On behalf of Harlem High School and our athletic department, I am thrilled to welcome you to another exciting season of Harlem Huskies Athletics! As the days grow longer and the temperatures rise, our student-athletes are eager to showcase their dedication, hard work, and pride on the field, track, court, and diamond.
Spring athletics bring a unique energy to our community, and I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to the parents, coaches, and staff. Your enthusiasm and unwavering support mean the world to our athletes, and your cheers from the stands inspire them to push beyond limits and strive for excellence.
Our baseball, softball, track and field, boys' tennis, boys’ volleyball and girls' soccer teams have been training tirelessly, and I have no doubt they will make us proud this season. Beyond wins and losses, we celebrate the character, discipline, and sportsmanship that define Harlem Athletics. Each game and competition is an opportunity for our athletes to grow as individuals and teammates, carrying forward the strong traditions of Harlem High.
I encourage everyone to support our teams, not just by attending events but by embodying the values of respect, encouragement, and community spirit. Let's make this season a memorable one for our student-athletes!
Thank you for being part of the Harlem Huskies family. Let’s go Huskies!
Best regards,
Reed Allison Athletic Director Harlem High School
FAST, FRIENDLY, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Administration:
IHSA Official Representative: Reed Allison
Superintendent: Terrell Yarbrough
Principal: Jeremy Bois
Principal's Assistant: Mary Zanoni
District Athletic Director: Reed Allison
Assistant Athletic Director: Scott Lemke
Assistant Athletic Director: James Cooper
Athletic Director's Assistant: LaWanda Cooper
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HEAD COACHES
SCOTT MCCLOY
HEAD BOYS BASEBALL COACH
COACH MCCLOY EMBODIES THE ESSENCE OF COMMITMENT AND PASSION AS HE EMBARKS ON HIS 9TH YEAR AT THE HELM AND HIS 16TH YEAR WITH OUR BASEBALL PROGRAM. BEYOND THE DIAMOND, COACH MCCLOY’S IMPACT EXTENDS INTO THE CLASSROOM AS A DEDICATED PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER WITHIN THE HIGH SCHOOL. HIS DEVOTION TO BOTH HIS PROFESSION AND HIS FAMILY IS EVIDENT, AS HE CELEBRATES 19 YEARS OF MARRIAGE TO HIS WIFE, NICOLE, AND CHERISHES THE JOYS OF PARENTHOOD WITH THEIR 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, ADDISON, AND 12-YEAR-OLD SON, MADDUX. THROUGH HIS UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO COACHING, TEACHING, AND FAMILY, COACH MCCLOY EXEMPLIFIES THE VALUES OF HARD WORK, INTEGRITY, AND LEADERSHIP.
NATE DODSON
HEAD GIRLS TRACK COACH
HEAD TRACK COACH DODSON IS IN HIS FOURTH YEAR LEADING THE PROGRAM AND HIS THIRTEENTH YEAR OVERALL, BRINGING A UNIQUE BLEND OF PASSION AND EXPERIENCE. A DEDICATED EDUCATOR IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AT HARLEM HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, COACH DODSON IS ALSO A PROUD ALUMNUS (CLASS OF 2007) AND FORMER STATE TRACK QUALIFIER. HIS COMMITMENT TO GROWTH IS EVIDENT IN HIS RECENT LBS 1 (NIU, 2021) AND LBS 2 (NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY, 2023) CERTIFICATIONS. COACH DODSON’S DEDICATION TO BOTH HIS STUDENTS AND ATHLETES EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE WITHIN OUR TRACK PROGRAM.
