Finally got my hands on Friday’s press release about the investigation of the Prairie Ridge High School wrestlers from the Crystal Lake Police Department. For the record, it appears below: On Thursday, February 28, 2010 the Crystal Lake Police Department … Continue reading
Category Archives: Prairie Ridge High School
Five Prairie Ridge High School wrestlers were charged with misdemeanor battery for hazing other team members, an article in the Daily Herald by Chuck Keeshan reports. The arrests were made about a month after the issue surfaced on WMAQ-TV. In … Continue reading
The Crystal Lake High School District 155 Prairie Ridge High School wrestling controversy sparked my interest in the locker room instructions for coaches. Here is what District 155 sent me: “Coaches are responsible to supervise their athletes until each student … Continue reading
Happened on a reprint of the Friday story about the wrestling hazing investigation at Prairie Ridge High School by the Crystal Lake Police Department. It’s on the NW Herald’s sports spin-off McHenryCountySports.com. While it is little more than the police … Continue reading
“The actions which have been found objectionable by the Prairie Ridge and District 155 Administration have been going on in high school athletics for decades,” said Crystal Lake lawyer and former District 155 School Board President Jim Bishop. ‘Different generations … Continue reading
Reading between the lines of the following press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department, but not too much, led me to the use of the words “sexual molestation” in the headline. See if you agree. On Thursday, January 28, … Continue reading
Just to keep you up to date on Crystal Lake High School District’s public response to the wrestling team hazing reported this morning, here is the latest statement. STATEMENT REGARDING ALLEGED HAZING AND INTIMIDATION AT PRAIRIE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL School … Continue reading
Dated today, the following letter has been posted on the District 155 web site about the WMAQ-TV’s Ten O’Clock hazing story: February 4, 2010 Dear Prairie Ridge Community: We would like to share information pertaining to recent events surrounding the … Continue reading
Most local candidates think campaigning time is over the Sunday before the election. It’s not over, of course, until the polls close at 7 PM. Today, standing out in front of my Crystal Lake Park District Main Beach polling place … Continue reading
The following press release has been received from the office of 16th District Congressman Don Manzullo: Prairie Ridge High School Student Appointed to U.S. Air Force Academy [CRYSTAL LAKE] Congressman Don Manzullo (R-Egan) today announced that Kristen Suhrhoff of Crystal … Continue reading
Crystal Lake’s Prairie Ridge High School graduate and Field Museum and University of Chicago grad student Nathan Smith has discovered another creature from the time of the dinosaurs. Smith named this one Glacialisaurus hammeri, after his old professor William Hammer, … Continue reading
Crystal Lake’s Prairie Ridge High School graduate and Field Museum and University of Chicago grad student Nathan Smith has discovered another creature from the time of the dinosaurs. Smith named this one Glacialisaurus hammeri, after his old professor William Hammer, … Continue reading
When you think of how well high schools are doing, one of the measures surely would be graduation rates. I have this memory of when Huntley’s was 100%. Of course, that was before all of the growth. I haven’t seen … Continue reading
When you think of how well high schools are doing, one of the measures surely would be graduation rates. I have this memory of when Huntley’s was 100%. Of course, that was before all of the growth. I haven’t seen … Continue reading
On the team of scientists that discovered a pre-dinosaur announced Thursday was University of Chicago student and 1998 Crystal Lake Prairie Grove High School Nathan Smith. Daily Herald reporter Chuck Keeshan made the connection. The gist of the discover is … Continue reading
On the team of scientists that discovered a pre-dinosaur announced Thursday was University of Chicago student and 1998 Crystal Lake Prairie Grove High School Nathan Smith. Daily Herald reporter Chuck Keeshan made the connection. The gist of the discover is … Continue reading