2012-2013 Girls'
Basketball Focus
The 30th annual Charger Classic pairings were released Monday, and undefeated nine-time champion Fenwick is once again the top seed.
The Friars, who scored a 99-97 overtime win over Marist on Saturday to run their record to 8-0 for the season, finished third in last years tournament, which was won by Bartlett.
The tournament kicks off at 10 a.m. on Dec. 26 at Dundee-Crown when St. Charles North takes on unbeaten Evanston (8-0), the No. 2 seed. Newcomer Barrington will meet Resurrection at 11:30 a.m., five-time champion Maine West takes on New Trier at 1 p.m. and Buffalo Grove meets once-beaten Naperville Central at 2:30 p.m. to close out the top half of the bracket.
On the bottom half of the bracket, defending champion Bartlett meets Mother McAuley at 4 p.m. McAuley is coached by former Waubonsie Valley and DePaul standout Ashley (Luke) Clanton, who is in her first year as the head coach of the Mighty Macs. That game will be followed by newcomer Maine South taking on host Dundee-Crown at 5:30 p.m. Maine Souths only loss this season is to Evanston.
The final two games pit Prospect against once-beaten Hononegah at 7 p.m. and Fenwick vs. Johnsburg at 8:30 p.m.
Conference: Mid-Suburban West
- Schock steps down at Palatine
- Images: Daily Herald All-Area Basketball Team Captains
- Girls basketball: Northwest all-area team
- Hoffman West stepping to the forefront with Raethz
- Images: Burlington Central vs. Vernon Hills
Conference: Upstate Eight Valley
- Bartletts Gulczynski thriving at Wisconsin
- Bartlett grad Videckis leaves Arizona State
- Girls basketball/Fox Valley all-area team
- One last look at Fox Valley girls basketball
- Bolingbrook thwarts Neuqua
Conference: Mid-Suburban East
- Kemph is Gatorade Illinois Player of the Year
- Kemph leads Meadows' magical season
- Images: Daily Herald All-Area Basketball Team Captains
- Girls basketball: Northwest all-area team
- Destiny spites Rolling Meadows
Conference: Fox Valley Valley
- Russell out as Dundee-Crown coach
- Images: Daily Herald All-Area Basketball Team Captains
- Huntleys Ream personified meaning of the word captain
- Girls basketball/Fox Valley all-area team
- One last look at Fox Valley girls basketball
Conference: Central Suburban North
- Girls basketball: Northwest all-area team
- Schaumburg comes up big
- Collinis, Maine West carve out a victory
- Rolling Meadows suffers tough OT loss at Quincy ND
- Meadows prepares for Quincy ND with 24th win
Conference: DuPage Valley
- Images: Daily Herald All-Area Basketball Team Captains
- Girls basketball: Tri-Cities all-area team
- WW Souths Waldron a quiet competitor
- Images: Wheaton Warrenville South vs. Huntley
- Huntley shocks WW South
Conference: Upstate Eight River
- Streamwood named Sky team of week
- Images: Daily Herald All-Area Basketball Team Captains
- A little push from sis went a long way for Streamwood's Cerda
- Girls basketball/Fox Valley all-area team
- Batavias Fruendt takes her game to next level