According to the WGA, the Evans scholarships, awarded to high school seniors, are valued at an estimated $125,000 over four years. Also gaining scholarships as CLCC caddies were Caleb Ramirez from Cary (Cary-Grove High School) and Sean Radden from Crystal Lake (Crystal Lake South High School).

Some local football experts may scramble for teams, other surveyed prior to the playoffs already had rooting interests lined up. Top teams from the AFC and NFC are the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers, who have the Wildcard Weekend off. In the AFC, also in the playoffs teams are the Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs, Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills.

Humphrey finished with the third best Huntley points total in Kishwaukee River Conference-Fox Valley Conference with 104 and his best game has been a 286.

Humphrey answered steam leader questions.

Describe your start in bowling and mentors who helped you learn the sport?

Dozens of varsity and junior varsity high school squads, whose members started in dance at about the same age as the final performers, sought late-season Competitive Dance momentum.

They came from Aurora to Gurnee to the HHS gym for the annual event.  Host Huntley kicked off the prep performers in the morning round and concluded the competition some six hours later.

“I thought the varsity team did a beautiful job with the routine,” Red Raiders first year dance coach Candance Niccum said.

The freshman Red Raider is 157-pound wrestler Radic Dvorak, who owns a 22-9 record. The senior is Markos Mihalopoulos, who is 24-7 at 285  pounds and hopes to conclude with 100 career wins. Both went unbeaten as Huntley notched three more dual wins Jan. 6 in their own mega dual meet.

“It's kind of sad to realize it's my last season but I'm excited for the post-season,” Mihalopoulos said.

The Red Raiders won three of four dual matches, as individual efforts included two series scores that topped 600 pins.\

The Red Raiders resume KRC-FVC matches by hosting Burlington Central Jan. 8 at Bowl-Hi Lanes, at Johnsburg Jan. 9 and host Jacobs Jan. 11. Head coach Eric DeBello summed up the 2023 portion of the schedule.

"Overall I'm pleased and proud of my bowlers through the first half of our season," coach Eric DeBello said.

Two Huntley wrestlers, seniors Markos Mihalopoulos at 285 pounds and Shane McGuine at 150, reached 20 wins for the season.

McGuine has enjoyed a successful first half of the 2023-24 season, reaching a 20-6 record. Mihalopoulos, meanwhile, is 20-7.

McGuine had a close battle with Wheaton North's LeVander Schoot as he pulled out a 10-7 victory from a 7-7 deadlock.

Campanelli was named to the Dundee-Crown Komaromy Classic All Tournament team as the Red Raiders achieved an 11-4 record heading to the 2024 Fox Valley Conference dominated slate. HHS, 6-0 league,  hosts McHenry Jan. 9.

Campanelli answered team leader questions.

How did you prepare for the new season?

Campanelli: “To prepare for the high school season I did a lot of lifting and agility to be stronger and quicker.

Raethz will be honored as a member of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association's Hall of Fame (IBCA) Class of 2024 the organization announced. He received an IBCA plaque at the Dundee-Crown Komaromy Classic Tournament.

The Red Raiders' record was 11-4 overall, 6-0 Fox Valley Conference after the Dundee-Crown Kamaromy Classic. They host Prospect Jan. 5 in non-conference play before hosting Fox Valley Conference foe McHenry Jan.

Junior Christian Wilson gained DeKalb All-Tournament team honors as he finished with a 14-point effort against Wheaton Academy. Omare Segarra tallied 16 points and had seven rebounds for Huntley player of the game honors Dec. 30. Ryan Sweeney added nine points and Bryce Walker eight.

Wilson also had a 20-point game on the strength of a four of seven three-pointers performance in an 80-48 victory over Chicago Marshall, while Lucas Crosby added 14 points and Walker had 13.

Naymola was honored for the Red Raiders' 29-28 win over Cary-Grove Oct. 7 in a Fox Valley Conference victory. Huntley pulled out the win with a touchdown and a two-point conversion in the final seconds.

First, Huntley boys basketball Colin Kalamatas returned to Burlington Central Dec. 15, where he coached the girls hoops squad for four years. Then Will Benson, who led the Huntley boys basketball team to two regional championships in nine seasons, is back at the HHS gym Dec. 21, as head coach of Stevenson.

Benson, whose Patriots are 4-3 in the early going, commented on the first clash with the Red Raiders.

Freshman Noah Waters led the way with a 658 series and a 256 high game for a two match sweep.

HHS won in a 3,604 to 2,960 pins victory over the Rockets Dec. 14 at Four Seasons Bowl. Also providing 600 plus efforts were Landen Conforti's 654, Matthew Fishman rolled a 653 while Austin Tenglin had a 613. Nick Gaspari contributed a 514.

The Huntley boys bowling team gained its 10th dual match win by beating Burlington Central at Bowl-Hi Lanes Dec.

HHS has gained a seven game win streak heading into a clash at Burlington Central Dec. 15. Huntley comes into the game in first place, 7-2, 5-0 in FVC play.

Two of the latest wins, 69-12 over Crystal Lake South Dec. 12 and 62-11 romp over Jacobs Dec. 5, have included continuous time in the fourth quarter. HHS was pushed some by Crystal Lake Central in a 57-47 win Dec.

A trio of bowlers finished in the top 10 to lead the way to the Andrew tournament title for the Red Raiders.

“We won the tournament with a total of 6,392,” Huntley coach Jacob Wagner said. “Matthew Fishman finished fourth, Noah Waters seventh, and Joey Humphrey 10th.

A 16-2 third quarter Huntley run turned the tide. Omare Segarra tallied 11 points and had eight rebounds while Lucas Crosby also had 11 tallies. Jeff Cruickshank had an eight points, four rebounds game. The Red Raiders will face Crystal Lake South, a squad they beat 55-48 for the Johnsburg Thanksgiving title.

Huntley beat Jacobs, 45-22, on Dec. 7 then also downed Crystal Lake Central, 39-26 the next night in FVC battles.

“I would give us a B plus grade. We have to stop trailing early and need some polishing but I also thought our underclassmen came though,” Huntley coach BJ Bertelsman said after the win over CLC.

Napientak is competing at 165 pounds, McGuine at 150 pounds and Mihalopoulos at 285. On team photo day, the trio reflected on their wrestling careers.

“All three hard in the off season so hopefully they will leave it all on the table in February,” HHS coach BJ Bertelsman said.

“I'm pleased with the progress this team has shown so far,” Red Raiders coach Eric DeBello said. “It has been a total team effort. When we have started slow someone has stepped up to hold up the team. I don't think we are firing on all cylinders yet. We have had a few high individual games but no real high series.”

Coach DeBello commented on individual efforts to begin the season.

The Huntley bowlers leaped in celebration when Nicholas Gaspari's bowling ball knocked down all 10 pins for a memorable perfect game by someone who has bowled for just three years.

What was his approach as the ninth, then 10th, and finally 11th strike throws rolled the 60 feet and then were entered to the screen?

“I tried not to think about it,” Gaspari said of the feeling as 300 became a possibility.

"The growth of girls wrestling is amazing. There used to be just four girls on a team, and now, they have coaches dedicated only to girls teams," Casey, a Red Raiders senior, said. Casey, a state qualifier last season, took home the best finish at fifth, at the Dan Gable Donnybrook Girls Tournament Dec. 2. She was 3-0 with all three wins by pin and to top it off, met the Olympic hero Gable.