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October 11, 2022

Huntley second doubles player Delaney Stock and partner Emily Chong (at net) battle during the Fox Valley Conference title match with Prairie Ridge. The Red Raiders captured won the Fox Valley Conference title Oct. 8.
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Huntley second doubles player Delaney Stock and partner Emily Chong (at net) battle during the Fox Valley Conference title match with Prairie Ridge. The Red Raiders captured won the Fox Valley Conference title Oct. 8.

Sports • October 11, 2022

Red Raiders outlast FVC foes for league crown

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HUNTLEY – On a wind-swept Saturday, the Red Raiders’ girls tennis team secured their third FVC title in a row with 57 team points as they topped host Cary-Grove’s 44 points Oct. 8.

“I’m excited –  it was a great tournament,” HHS coach Barry Wells said. “We were able to do better than our seeds at all positions and that’s not easy. They showed they cared and cheered for each other.”

It is on to the Class 2A Rockford Harlem sectional Oct. 14-15 to bid for state tournament spots. Rockford Auburn edged Huntley for the team title last season.

“It’ll be tough; we’ll have to have multiple state qualifiers to beat Auburn,” Wells said.

To win the FVC, HHS won titles at first, second and third doubles and won some three-set battles along the way.

The second doubles Huntley tandem of senior Emily Chong and sophomore Delaney Stock survived a tiebreak with Prairie Ridge’s duo of Aleena Ciezak and Kelsey Collins, 7-6 (7-5). 6-4 for the championship. They downed Crystal Lake Central’s Maggie Naughton and Katie Hammil in three sets in the semifinals and shutout Dundee-Crown for a 30-win season.

“It was intense,” Chong said of the PR match. “We did well in calling out switches.”

“The tiebreak showed what you can do when you persevere,” Stock said.

“They won a tiebreak against a very good Prairie Ridge team,” Wells said. “Our girls don’t hit hard but we played smart.”

The Red Raiders also won the championship at first doubles as senior Elaina Hibbeler and sophomore Kate Burkey outlasted Crystal Lake South, 6-1, 6-4 after a three-set battle with Crystal Lake Central, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.

“We worked well together,” Burkey said.

The duo is in its first year in doubles but Hibbeler has state meet experience in singles as she won the FVC No. 2 singles title last season. “It’s consistency,” Hibbeler said of playing doubles.

Huntley’s sophomore Carlie Weishaar and senior Nora Stevenson took home the third doubles first-place medals with three wins over Prairie Ridge and Crystal Lake Central in straight sets.

Fourth doubles juniors Ashley Phommasack and Elizabeth Pauwels earned second place, falling to Prairie Ridge in the final, 6-1, 6-2. They beat Dundee-Crown and Hampshire in consecutive sets.

For singles, No. 3 singles player freshman Julie Klockner won her bracket with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Cary-Grove and shutout Hampshire in two sets.

At No. 1 singles, freshman Ella Doughty took second as she beat Crystal Lake Central in three sets, 6-5, 4-6, 6-4 then lost to Jacobs, 6-0, 6-0 for the championship.

Red Raiders sophomore Ari Patel gained runner-up at No. 2 singles as she won in three sets over Dundee-Crown, 6-5, 3-6, 6-2 and beat PR 6-3, 6-1.