The Voice

Journalism team places fourth at state

By Claire Filpi
May 7, 2015

On Friday May 1 the Huntley High School nine students when down to Eastern Illinois University to participate in the 10th annual IHSA State Finals for journalism.

Athlete of the month: Brittany O’Connor

By Claire Filpi
May 6, 2015

Name: Brittany O’Connor Grade: Senior Sport(s) participating in: Lacrosse Places from the 2015 season: As the only senior and the captain of...

Huntley journalism wins the sectional title

By Claire Filpi
May 1, 2015

At 8:15 all 13 students competing at sectionals board the bus to Northern Illinois University. Sectionals is not something that newspaper advisor Dennis Brown takes as a joke. Brown has been preparing these 13 students for over a month to compete against other schools to earn a spot at the state championship and to win a sectional title.

Athlete of the month

By Claire Filpi
April 3, 2015

Name: Josh Stenger Grade: Sophomore Sport(s) participating in: Wrestling Places from the 2015 season: first place at regionals, first place at sectionals, second place at the FVC, sixth place at granite city tournament, third place at the Sycamore Invitational and placed top eight at IHSA State

“Pretty Little Liars” finale disappoints many fans

By Claire Filpi
March 29, 2015

[T]he season five finale of the show “Pretty Little Liars” left fans feeling a bunch of different emotions. Fans have been watching the show for five years and after 120 episodes, 123 texts from A, and nine deaths they finally get to see who A is. Five years ago in Rosewood, PA., when the show started, four friends Spencer Hastings (Bellisario), Hanna Marin (Benson), Aria Montgomery(Hale), and Emily Fields(Mitchell) have been missing their friend Alison DiLaurentis (Pieterse) for a year. When a body was found, it was said to be hers then the girls started to see Alison in their dreams and in hallucinations. In the fourth season, the girls figure out that she is alive and hiding in New York. When she comes back with them, everything starts to get worse.

Athlete of the month

By Claire Filpi
March 1, 2015

Senior bowler Shannon Walsh is the athlete of the week

Athlete of the month

By Claire Filpi
February 12, 2015

Name: Ellie Nicolin

Huntley varsity cheerleading team takes 14th at state

By Claire Filpi
February 8, 2015

As the bright lights shine down on the floor, junior Karlie Lajewski can feel her nerves settling down. As the team gets set to being, she looks up at her younger sister, something nobody else on the team can do.

Varsity Cheerleading team takes home the conference title for the third year in a row

By Claire Filpi
January 20, 2015

Everyone has pre game rituals, weather it is wearing the same socks or listening to the same song. There is something silly that every athlete does before they compete. As senior Taylor Lucas gets ready to go to warm ups for her last conference competition, she beings to feel excited to compete at one last time at a Fox Valley Conference competition.

Varsity cheerleading team takes third at CLC invite

By Claire Filpi
December 8, 2014

The smell of makeup and hair spray floods the hallways of Crystal Lake Central High School. These are smells that all cheerleaders are used to. As the Huntley High School varsity cheerleading team lines up in between the bright orange ropes, they can no longer control their nerves.

Athlete of the month

By Claire Filpi
December 4, 2014

Name: Kayla Barreto Grade: Junior Sport(s) participating in: Basketball Why she won: She has helped the girls basketball team get off to a great start. She scored 7 points and had 4 assists in the 62-19 win over Streamwood and had a career high of 18 points on six 3-pointers in a 47-46 win over St Viator.

Athlete of the month

By Claire Filpi
November 3, 2014

Name: Trent Craig Grade: Senior Sport(s) participating in: Golf Why he won: Third time IHSA 3A boys’ golf state qualifier (placed 58), top 5...