Girls Cross Country
As the oldest of five children, Woodstock senior Elise Beattie wanted to relieve the financial strain for her family by earning a running scholarship for college.
Crystal Lake South senior Kristina Aubert had visited Memphis and Southeast Missouri State and liked both schools, but felt something different when she reached Jonesboro, Ark., for another visit.
Woodstock cross country coach Marty Sobczak had to make an important decision this season.
Around the Northwest Herald office, many years ago, we started referring to the first weekend in November as “Super Saturday.”
PEORIA – Kayla Beattie has stared at the wall of Woodstock’s James M. Shipley Memorial Gymnasium for three years, hoping someday to add her name to the list of Blue Streaks’ girls state champions.
Athlete of the week
AURORA – Crystal Lake Central senior Ryan Alvarez gutted it out through the cross country postseason a year ago after being sapped by mononucleosis.
Boys Athlete of the Week
CRYSTAL LAKE – Dundee-Crown junior Anthony Manfrin approached Saturday’s Fox Valley Conference Cross County Meet with modest expectations.
CARBONDALE – Hampshire sophomore Connie Ellett shot an 8-over-par 80 Saturday for a 160 total to earn All-State honors with a 25th-place finish in the IHSA Class AA Girls Golf State Tournament at Hickory Ridge.
Boys Athlete
Huntley’s girls cross country team has not won a Fox Valley Conference championship since the school came into the league in 2003.
GRAYSLAKE – McHenry’s girls volleyball team won the Grayslake North Volley for the Cure Invitational by going 5-0 on Saturday.
Boys Athlete of the Week
WOODSTOCK – Elise and Kayla Beattie finished first and second for Woodstock’s girls cross country team Tuesday in the four-team Woodstock Mega Meet at Emricson Park.
HARVARD – The Harvard girls volleyball team won its own invitational on Saturday with a 5-0 record.
CRYSTAL LAKE – The Prairie Ridge girls volleyball team survived a close first set, 25-21, then prevailed in the second set, 25-14, to beat the Johnsburg Skyhawks on Thursday and remain undefeated in the Fox Valley Conference Fox Division.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Crystal Lake South’s girls volleyball team outlasted Huntley, 25-21, 25-20, in Fox Valley Conference Valley Division play Tuesday to remain undefeated in the division.
ROCKFORD – The Crystal Lake South girls tennis team used its depth to take home the Guilford Invitational championship Saturday. The Gators won the championship with 39 points, beating second-place Woodstock (25) by 14 points.
As a freshman, Mary Kelley was part of a standout group of freshman runners who immediately turned Woodstock into a local girls cross country power.
BULL VALLEY – The Prairie Ridge girls golf team did not let Monday’s loss to Crystal Lake Central affect its play Tuesday at the McHenry County Meet at Boone Creek.
WAUCONDA – Crystal Lake South junior Marianne Collard found herself in unfamiliar territory Saturday.
DeKALB – Hampshire’s girls volleyball team continued its winning ways Saturday by claiming the DeKalb Invitational title with a 4-0 record.
Boys Athlete
CARY – The Cary-Grove volleyball team continued its strong start to the 2009 season with a decisive 25-22, 25-9 win against Harvard in non-conference play.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Woodstock junior Kayla Beattie turned in her second course-record run at Veteran Acres Park in five days, and this time she left satisfied with her performance.
Boys Athlete
WAUCONDA – Marian Central’s boys soccer team started on the right foot in the Wauconda Tournament on Tuesday with a 3-1 opening-round win against Zion-Benton.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Senior outside hitter Taylor Humm led the Prairie Ridge girls volleyball team to its first win of the season, a 25-17, 25-20 victory against Lake Zurich on Tuesday.
As best friends, roommates and locker mates, there come occasions when Woodstock sisters Elise and Kayla Beattie have to yield to the competitor inside and try to beat each other.
Kristina Aubert has compiled an impressive résumé through her three years running at Crystal Lake South.
Fox Valley Conference
