Rolling Meadows graduates Jenny Vliet and Jackie Kemph wrapped up their four-years careers playing for the Saint Louis women’s basketball team. They have been teammates since second grade.

Introducing the Daily Herald’s Northwest girls basketball all-area team, featuring players from the Mid-Suburban League plus St. Viator, Leyden and Maine West.

Lake Zurich senior forward McKenna Zobel has earned Daily Herald MVP honors for her recent high school girls basketball performances.

Wheaton Warrenville South defeated Rolling Meadows at the Class 4A Lake Park girls basketball sectional semifinals.

It’s down to Maine West, Rolling Meadows and St. Viator as far as the girls basketball teams from Cook County still playing in the IHSA state tournament. Action resumes on Monday night for Maine West while St. Viator and Rolling Meadows wait until Tuesday for their next contests.

Rolling Meadows topped Glenbard West 65-50 to win the Addison Trail Class 4A regional title Thursday.

Naperville Central junior forward Lucy Schmid has earned Daily Herald MVP honors for her recent high school girls basketball performances.

Rolling Meadows closed with a 19-2 run to take a 59-45 triumph at Fremd in the Mid-Suburban League second-place girls basketball crossover game on Tuesday night.

Rolling Meadows grabbed a share of the Mid-Suburban East title with a 69-56 win over visiting Prospect on Friday night as senior guard Melissa Spiwak led the Mustangs with 19 points.

Prospect’s girls basketabll team tuned up for Friday’s MSL East showdown at Rolling Meadows with a 55-48 win over Glenbrook South at the Titan Dome in Glenview. Emily Frasco led the Knights with a game-high 22 points.

Hersey’s 46-44 decision over visiting Rolling Meadows pulled the Huskies to within one win of claiming a tie for the Mid-Suburban East girls basketball crown. The Huskies, Rolling Meadows and Prospect all stand at 8-2 with one game left.

Senior Anja Jacobsen’s 20-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer lifted Palatine past host Barrington 35-32 on Friday night and it gave the Pirates sole possession of first place in the Mid-Suburban West. Palatine (18-7) improved to 6-2, one game better than Conant and Fremd who each stand at 5-3.

Ashley Adams scored 12 points and teammate Sara Biesterfeldt had 10 to help Prospect’s girls basketball team in a 52-39 victory over host Hersey in Mid-Suburban East play Tuesday.

Senior guard Tayler Williams scored a game-high 20 points with five 3-pointers to help Hoffman Estates stun seven-time defending Mid-Suburban West girls basketball champion Fremd 49-39. Junior Raven Wilson added 13 points and sophomore Nora Thomas 7 for the Hawks

Glenbard West defeated Rolling Meadows in a nonconference girls basketball game.

Freshman Mary Kate Fahey was 5-of-5 from 3-point range and scored a career-high 17 points as the Huskies topped host Rolling Meadows 49-41 to move into a first-place tie in the Mid-Suburban East girls basketball standings. Both teams are 4-1 after the first half of division play.

Buffalo Grove’s girls basketball team broke an 11-game losing with a 46-33 win over visiting Conant in Tuesday’s Mid-Suburban League crossover. Sophomore Kendra Lee led the way with 15 points, her fourth double-digit scoring performance of the season.

Rolling Meadows’ girls basketball team prides itself on playing with energy for 32 minutes. Vernon Hills had no answer for it Friday afernoon in the championship game of the Libertyville winter tournament, as Rolling Meadows raced to a 60-45 victory.

With a 57-47 win over Cary-Grove, Rolling Meadows’ girls basketball team will play Vernon Hills for the title of the Libertyville Tournament at 2 p.m. Friday.

Conant’s girls basketball team built a 29-24 halftime lead and prevailed 44-35 over Rolling Meadows at the Libertyville tournament on Wednesday while Maine West advanced to the championship of the Komaromy Classic at Dundee-Crown High School with a 63-40 win over Fenwick.