HEAD GIRLS SOCCER COACH
MATTHEW WENDT
COACH WENDT IS IN HIS SECOND SEASON AS THE HARLEM GIRLS’ HEAD SOCCER COACH, BRINGING A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE TO THE PROGRAM. HE HAS BEEN A PART OF HARLEM SOCCER FOR SIX YEARS, PREVIOUSLY SERVING AS THE BOYS’ JV COACH FOR THREE YEARS AND THE BOYS’ HEAD COACH FOR THREE YEARS. HIS EXTENSIVE SOCCER BACKGROUND INCLUDES 30 YEARS OF PLAYING EXPERIENCE, FROM RECREATIONAL LEAGUES TO THE SEMI-PROFESSIONAL LEVEL. COACH WENDT’S COACHING RESUME SPANS RECREATIONAL, MIDDLE SCHOOL (HARLEM AND KENNEDY), HIGH SCHOOL (HARLEM), CLUB (ROCKFORD RAPTORS), AND SEMI-PRO (ROCKFORD FC) LEVELS. MARRIED TO DEE WENDT FOR OVER 20 YEARS WITH TWO CHILDREN, KOLE AND LUKASZ, COACH WENDT IS DEDICATED TO DEVELOPING HIS PLAYERS’ SKILLS AND ADVANCING THE HARLEM SOCCER PROGRAM THROUGH TRADITION, HONOR, AND PASSION
BILL DREDGE
HEAD BOYS TENNIS COACH
COACH DREDGE EMBODIES DEDICATION AND LONGEVITY, MARKING AN INCREDIBLE 50 PLUS YEARS OF COACHING WITHIN THE HARLEM SCHOOL DISTRICT. OVER HALF A CENTURY, HE HAS PROFOUNDLY IMPACTED COUNTLESS ATHLETES, BUILDING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS THAT EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE PLAYING FIELD AND DEEPLY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
DEREK MOORE
HEAD BOYS VOLLEYBALL COACH
COACH MOORE’S INVOLVEMENT IN VOLLEYBALL BEGAN AS A PLAYER AT EAST HIGH SCHOOL IN 2015. WHILE INITIALLY PURSUING A COLLEGIATE PLAYING CAREER, HIS TRUE PASSION FOR THE SPORT LAY IN COACHING. WITH EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE UNDER HIS BELT, INCLUDING COACHING THE GIRLS’ PROGRAM AT ROCKFORD LUTHERAN AND HIS PRESENT ROLE WITH VC UNITED, COACH MOORE POSSESSES A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE GAME AND A KEEN ABILITY TO NURTURE PLAYER GROWTH.
JARED RICHARDSON
HEAD BOYS TRACK COACH
HARLEM HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNUS (CLASS OF 2006) COACH RICHARDSON RETURNS TO LEAD THE BOYS TRACK AND FIELD TEAM FOR HIS FOURTH SEASON AND THE DISTANCE PROGRAM FOR HIS FIFTH. A DECORATED STUDENT-ATHLETE, HE EARNED THREE ALLSTATE HONORS AND SET THREE SCHOOL RECORDS IN TRACK, ALONG WITH AN ALLSTATE NOD IN CROSS COUNTRY. COACH RICHARDSON CONTINUED HIS SUCCESS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, EARNING FOUR VARSITY LETTERS IN BOTH TRACK AND FIELD AND CROSS COUNTRY.
KURT HEAD
HEAD GIRLS SOFTBALL COACH
CELEBRATING HIS 11TH YEAR AS HEAD COACH AT HARLEM HIGH SCHOOL, WITH PRIOR EXPERIENCE LEADING HONONEGAH FOR 4 YEARS AND SERVING AS AN ASSISTANT COACH AT ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE FOR 3 YEARS, COACH HEAD BRINGS OVER TWO DECADES OF COACHING EXPERTISE TO THE DIAMOND. THROUGHOUT HIS 22-YEAR TENURE IN THE CONFERENCE, HE HAS ESTABLISHED A LEGACY OF SUCCESS MARKED BY CONFERENCE TITLES, PLAYOFF VICTORIES, AND A COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING PLAYER DEVELOPMENT. EMPHASIZING VALUES OF INTEGRITY, PERSEVERANCE, AND TEAMWORK, COACH HEAD AIMS TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENTATHLETES TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD, CONTINUING TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT WITHIN THE HARLEM SOFTBALL COMMUNITY.
