Presenting the Daily Herald All-Area Girls Basketball Team for the Northwest suburbs

Taylor Thompson sank 2 free throws with 3.7 seconds left to lift Barrington to a 54-52 win in the Class 4A Huntley girls basketball sectional on Tuesday night.

Barrington defeated McHenry in a girls basketball regional title game Thursday night.

Freshman Sophie Swanson (19 points), senior Taylor Thompson (11) and senior Anna Mae King (10) led the scoring for No. 2 seeded Barrington in its 55-39 win over No. 8 Larkin in the Class 4A Streamwood girls basketball regional Tuesday night.

Taylor Thompson tossed in 15 of her game-high 21 points in the first 13 minutes as Barrington held off visiting Buffalo Grove for a 53-43 decision in the Mid-Suburban League second-place girls basketball crossover game Tuesday night.

Barrington’s girls basketball team received a game-high 19 points from four-year starter Taylor Thompson en route to a 57-42 win over Deerfield.

With its 69-44 win at Wheeling on Tuesday night, Hersey girls basketball won its third Mid-Suburban East crown in four years under coach Mary Fendley.

Fremd defeated Barrington in a girls basketball game Friday night.

Four-year starter Taylor Thompson enjoyed the biggest scoring game in Barrington girls basketball history on Tuesday night and it helped lead the Fillies to a 65-49 win at Conant.

Led by freshman Katy Eidle’s game-high 23 points on Senior Night, Hersey’s girls basketball team improved to 20-6 and 6-1 in the Mid-Suburban East with a 70-41 win over visiting Elk Grove on Friday night.

Buffalo Grove’s girls basketball team kept its record perfect in the Mid-Suburban East with a 49-39 win at Wheeling Tuesday night.

Rolling Meadows’ girls basketball team completed the first half of its Mid-Suburban League East schedule on Saturday by posting a 41-20 victory at Wheeling.

Buffalo Grove’s girls basketball team posted a 59-49 triumph over Barrington on Thursday night to avenge a 66-56 loss to the Fillies in November.

Fremd girls basketball coach Dave Yates says one thing that stands out about his 6-foot-1 forward Olivia Hill is her high energy level on the court. Vikings fans have seen that hustle for four years. In less than nine months, fans of Bowling Green’s women’s basketball team will get that opportunity. Hill made her official visit to Ohio last summer and the rest is history.

Alyssa Trausch (16 points), Kaitlyn Ingebrigsten (9) and Olivia Masnica (6) led Elk Grove’s girls basketball team to a 45-33 win over Prospect in the Mid-Suburban East Tuesday night.

Led by seniors Emily Klaczek (21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals) and Carrie Cochran (12 points 2 rebounds), Fremd got past visiting Barrington 60-47 in a girls baksetball battle for first place in the Mid-Suburban West Friday night.

Barrington’s girls basketball team won for the third time in four games with a 59-26 nonconference triumph over visiting Grant on Tuesday night.

The Fremd, Barrington and Maine West girls basketball teams all notched wins in their first games of 2020 on Saturday.

Kendra Lee became the 15th Buffalo Grove girls basketball player to score 1,000 career points when BG posted a 56-46 win over Hampshire in its last game of the 37th annual Komaromy Classic at Dundee-Crown High School on Monday.

Maine West’s girls basketball team posted a 68-46 triumph over Barrington in the quarterfinals of the Komaromy Holiday Classic at Dundee-Crown High School Friday night.

Sophomore Madi Niedbala scored 14 points and senior Bridget Rolla added 13 as Rolling Meadows’ girls basketball team topped Conant 50-39 in the third-place game of the Libertyville Winter Tournament.

Maine West once again headlines the Komaromy Classic at Dundee Crown High School. Here’s a look at the holiday lineup for Northwest suburbs girls basketball teams.

Barrington’s girls basketball team extended its winning streak to eight straight as senior Taylor Thompson scored a game-high 17 points in a 60-51 triumph over visiting Conant Monday night.

The state-ranked Fremd girls basketball team won for the seventh time in eight games this season with a 49-27 Mid-Suburban West triumph over visiting Conant on Friday night in Palatine.

Warren girls basketball coach John Stanczykiewicz and boys coaches Pat Ambrose of Stevenson and Bryan Tucker of Barrington will all be inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in May.

Bartlett junior Lexie Sinclair is this week’s Daily Herald girls basketball MVP.

Elk Grove senior guard Megan Murray tossed home a game-high 23 points and surpassed 1,000 points for her career as the Grenadiers topped visiting Hoffman Estates 57-22 on Tuesday night.

Hersey freshman Katy Eidle clicked for a career-high 32 points as the Huskies girls basketball team posted its sixth straight win, a 68-59 triumph over Bartlett (5-4).

Senior guard Emily Klaczek scored a game-high 23 points to help lead Fremd’s state-ranked girls basketball team to a 58-43 win at Palatine in the Mid-Suburban West opener on Friday night.

Freshman Sophia Swanson connected for a career-high 22 points and sophomore Laura Mahlum added 15 as Barrington’s girls basketball team posted a 52-42 triumph over host Elk Grove in Tuesday’s Mid-Suburban League crossover.

Buffalo Grove’s girls basketball team closed with a 10-4 run to earn a 59-57 win over Grayslake Central in the Bison Classic on Saturday.

Barrington senior Taylor Thompson had a double-double with 20 points and 14 points as the Fillies posted their first win of the season 66-56 over Buffalo Grove in the Bison Classic on Friday.

Grayslake Central’s girls basketball team used a 17-2 run in the second quarter to rally past Barignton in a 50-44 triumph in the third round of the Bison Classic held at Libertyville High School on Tuesday night.

Maine South’s girls basketball team improved to 2-0 in the Bison Classic on Satruday wih a 58-37 win over Barrington.

Junior Mary Kate Fahey fired home 21 points and freshman Katy Eidle added 15 as Hersey’s girls basketball team posted a 63-53 win over Barrington in the first round of Buffalo Grove Bison Classic Thursday night.

Here’s a look at the girls basketball teams from Maine West, Maine South, Maine East, St. Viator, Leyden and Christian Liberty for the 2019-20 season.

Here’s a look at the girls basketball teams in the Mid-Suburban East for the 2019-20 season.

Here’s a look at the girls basketball teams in the Mid-Suburban West for the 2019-20 season.

Stevenson defeated Barrington in a nonconference girls basketball game Monday night.