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April 23, 2014
Huntley High School’s baseball game against Jacobs looked like a personal battle between Huntley’s Eric Luecht and Jacobs’ Reilly Peltier. ...
April 22, 2014
The Northwestern football team has shaken up the world of college sports. On March 26, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that the team’s...
April 5, 2014
The Huntley High School baseball team began its season with a little uncertainty. Losses to Brother Rice and Carmel raised questions about Huntley’s...
March 8, 2014
Director Zack Snyder awed audiences with his over-the-top portrayal of the Battle of Thermopylae in “300.” There was blood, shouting, and a narrator...
February 28, 2014
The Liam Neeson featured in “Non-Stop” is a far departure from his award-winning portrayal of Oscar Schindler in Steven Spielberg’s “Schindler’s...
February 28, 2014
After Justin Bieber was arrested in Miami Beach on Jan. 23, fans of the troublesome pop star were quick to defend him. The “Beliebers” want to believe...
February 18, 2014
Huntley High School’s boys basketball team has had a successful season thus far, cementing itself as one of the top teams in the Fox Valley Conference. ...
January 31, 2014
Super Bowl XLVIII was almost perfect. The Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos are the two best teams in football, Peyton Manning is looking to rewrite...
January 22, 2014
This is a year of renewal for Huntley High School’s math team. With the program’s “founding fathers” graduating in 2013 and math...
December 21, 2013
As Ron Burgundy made his rounds around the world of public media, “Anchorman” fans patiently awaited the release of “Anchorman 2: The Legend...
December 20, 2013
The vacancy was astounding. Even as Raider Nation filled the stands of nearly every boys basketball game, the stands of the East Gym of Huntley High...
December 9, 2013
The last time Huntley High School’s girls basketball team played against Cary Grove, it lost in a heartbreaking overtime thriller. It was perhaps...
November 26, 2013
The first thing you notice about the Crystal Ice House is the yellow neon sign and steel structure that make up its exterior. The smell of hockey,...
November 19, 2013
When the Huntley High School girls basketball team finished fourth in the state last season, all eyes turned to “next year.” With four...
November 7, 2013
English teacher Kay Meyer isn’t content with being a spectator.
That’s why she responded so fervently when her nephew asked her about her recent...
October 26, 2013
There are four crucial elements to every “Jackass” movie: dangerous stunts, genitals, bodily fluids, and pranks.
But “Bad Grandpa” has a surprising...
October 18, 2013
After the Huntley football team suffered a devastating 27-20 loss to Jacobs, coach John Hart made it clear that he was satisfied with the team’s...
April 13, 2013
It was clear from the beginning. In Huntley’s 10-0 victory over Woodstock North, Eric Luecht had the edge.
In his five innings of work, Luecht...
April 6, 2013
With star pitcher Eric Luecht starting on the mound for Huntley, one would think the Red Raiders’ pitching would be the factor to overcome...
April 5, 2013
After falling to Jacobs in last year’s regional final, area teams gave Huntley baseball a label: vulnerable.
But Huntley’s dynamic...
March 3, 2013
Marian Catholic looked like the favorite going into Saturday night's 4A state finals against Rolling Meadows. The Spartans were just coming off a...
March 2, 2013
Montini came into the state tournament thinking about one thing: a state title. The program took the 3A honors the past three years and a...
March 1, 2013
On March 3, 2012, Vernon Hills faced a Montini team that was looking for its third state title in three years. Montini came out and lit up the Cougars,...
March 1, 2013
Game 1: Montini v. Morton
Saturday, March 2
12:00 noon
Montini (34-1)
Starters
Lea Kerstein, Guard, Fr.
Kelly Karlis, Forward,...
March 1, 2013
Timothy Christian senior Brittany Scheidt won the Country Financial Class 3A 3-Point Showdown on Friday afternoon.
Scheidt's eight 3s bested St....
March 1, 2013
Things looked bleak for Morton from the beginning. Notre Dame led 24-5 at the end of the first period and Notre Dame guard Jordan Frericks had two...
February 28, 2013
Game 1: Vernon Hills v. Montini
Friday, March 1
12:00 noon
Vernon Hills (30-2)
Starters
Sydney Smith, Guard, Jr.
Haley...
February 28, 2013
Thursday's 3A Division Country Financial Three Point Showdown consisted of 32 contestants. Out of the 32, four advanced to Friday's final.
Contestants...
February 28, 2013
After an up-and-down game against a second-seeded Rockford East, Huntley fell short to the E-Rabs 53-43.
The reason why the Raiders lost can be described...
February 22, 2013
But like all reigns it eventually came to an end.
Huntley didn’t have much to cheer about Friday night. As Crystal Lake Central drained shot...
February 15, 2013
They say the journey is better than the destination, that the reward is nothing compared to what you did to get it. But the Huntley Red Raiders showed...
February 9, 2013
On Jan. 19, Huntley picked up a 45-38 victory over the Dundee-Crown Chargers. It was just another conference win, another notch on the belt that kept...
February 1, 2013
Raider Nation was a sea of white at Friday night’s boys basketball game against McHenry. The stands were packed as Huntley students showed up to see...
January 23, 2013
“Zero Dark Thirty” deserves to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards this February, but it won’t.
What is probably the best movie of the year...
January 11, 2013
A loud "oh" echoed throughout the Prairie Ridge gym as Huntley's star forward Amanze Egekeze threw down a breakaway dunk in Huntley's 76-51 victory over...
December 22, 2012
I’ll be honest; I went into “Jack Reacher” expecting the stupidest, most cliché action movie ever made.
I’m happy to say I was wrong, but...
December 21, 2012
March 6: the last game of the Huntley boys basketball 2011-2012 season. Rockford Auburn extinguished the final flame under the team that hoped to establish...
December 21, 2012
Junior Tyler Vasconez sits in his calculus class. Teacher Stephen Styers finishes his lecture and with a fear-evoking smile, reminds the class of tomorrow’s...
December 14, 2012
The Huntley boys basketball team went into Friday night’s game hoping to add another win to its 4-2 record. Losses to Carmel Catholic High School and...
November 30, 2012
The Huntley boys basketball team went into Friday night’s game with three wins under its belt, but despite leading for the majority of the game, lost...
November 25, 2012
The Huntley High School boys basketball team opened its season with a bang in Crystal Lake Central’s Coaches vs. Cancer Thanksgiving Tournament. A...
November 16, 2012
“Saturday Night Live” has changed a lot since its first episode in 1975 and unfortunately, the changes have not been for the better. The show found...
November 16, 2012
It seemed like a death sentence, like the knockout blow that ends the upcoming boxer’s career and leaves him lying on the floor, gasping for breath.
As...
October 26, 2012
Kyle Sommerfield
Six Flags Great America is known for its summer appeal. Kids spend their summer vacations
riding rollercoasters and playing games....
October 20, 2012
A big loss to Cary Grove left the Huntley Red Raiders discouraged, but a win against Woodstock put them in the playoffs. Although they were already guaranteed...
October 6, 2012
After four consecutive wins, Huntley has been abuzz with excitement about playing Cary Grove in the CN100 Game of the Week. However, the Red Raiders...
October 5, 2012
Kyle Sommerfield
It’s that time of the year again, and this time, Calvin Johnson is in the spotlight. Johnson, the Detroit Lions’ star wide receiver,...
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