The Red Raiders’ depth was tested by an injury and Prairie Ridge, a team which came into an Oct. 8 match with a shared 10-2 FVC lead and a six-game win streak. Host Huntley eventually prevailed, 25-21, 19-25, 25-14.

With the win, Huntley opened a lead at 11-2 FVC, over Prairie Ridge and Hampshire’s 10-3 records.

The injury was to Huntley junior setter Abby Whitehouse, who had to miss the third set.

“I participate in the year-round market,” Workowski, who lives in rural Marengo, and is a Huntley High School alum, said. “You look forward to it.”

He brings all wildflower honey in various sizes.

“The bees seal it in hives and you have to extricate it from them,”  Workowski said. “We also have jams, pickles, and salsa beets.”

The final outdoor Farmer’s Market will take place from 8 a.m.

Huntley improved to 4-2 Fox Valley Conference, 4-2 overall ahead of a key clash with league leader Cary-Grove Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. at Red Raider Stadium.

Quarterback Braylon Bower ran for three touchdowns and threw for another as Huntley put together a 21-0 second half spree against the Gators.

“I found out with about five minutes before the match I would be starting,” Reynolds said.

It was last season’s sectional after Huntley had won a share of the Fox Valley Conference title, a Class 3A regional championship and faced Elgin at Round Lake. Elgin prevailed 4-1.

Reynolds is now settled in as the Red Raiders’ top goalie.

“I feel a lot more confident now,” Reynolds said.

First responders at the session were from the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District, Huntley Area Fire Protection District (HAFPD), Algonquin Police Department and Southeast Emergency Communications. The event for ages 3 to 7 and their caregivers, was the first of its kind at the library and coincided with Fire Prevention Month’s first week, on Oct.

Numbers tell the achievements for the Red Raiders, now 3-2 overall, 3-2 FVC after a 29-22 win at Hampshire Sept. 27. Jordan Oruche caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Braylon Bower with four minutes left for the final margin last Friday.

HHS’s passing attack is led by senior quarterback Bower.

The former Red Raiders bring the total of recent alumni currently at McHenry County College to 10. The Scots’ ladies are in the midst of their Skyway Conference season (2-1 record, 4-1  overall and ranked third in the region) while the men are preparing for next spring’s season. Hibbeler and Stec were both selected as team captain.

Maddie Sloan tallied an 82 stroke total, 40 front nine, 42 back nine, for fourth place Sept. 25. Sophomore Kinsey Hayes shot an 47-42, 85 and was 10th. The Red Raiders finished fourth in team standings with a 377 team score in the meet won by Crystal Lake Central Co-op.

“I think we have had a solid season so far, with nine players back from our FVC championship team last season, They have all been doing very well,” coach Barry Wells said.

The Red Raiders won two matches over Prairie Ridge and Hampshire last week and were 6-0 in FVC duals, 16-2 overall. They face Cary-Grove in a key league battle there Sept.

Schwan recently won two gold medals in two Illinois Senior Olympics competition singles for age 75 plus. Illinois Senior Olympics conducts the games, offering with many sports for ages 50 and above.

Schwan won tournaments at Springfield for Illinois Sept. 14 and earlier in Milwaukee for the Wisconsin state titles.

“I was quite elated to win the gold medal in Springfield,” Schwan said. “I was behind 5-0 in the gold medal match before winning 15-7.

As an estimated 4,000 fans looked on at homecoming night at Red Raider Stadium Sept. 20, Prairie Ridge, the defending Fox Valley Conference champions downed Huntley, 35-13. Huntley was 2-2, overall, 2-2 FVC after the loss and is preparing for a FVC clash at Hampshire 1-3, 1-3, Sept. 27.

“We welcomed the challenge of facing Prairie Ridge at homecoming,” Huntley coach Mike Naymola said.

Freemasons of Illinois’ McHenry County members organized the car show at Sew Hop’D Brewery and Tap Room’s parking lot in Huntley. A total of 99 vehicles were on display Sept. 14.

“I helped co-found the car show, and we also have one in the spring in Cary,” Freemason car show organizer Matthew Smok of Crystal Lake said. “Funds go to support the four or five scholarships we award each year.”

On a steamy day at the pitch, four different players scored goals for the Red Raiders, who moved up to 5-4-2 with the non-conference win.

“We were rocking and rolling. Our focus was definitely the offense,” Huntley coach Matt Lewandowski said.

Huntley came out firing shots on goal from the start. Tallying goals were Aiden Felz (Allen Williams assist); Anthony Frelas (Felz); Tylar Caddick (Lazar Karanovic) and Aktai Mametjanov (Nate Rodriquez).

The Cary-Grove alumna, Naymola, and her mentor, Langanis, squads squared off Sept. 17 at Cary-Grove. Naymola, who formerly coached at Hampshire, led the Red Raiders to a comfortable 2-0 win. The match represented 1,236 combined wins and five state playoff appearances.

Langanis has reached her 30th year guiding the Trojans and has totaled 734 victories. The Trojans have won 10 regional titles, four sectionals, four trips to the IHSA state finals, with one IHSA title (2009) and two second-place finishes.

The Red Raiders were without their leader offensively, as senior Georgia Watson was injured before a match at Cary-Grove Sept. 17. Her teammates picked up the slack for Watson, who is a University of Kentucky commit. Huntley gained a 25-11, 25-18 triumph for a 7-1, 6-1 FVC mark and their sixth straight win.

“We have such a good group of talented athletes, who can play different positions, and have played together for years,” Huntley coach Karen Naymola said.

Nitz finished third in the boys varsity race with a time of 14:56.8. Teammates’ efforts also included juniors Nathan Sauber in 42nd, 16:34.5; Brandon Thompson, 45th, 16:34.5 and Logan Barreto ran a 16:46.0. The Red Raiders ended seventh in meet standings with 205 points.

“In terms of considerations for the warmer temperatures, meet directors have the option to move up the time schedule to try and get races in the earlier hours as the temps start to rise,” HHS cross country coach Matt Kaplan said.