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- Cary-Grove had its 17-year playoff streak stopped in 2022, but roared back to win the Class 6A state championship for the second time in three year. The Trojans' Brad Seaburg is the 2023 Northwest Herald Football Coach of the Year.
- Sports writer Joe Stevenson is retiring after 35 years with the Northwest Herald, 42 years overall in the business. This is his farewell column.
- Priester becomes the first high school player from Illinois to be selected in the first round since the Houston Astros selected Mike Foltynewicz of Minooka High School at 19th overall in 2010. nwherald.com/2019/06/03/bre…
- Cary-Grove coach Brad Seaburg has two sons on his team and two other children on the sideline for games this season. The Trojans meet East St. Louis for the Class 6A state championship game at 1 p.m. Saturday at Illinois State University.
- Cal Aldridge will make it a third generation of his family heading Crystal Lake Central's baseball program this spring. His father, Jeff, and grandfather, Gary, previously were head coaches for the Tigers.
- Gators coach Matt LePage had the respect of his FVC adversaries before this season, but South’s run to a share of the FVC championship took it to another level. nwherald.com/2019/03/12/201…
- Prairie Ridge coach Chris Schremp took his team to the Class 6A state championship game and one-third of the Fox Valley Conference title. Schremp is the Northwest Herald Football Coach of the Year for a fourth time.
- Crystal Lake South's Matt LePage took the Gators to back-to-back Class 3A regional titles and to their best season in school history at 31-4 with a sectional championship. LePage is the 2024 Northwest Herald Boys Basketball Coach of the Year..
- Hundreds of people lay down for 9 minutes of silent protest in the parking lot at the Crystal Lake City Hall/Police Department at Wednesday's Black Lives Matter protest. nwherald.com/2020/06/03/vid…
- Crystal Lake Central athletic director Jeff Aldridge says he was blessed to spend almost all of his teaching and administrative career at his alma mater. He is stepping down after 31 years with Central.
- In six games last week, Huntley senior Briana Bower was 6-0 and compiled a perfect 0.00 ERA with 97 strikeouts and six walks across 37 innings.
- Huntley junior quarterback Braylon Bower lost his father Lysle in July, but has played well through the grief and helped the Red Raiders into the second round of the Class 8A playoffs.

