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Hersey nips Barrington for title at Buffalo Grove

The best part of Saturday's exciting championship girls basketball game of the Bison Classic at Buffalo Grove High School is that fans get to see the same two teams (Hersey and Barrington) play each other again in just two days at Barrington High School in a Mid-Suburban League crossover. Round one went to the Huskies, who held off the Fillies 51-47 to extend their season-opening win streak to five games while Barrington lost for the first time in five tries.

Rolling Meadows beats Hoffman to finish 4-1 at tourney

Rolling Meadows' girls basketball team defeated Hoffman Estates 70-30 Saturday at the Hawks' Tom Kendall Pilgrim Classic to finish with a 4-1 tourney record.

Blumenfeld powers Glenbrook North over Maine East for tourney title

Brooke Blumenfeld missed her junior season because of a knee injury. But the Northern Illinois recruit was hardly missing from the first tournament of her final season. The senior power forward scored a game-high 20 points to help Glenbrook North to a 50-36 win over Maine East in the Blue Demons' own Thanksgiving tournament championship game on Tuesday night in Park Ridge.
Crystal Lake South’s Hanna Massie tries to keep the ball from Hononegah’s Geneva Hann during a Dundee-Crown Girls Basketball Thanksgiving Tournament game between Hononegah and Crystal Lake South Tuesday evening, Nov. 23, 2021, at Crystal Lake South.

Hononegah pulls away from Crystal Lake South

Crystal Lake South girls basketball coach Mark Mucha doesn't think his team is that far away from putting it all together. Performances such as Tuesday against Hononegah gives the eighth-year coach plenty of reason for optimism.

Wauconda blows out Richmond-Burton

Wauconda rolled past visiting Richmond-Burton 61-25 Monday in the final game of the girls basketball Turkey Tournament in Wauconda.
Sycamore stuns Geneva in Burlington Central title game
Sycamore's Faith Feuerbach delivered the final blow in Geneva's 48-47 loss in the Burlington Central Thanksgiving Tournament title game Saturday. The senior's long 3-point basket put Sycamore ahead for the first time with 6.5 seconds left on the clock. The trey, launched from the volleyball attack line, ended up being the winning bucket. However, it was a one-sided third quarter, and a back-and-forth final period, that set up the dramatic finish.
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Swanson's 36 points tie Barrington record
Barrington's Sophie Swanson came out on fire Saturday afternoon. The junior standout scored 36 points to tie the Fillies' single-game record, now shared with Taylor Thompson, in a 66-31 win over Buffalo Grove.
Carmel dumps Glenbrook South to win tourney title
Carmel Catholic needed to find out if it could pass the test through the opening week of the girls basketball season. The Corsairs found out that a close game was completely different than its first four games. Carmel prevailed with a 59-51 victory over Glenbrook South in the final game of the Mundelein Girls Thanksgiving tournament on Saturday. The Corsairs (5-0) ended up winning the tournament title, while Glenbrook South (4-1) settled for second place.
Bemis' 19 points lead Antioch past Vernon Hills
Callie Bemis scored 19 points Saturday to lead Antioch past Vernon Hills 37-34 in a girls basketball game.
Slow start costs Dundee-Crown
Trailing Boylan Catholic 15-4 after 8 minutes, the Chargers played the Titans on even terms the final 3 quarters. It wasn't enough. With both teams scoring 32 points during the final 24 minutes, Boylan's first quarter onslaught was enough to produce a 47-36 victory over the pesky Chargers in third round action of the Dundee-Crown girls basketball Thanksgiving tournament in Carpentersville Saturday afternoon.
Pape, Maine South run past Grayslake Central
Maine South's Emily Pape, who averaged 13 points and 5.9 rebounds in her shortened junior season, failed to score in the first quarter, but finished with 14 points, 8 rebounds and 5 steals as the Hawks' girls basketball team defeated Grayslake Central 47-33 Saturday.
Willowbrook's Sullivan stars against former team
Sophie Sullivan, who transferred from Montini after her sophomore season, shrugged off some early troubles, showing that she's accustomed to playing in big games. Sullivan scored a game-high 21 points and added four rebounds and four assists to lead Willowbrook to a 64-55 win over Montini in front of a large crowd in Villa Park.
Stevenson’s Emory Klatt is fouled by New Trier’s Sela Klein in a girls basketball game in Lincolnshire on Friday, November 19, 2021.
Klatt, Sawyer lead Stevenson over New Trier
Penn recruit Simone Sawyer poured in a game-high 27 points and had 9 steals that led Stevenson past visiting New Trier 64-46 in part of the New Trier Girls Invitational.
Jacobs’ Mackenzie Leahy looks for a teammate to pass off to as St. Viator’s defense including Nora Ahram traps her during the first quarter game action of girls basketball at Dundee-Crown on Friday.
St. Viator's Bergstrom duo sinks Jacobs
When defending the St. Viator girls basketball team in 2021-2022, you need to pick your poison. The Lions connected on 10-of-18 from 3-point range for 55% including 6-of-10 from beyond the arc in the first half. But the Lions proved they could pound the ball inside the paint connecting on 6-of-8 layups. The result was a 57-36 win over Jacobs Friday night in second round action of the Dundee-Crown girls basketball tournament.
Geneva pulls away from Burlington Central
Burlington Central made 4 of 5 shots from the field, including 3 of 4 3-pointers, and hit 6 of 9 free throws in the first quarter. Yet the Rockets still found themselves trailing Geneva, 20-17, after 8 minutes. That's how tough the Vikings were. Geneva then proceeded to blow the game open in the second quarter, outscoring Central 18-4 en route to a 69-48 win and a spot in the championship game of the Burlington Central Thanksgiving Tournament.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 
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