2024, at Marian Central Catholic High School in Woodstock.
Marengo (Class 2A), Prairie Ridge (3A) and Huntley (4A) earned No. 1 seeds as the postseason gets underway this week. Marengo sophomore Gabby Christopher breaks McHenry County's single-season home run record, plus more in this week's softball notes.
Cary-Grove and Jacobs tied for the Fox Valley Conference Boys Tennis Tournament title as things finished on Saturday. Prairie Ridge was only two points behind them. And more in Saturday's high school sports roundup.
Marian Central advanced three entries to next weekend's Class 1A State Girls Track and Field Meet at Eastern Illinois. Plus postseason girls soccer, baseball, softball and girls lacrosse results in Friday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.
McHenry senior Vanessa Buske belted two home runs, including a grand slam, and pitched all five innings in a 15-5 Fox Valley Conference win against Prairie Ridge. And more softball, baseball and girls soccer results in Thursday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.
Huntley softball captured its fourth straight Fox Valley Conference championship, and Marengo softball earned back-to-back Kishwaukee River Conference titles. And more softball and baseball results in Wednesday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.
Marengo rallied with four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Alten Bergbreiter scored the game-winning run in the ninth as the Indians beat Plano 15-14 to win back-to-back Kishwaukee River Conference titles. And more in Tuesday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.
Crystal Lake South scored six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to come back to beat Cary-Grove 7-6 on Monday. Plus more baseball softball, girls soccer, boys and girls lacrosse, boys tennis and boys volleyball scores.
Prairie Ridge won two doubles titles and beat Batavia by one point for the title at Saturday's Crystal Lake Central Boys Tennis Invite. And plenty more in Saturday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.
Jacobs baseball beat McHenry in 11 innings, Cary-Grove baseball scored five runs in the sixth to rally past Crystal Lake South and Burlington Central softball's Isabelle Reed struck out 12 in a four-hit shutout in Friday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.
Harvard's Ytzel Lopez hit a go-ahead, two-run triple with two outs in the sixth inning as the Hornets beat Marengo 3-2 and handed the Indians their first Kishwaukee River Conference loss of the season. And more in Thursday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.
Crystal Lake South's Mark Pachla turned in another gem, his second in eight days, as the Gators beat McHenry 4-1 in eight innings in their Fox Valley Conference baseball game; and more in Wednesday's high school sports roundup.
McKayla Anderson and Annabelle Pederson combined to throw a no-hitter in Dundee-Crown's 10-0 win over Jacobs on Tuesday. Plus more softball, baseball, girls soccer, boys lacrosse, boys tennis and boys volleyball scores.
Abby Leslie scored to lead the Richmond-Burton to a 1-0 win over Woodstock in the Kishwaukee River Conference Tournament quarterfinal Monday. The Rockets will play Johnsburg in the tournament title match Wednesday.