McHenry County Sports

Here are Scott Anderson's photos from the IHSA boys track and field state championships from Saturday, May 30, 2026 at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.

Huntley senior Will Geske tied for seventh at the Class 2A boys tennis state tournament, while McHenry, Jacobs, Marengo, Richmond-Burton and Burlington Central baseball all lost in regional finals Saturday. Read more in the Northwest Herald roundup.

Crystal Lake Central defeats Woodstock North in the IHSA Class 3A Regional Championship baseball game on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at Crystal Lake Central High School.

Facing Barrington for the 10th straight postseason, Huntley saw its season end with a 2-0 loss to the host Fillies on Saturday in a Class 4A Barrington Sectional final. "We all played our hearts out. We wanted it, but just came up a little short."

Nolan Dabrowski hit a two-run, walk-off single with none out in the bottom of the seventh inning, lifting Crystal Lake South's baseball team to a 4-3 win over Carmel in the title game of the Class 3A Vernon Hills Regional.

Nathan Larson struck out 12 and kept DeKalb off the scoreboard until the seventh inning, powering Huntley's 4-1 win in the Class 4A DeKalb Regional championship game.

Crystal Lake Central's late-season surge continues. The 9th-seeded Tigers held off a Woodstock North comeback to win 6-3 in the Class 3A regional final Saturday. Central advances to next week's Grayslake Central Sectional.

Prairie Ridge was held to three hits, all singles, against Grayslake Central's Beau Barrows in a 3-0 loss Saturday at the Class 3A Cary-Grove Regional final. "We’re going to get better. We’ll be back.”

Liz Smith scored two goals in the first 20 minutes, Lila Konrad posted 13 saves and Johnsburg's perfect season continued with a 2-1 win over Willows Academy in the IHSA Class 1A sectional championship girls soccer game at Cristo Rey St. Martin on Saturday.