ASSISTANT COACHES
CHRIS BURNS: BASEBALL
SCOTT LEMKE: TENNIS
ADELINE CORBO: SOFTBALL
MYKAL BROWN: GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
THALIA MACKEY: VOLLEYBALL
AMY BIRNER: SOCCER
HALEIGH SCHELL: SOFTBALL
DENZEL SCHWARZ: VOLLEYBALL
TAYLOR BOLGERT: SOCCER
CARISSA ZANKER: SOCCER
KATHERINE WOLF: VOLLEYBALL
KIA BROWN: GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
TOD MCKISKI: SOFTBALL
CATIE DAILY: GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
JACOB ARNOLD: BOYS TRACK & FIELD
LACI KNUTSON: SOFTBALL
COLBY CROSS: BASEBALL
BROCK SOTER: BASEBALL
ADAM CROSS: BASEBALL
RYAN HOCKINS: BASEBALL
DAVID GALASSI: BASEBALL
CHASE TAYLOR: BASEBALL
MICHALE LEESON: SOCCER
OWEN HUNT: BOYS TRACK & FIELD
IAN ELLIOTT VOLLEYBALL
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BOYS BASEBALL
Varsity
GIRLS SOFTBALL
ADDALYN HENDERSON M. HAWKINSON
GIRLS SOCCER
Varsity
Vivianna Acosta 5’2” 9
Prescilla Ahumada 5’6” 9 Chloe Broughton 5’4” 12
Vanessa
Elizabeth Blumer 5’4” 12
Tessa Files 5’5” 12
Yahaira Garcia 5’2” 11
Kamila Gómez Morelos 5’3” 12
Boey Herren 5’6” 10
Sophia Mora 5’1” 9
Natalia Palomar 5’4” 10
Paulina Palomar 5’2” 10
Makayla Rocha-Jimenez 5’2” 11
Jada Roussel 5’8” 11
Aaliyah Ulsaver 5’4” 11
Adrianna Weeks 5’2” 11
Skylee Wiora 5’6” 11
Keira Wipf 5’4” 11
Sophia Withrow 5’4” 12 Kendall Zanoni 5’1” 9
ELIZABETH BLUMER
KAMILA GAMEZ MORELOS
LIZETTE
CHLOE BROUGHTON
GABRIELA IBARRA
YAELI RODRIGUEZ
TESSA FILES
SARAH ORTIZ ESPINOZA
SOPHIA WITHROW
GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
Varsity
NAME HT YR
Tristan Anderson 6’0” 10
Xzavier Anderson - 9
Matthew Andrus 6’2” 10
Colin Baumgardner 5’9” 9
Dylan Beatty 5’10” 10
Brenyn Brickson 5’10” 11
Antione Britton 5’11” 10
Dwayne Broom 5’7” 11
Elijah Broughton 5’8” 10
Nolan Brown 5’7” 10
Tyler Buetsch 5’4” 10
Dominic Butera 5’10” 12
Jayro Camacho 5’6” 12
Dominic Carlson 5’9” 12
Henry Clark 5’9” 12
Noah Crandall 6’3” 10
Thanial Daye 6’0” 10
Tykeese Duncan 5’5” 10
Christian Lyle Durano 5’6” 11
Blake Erdmann 6’1” 11
Kyler Flaningam 5’8” 10
Isaiah Floeter 5’4” 9
James Gallagher 5’6” 10
Timeo Gijbels 6’0” 12
Gabriel Gonzalez 5’6” 10
Hector A Gonzalez 5’8” 12
Lyam Gray 5’10” 10
Aron Greenland 5’7” 11
Jesse Grider 6’4” 10
Nehemiah Gulley 5’8” 10
Kirichkow
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BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Varsity
Nolan Amdur 6’2” 180 12
Bryson Berry 6’2” 150 12
Hunter Derry 5’11” 150 10
Colton Devlieger 6’1” 150 12
Angel Gonzalez 5’11” 125 12
Lucas Harkness 5’11” 150 11
Gavin Koerner 6’1” 160 11
Coltin Kuehne 5’10” 173 11
Payton Mackey 6’2” 160 10
Tyce Mcclure 6’3” 200 10
Arian
BOYS TENNIS
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