Junior Alexis Davis (22 points) and sophomore Bridget Rolla (17) each hit for career-highs as Rolling Meadows’ girls basketball team won its first game of the Libertyville tournament 65-51 over Niles West.

Rolling Meadows used a 14-0 run early in the second half to take command in a 53-44 Mid-Sububran East girls basketball win over Prospect in Mt. Prospect on Thursday night.

Rolling Meadows junior guard Lily Griefenstein scored a career-high 22 points as the Mustangs posted a 72-47 win at Wheeling on Friday night. With the Mid-Suburban East triumph, the Mustangs (8-4, 3-0) remained tied for first with Prospect (7-2, 3-0).

Fremd’s girls basketball team is young but the Vikings keep finding ways to win. With sophomore Emily Klaczek leading the way with 18 points, the Vikings held on for a dramatic 48-47 win over Vernon Hills, which missed a shot at the buzzer in the Exam Jamm game at Lake Zurich High School on Tuesday night.

Trailing 25-16 at half, Prospect’s girls basketball team couldn’t have had a more productive intermission break. “We were in the locker room and had a motivating talk,” said Knights senior guard Margherite Pettenuzzo. Things came together quite nicely for the Knights, who rallied for a 44-42 triumph over visiting Hersey at the Jean Walker Field House in Mt. Prospect.

Rolling Meadows girls basketball coach Ryan Kirkorsky said his players came out ready to play on Saturday afternoon. He meant it. The host Mustangs raced out to a 28-4 lead after one quarter and never looked back en route to a 69-35 triumph over Glenbard East in the nonconference girls basketball game.

Senior Emily Frasco scored a game-high 25 points with three 3-pointers to lead Prospect’s girls basketball team to a 62-51 victory in Friday’s Mid-Suburban League East opener at Elk Grove on Friday night. Jessica Kowalcyzk added 12 points for the Knights (4-2, 1-0) followed by Abbey Danciu (8), Ashley Adams (6) and Margherite Pettenuzzo (5).

Maine West’s impressive start continued on Tuesday night in Des Plaines. After winning its five games at the Hoffman Estates Pilgrim Classic by an average of 52.8 points, the Warriors girls basketball team posted a 60-35 win over Glenbrook South, which entered the game with a 5-0 record.

Hersey’s girls basketball team completed a winning record in the Bison Classic at Buffalo Grove on Saturday by defeating Harlem 52-43 in the final round of the six-team event.

Fremd’s girls basketball team rallied from a 10-point second half deficit to send the game to overtime, where they outscored the Mustangs 11-3 for a 55-47 triumph in the final round of the Lake Zurich Turkey Thriller. Both teams finished with 3-2 records to tie for second behind Rock Island in the six-team event.

Junior guard Natalie Krause hit the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift St. Viator’s girls basketball team to a 44-43 triumph over St. Charles East in the fourth round of the Schaumburg Thanksgiving tournament on Tuesday night.

Rolling Meadows girls basketball team had balanced scoring from Alexa Davis (16 points), Melissa Spiwak (15) and Lily Greifenstien (14) on Saturday at Lake Zurich High School. But sophomore guard Bridget Rolla’s rebounding was just as important for the Mustangs to register a 54-45 triumph over Deerfield at the Turkey Thriller.

Rolling Meadows’ girls basketball team earned its first win of the season on Friday night, posting a 74-51 decision over host Lake Zurich (0-2) in the Turkey Thriller tournament. The Mustangs (1-1) were led by senior Melissa Spiwak’s career-high 20 points while junior Alexa Davis added a career-high 18.

Here’s what to expect from the high school girls basketball teams of the Mid-Suburban East this season.

Highly-regarded Rock Island raced out to a 30-5 lead after one quarter and never looked back in a 68-38 triumph over Rolling Meadows in the opening-round game of the Turkey Thriller held in Sycamore.

Former Rolling Meadows stars Jenny Vliet and Jackie Kemph , playing their seniors years at St. Louis University, will come to Chicago this weeked to play in DePaul’s Maggie Dixon Inivte at Wintrust Arena.