Burlington Central girls basketball coach Mark Smith announced after Thursday’s season-ending loss to Glenbard South in the Class 3A Plano regional championship game that he is retiring as the Rockets’ coach.

Scouting Fox Valley girls basketball postseason

Glenbard South defeated Burlington Central 36-27 on Thursday to win the Class 3A Plano regional.

Elana Wells’ postseason opener for the Burlington Central girls basketball team consisted of beginning the game with back-to-back all-net 3-pointers.

Kathryn Schmidt of Burlington Central is this week’s Daily Herald MVP for girls basketball. Below are the final MVPs for the 2018-19 season.

Burlington Central defeated West Aurora 58-43 Saturday at Kaneland’s fifth annual Kristina M. Colombe Hoops for a Cure Shootout.

There’s only one week left in the regular season before the Class 4A and 3A postseason begins, but there’s plenty of drama still to play out in what have been tight Fox Valley, Upstate Eight and DuKane Conference races.

There’s a chance Burlington Central and Sycamore could meet again in a couple weeks in the Class 3A Rochelle sectional. Fans can only hope it’s as exciting as Saturday’s matchup on Burlington Central’s third annual Orange for Lisa game.

Burlington Central girls basketball coach Mark Smith hasn’t been happy with his team’s defensive effort recently. That dynamic changed Thursday night in Johnsburg.

All the success Burlington Central has enjoyed in the Kishwaukee River Conference has created something of a target on the Rockets’ back.

Fox Valley area girls basketball notes

Sometimes good teams find a way to win without playing their best which is how Dundee-Crown coach Sarah Miller preferred to look at the Chargers’ victory Thursday.

Batavia’s girls basketball team defeated Burlington Central Tuesday night.

Burlington Central rallied from 8 points down in the fourth quarter to beat South Elgin Saturday.

Burlington Central wanted to get off to a fast start against Johnsburg, but not even the Rockets anticipated what awaited the Skyhawks.

Shorthanded Burlington Central battled Geneva Tuesday night in the championship game of the Rockets’ Thanksgiving tournament but didn’t have the firepower to take down the two-time defending state champs.

Kat Schmidt needed 16 points in Monday’s season opener to become the seventh 1,000-point scorer in the history of Burlington Central girls basketball.