Meet the 2025 Northwest Herald All-Area girls golf team.

First team

Kinsey Hayes, Huntley , jr.

Hayes carded a career-best 79 at the Class 2A Boylan Regional to take runner-up and was fourth at the Fox Valley Conference Tournament with an 83. The Red Raiders junior placed eighth at the McHenry County Meet (88) and finished runner-up in the FVC end-of-season points standings, which factors in duals and conference tournament results.

Grace Mertel, Prairie Ridge , sr.

Mertel, like Hayes, broke 80 for the first time at the Class 2A Boylan Regional with a career-best 79, taking fourth in a scorecard playoff. The Wolves senior was sixth at the FVC Tournament (86) and seventh at the McHenry County Meet (85). She was fourth in the FVC points standings.

Rylee Rud, Crystal Lake

See Full Page