Campanelli was named to the IBCA Class 4A basketball team's special mention list. Campanelli, also named all-league for the second time, finished as the leading scorer with 14.1 points per game, 3.7 assists per game and 2.5 steals per game, all areas leading the Red Raiders.

"Campanelli was very deserving of the IBCA recognition and she had an outstanding season," Red Raiders head coach Steve Raethz said.

The Scots have locked up the Skyway Conference championship, with a 12-2 league record. After team leader Quinton McCullough garnered player-of-the-year honors and head coach Rashim Lettsome was named coach-of-the-year, it was time to seek Region IV playoff advancement.

The Scots, 23-8, were able to move on with a hard-fought 80-71 victory over Carl Sandburg at MCC's gym in Crystal Lake Feb. 29. The squad advances to play Waubonsee (whom they beat for the league championship) March 3 at 2 p.m.

A Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament will be hosted by Club 400 March 3 at The Breakers restaurant, 7726 Route 14, Crystal Lake. The event has in-person registration at 9:30 a.m. Its start is at 10 a.m., and the event will benefit Crystal Lake Girls Fast-pitch Softball and Baseball Organization.

“My daughter plays in the program, and they always need materials, so we decided to give something back to the league,” Club 400 founder Stewart McVicar said.

Mihalopoulos ended his prep career Feb. 17 with two wins at the IHSA State Individual Wrestling tournament while Dvorak gained a first-round triumph. Mihalopoulos finished 2-2 for the tournament at State Farm Center in Champaign, for a 41-11 season record. He concluded his prep career with 105 victories and will wrestle at Campbell University in North Carolina next year.

The coach informed the team that the first day of IHSA's spring season will be outside.

"It's been more than 20 years," Jakubowski said of opening outdoors after the Feb. 26 workout.

The temperature was down-right summer like, with record-breaking 70 degrees enabling softball, track and field, lacrosse and tennis to have at least one day outside. In fact, the warm day was just about equal to the weather in Arizona for Cubs and White Sox Spring Training.

Two female wrestlers, sophomores Janiah Slaughter and Aubrie Rohrbacher, both brought home medals after the state meet Feb. 24 at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.

Slaughter reached the state championship bout at 105 pounds and finished second. Rohrbacher ended in third place at 130 pounds. Also, the Red Raiders placed sixth in team standings with 39 points.

“It was great,” Huntley girls wrestling coach Gannon Kosowski said.

Huntley unfortunately was on the losing end of one of those instances, in a 33-32 season-ending loss to host Rockford Guilford in the Class 4A Regional final game Feb. 15. The Red Raiders finished at 24-7 overall this season.

Red Raiders head coach Steve Raethz summed up the final minutes of play against the Vikings in the low-scoring battle.

“It was very unfortunate for the game to end in the manner that it did,” the coach said.

A Huntley resident has a keepsake of that glorious 100-win year in team history, a print, and showed it at a White Sox Fan Club gathering Feb. 19.

The original photo was taken on a glass negative, printed, and hung at the former Chicago White Sox neighborhood bar Jimbo's restaurant.

“This is our sixth year since I came up with this wild idea. I wish to thank you from the bottom of my heart,” Glenn Grobli, club founder, said.

The White Sox Fan Club met for the first time, at Huntley American Legion Post 673's Hall for 2024 on the day that all players had full squad workouts at the team's spring training facility in Glendale, Arizona.

The Red Raiders achieved a 20-10 regular record season as they edged McHenry, 53-47, Feb. 16. HHS finished in sole possession of second place in the Fox Valley Conference with a 13-5 league record, behind unbeaten Crystal Lake South.

HHS will also go into a Feb. 21 clash in the Class 4A Rockford East regional against Rockton Hononegah as winners of eight of their last nine games.

Senior Markos Mihalopoulos, the 285 pounder, and freshman Radic Dvorak, at 157 pounds, advanced to the IHSA Class 3A Individual State Tournament as they finished second and fourth, respectively, at the Barrington Class 3A Sectional Feb. 10. The IHSA State Individual Tournament is Feb. 16-17 at State Farm Center in Champaign.

Huntley head coach BJ Bertelsman described the qualities which led Mihalopoulos and Dvorak to qualify for the state tournament.

Slaughter and Rohrbacher earned second place spots at 105 and 130 pounds, respectively, at the Schaumburg Sectional Feb. 9-10. The state meet is Feb. 23-24 at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.

Huntley had a total of five girls compete in the two-day sectional and coach Gannon Kosowski was pleased with the effort. Huntley placed fifth in team scoring with 68 points.

"It was in third grade," the Huntley senior said. "I was playing in a game at a Barrington school and I made a shot from the top of the key. My feeder system was great - I remember looking up to players like they look up to us today."

Flash forward some nine grades later. It was a Tuesday night in early February against first place and soon to be Fox Valley Conference champion Crystal Lake South.

The Red Raiders have won six games, two with more than 60 points, since they lost their long FVC win streak at 37 games to Cary-Grove. Moving to within a tie of the loop title came with a 64-21 Red Raiders win over McHenry on Feb. 5. This followed a 68-41 HHS victory over Burlington Central Feb. 2. Huntley reached a 21-6 overall mark, 15-1 FVC, two games ahead of Hampshire with two remaining.

The Red Raiders, outlasted Burlington Central in a seven, yes seven period marathon, 73-68 on Feb. 2. The win followed a last-second shot win over Jacobs, 52-50, Jan. 26.

The game winning 8-3 Huntley run in the final OT was made possible by rebounds and winning loose ball battles to lead to scoring opportunities. Bryce Walker made six free throws and Ethan Blackmore two and Omare Segarra made a lay-up with six seconds remaining to ice it as Huntley moved to 17-9, 10-4 in the FVC.

The Red Raiders gained the third of four qualifying spots at the IHSA Oswego Regional Feb. 3 with a score of 5,032 pins at Parkside Lanes in Aurora. Huntley's IHSA Sectional is Feb. 10 at Mardis Gras Lanes in Sycamore.

Sophomore Katie Scaletta led the Red Raiders at regional with a score of 1,096 pins. Junior Prianca Waters was next with a score of 1,016 and freshman Ashlyn Tenglin finished with 1,003 pins.

Led by champions senior Markos Mihalopoulos at 285 pounds who secured his 100th career win and junior Vlad Maluhin, 144, almost the entire Red Raiders varsity boys wrestling team moved on from the IHSA Regional Feb. 3 to the two-day Class 3A Sectional at Barrington Feb. 9-10.

A total of 10 HHS wrestlers, finishing in the top three of their weight class, move on with a chance at the IHSA Individual State Tournament Feb.

Now they wish to click like Caitlyn Clark.

One of them is Huntley sophomore Gwen Campbell. She thinks of the star player who wears No. 22 for the University of Iowa women's basketball team, Clark.

“It's the shooting. When I go to the gym, I use her drills which I saw on a video a long time ago,” Campbell said.

The approximately 7,000 fans in attendance at Northwestern saw Clark end the game in second place for all-time women's basketball scoring.

The Class of 2024 members were all in the starting lineup: Cassidy Serpe, Yasmine Morsy, Kylie Lucas, Mia Garlin and Liz Johnson. They played almost the entire game in a 62-22 Huntley romp.

Just after the opening tip, Garlin raced to a baseline corner where she made her first three-pointer. Garlin would swish two more in a nine-point night, while Lucas chipped in eight points.