Gallery: First football game of the season

Though COVID delayed the season for months, the Warriors hit the field on Friday night to play Prairie Ridge during the first varsity football game of the season

Varsity football players warm up before the first football game of a delayed season against Prairie Ridge on March 19 at Huntley High School.

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Mackenzie Sroka

Varsity football players warm up before the first football game of a delayed season against Prairie Ridge on March 19 at Huntley High School.

Mackenzie Sroka, Staff Writer
March 22, 2021

On Friday, March 19, the varsity football team played the Prairie Ridge Wolves under the lights at Huntley High School — the first in a season delayed by COVID and transformed by safety restrictions. Though few fans cheered the team on from the stands (IHSA guidelines allowed each player to invite only two spectators), in the end, the Warriors lost to the Wolves 16-42.

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Mackenzie Sroka, Editor In Chief

Mackenzie Sroka is a senior at McHenry High School's Upper Campus. She enjoys spending time with friends, traveling, playing soccer and golf, and photography. This is Mackenzie's fourth year on the Messenger's staff.

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