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Dundee-Crown junior forward Alyssa Crenshaw is this year’s Daily Herald Fox All-Area Girls Basketball captain.

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Crenshaw’s tenacity, toughness prove tough to match for Dundee-Crown

Updated Mar 5, 2020 5:13 PM

Dundee-Crown junior Alyssa Crenshaw is the Captain of the 2019-2020 Fox All-Area Girls Basketball Team.

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Dundee-Crown assistant coach James Lopez huddles the team together in a post-game speech at the IHSA Class 4A South Elgin Supersectional game at South Elgin High School on Monday, March 2, 2020, in South Elgin, Ill. Dundee-Crown lost, 60-49.

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Effort, teamwork help Dundee-Crown overcome adversity

Updated Mar 2, 2020 10:49 PM

Dundee-Crown’s Cassidy Randl, Payton Schmidt and Katelyn Skibinski wiped away tears on their blue uniforms as they left the locker room following a 60-49 loss to Lake Park in the Class 4A South Elgin supersectional on Monday.

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Lake Park guard Darrione Rogers (21) hoists the IHSA Class 4A South Elgin Supersectional plaque after defeating Dundee-Crown at South Elgin High School on Monday, March 2, 2020, in South Elgin, Ill. Lake Park won, 60-49.

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Lake Park tops Dundee-Crown to punch 1st state ticket

Updated Mar 2, 2020 10:33 PM

Lake Park defeated Dundee-Crown to win the Class 4A South Elgin supersectional Monday.

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Dundee-Crown’s Payton Schmidt (second from left) celebrates with assistant coach James Lopez as head coach Sarah Miller hugs Katelyn Skibinski (10) and Cassidy Randl (15) as they celebrate winning the IHSA Class 4A Huntley Sectional championship against Barrington at Huntley High School on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, in Huntley, Ill. Dundee-Crown won, 43-37.

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Dundee-Crown denies Barrington for 1st sectional in 17 years

Updated Feb 27, 2020 10:55 PM

Dundee-Crown defeated Barrington 43-37 Thursday to win the Class 4A Huntley sectional.

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Dundee-Crown’s Makayla Gotter (25) secures an offensive rebound in the fourth quarter of the IHSA Class 4A Huntley Sectional championship game at Huntley High School on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, in Huntley, Ill. Dundee-Crown won, 43-37.

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Gotter sparks Dundee-Crown with effort inside

Updated Feb 27, 2020 10:47 PM

When Dundee-Crown’s Katelyn Skibinski scored in the final seconds to seal a 43-37 win over Barrington in the Class 4A Huntley Sectional championship game on Thursday, Makayla Gotter — like she was all game — was ready for whatever happened next.

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Dundee-Crown celebrates its win over Huntley in the Class 4A Huntley sectional Tuesday.

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Dundee-Crown makes it 3 straight over Huntley

Updated Feb 25, 2020 10:33 PM

Dundee-Crown defeated Huntley on Tuesday to advance to the Class 4A Huntley sectional championship game.

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Dundee-Crown’s Cassidy Randl tries to fire up her teammates before the start of a IHSA Class 4A Dundee-Crown Regional championship game between Dundee-Crown and Cary-Grove Thursday evening Feb. 20, 2020, at Dundee-Crown High School.

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Dundee-Crown nets emotional regional championship

Updated Feb 20, 2020 10:35 PM

Dundee-Crown’s bench erupted in cheers and excitement when junior Gianine Boado scored the final points in a 52-26 runaway win over Cary-Grove in the Class 4A Dundee-Crown Regional regional final.

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Dundee-Crown gets past scrappy Jacobs

Updated Feb 18, 2020 9:46 PM

Dundee-Crown defeated Jacobs in the Class 4A regional semifinals Tuesday night.

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There weren’t many better basketball games this winter than the two between Geneva, with Cassidy Arni pictured above, and Lake Park, with DePaul-bound star Darrione Rogers. The Lancers won the first meeting in overtime and the Vikings took the second, 66-61. There will be a third matchup if both reach the Class 4A sectional final at Hoffman Estates.

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Scouting Fox girls basketball postseason

Updated Feb 15, 2020 6:00 PM

Scouting Fox girls basketball postseason

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Dundee-Crown clinches 1st outright FVC title since 2004

Updated Feb 14, 2020 10:28 PM

Dundee-Crown defeated Hampshire Friday to win the outright Fox Valley Conference championship.

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Dundee-Crown’s Makayla Gotter (25) goes for a shot under pressure from Crystal Lake Central’s Hailey Geske during Wednesday’s girls basketball game in Crystal Lake.

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Dundee-Crown clinches share of FVC title

Updated Feb 12, 2020 10:07 PM

Dundee-Crown’s girls basketball team defeated Crystal Lake Central Wednesday.

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Dundee-Crown’s Crenshaw picks up MVP award

Updated Feb 12, 2020 6:42 PM

Dundee-Crown’s Alyssa Crenshaw is this week’s Daily Herald MVP for girls basketball.

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Team defense, above, and the play of Alyssa Crenshaw, below, have helped Dundee-Crown head into the final three games of the Fox Valley Conference schedule with a 1-game lead over Burlington Central.

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Bench providing Dundee-Crown big lift

Updated Feb 6, 2020 5:46 PM

Three-year starter and top 3-point shooter Gianine Boado injured her right knee in Dundee-Crown’s seventh game of the season, a tough blow for a Chargers team with big goals and an eye on their first Fox Valley Conference championship since the 2016-17 season.

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Dundee-Crown’s Katelyn Skibinski (10) celebrates with Payton Schmidt (1) after drawing a foul on a shot in the second quarter of the game at Dundee-Crown High School on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in Carpentersville, Ill. Dundee-Crown won, 57-36.

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Dundee-Crown routs McHenry to keep FVC lead

Updated Feb 3, 2020 10:13 PM

Dundee-Crown’s stifling defense and balanced offense led to an easy 57-36 win over McHenry in Fox Valley Conference play on the Chargers’ senior night in Carpentersville Monday.

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Burlington Central’s Kathryn Schmidt (30) reacts with teammates Liliana Moretti, Reili Gardner and Zoey Kollhoff after her game-winning 3-point shot at the buzzer against Dundee-Crown in Carpentersville Wednesday. At right is DC’s Alyssa Crenshaw.

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Burlington Central, Schmidt stun Dundee-Crown at buzzer

Updated Jan 29, 2020 10:59 PM

Burlington Central senior Kat Schmidt drilled a 30-footer at the buzzer to beat Dundee-Crown Wednesday.

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Dundee-Crown graduate Allison Michalski is averaging 16.9 points per game for the Benedictine women’s basketball team.

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D-C grad Michalski making big impact for 15-2 Benedictine

Updated Jan 27, 2020 4:50 PM

An update on Fox area alums playing college sports

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Troyke sets steals record in Elgin’s win

Updated Feb 8, 2020 10:38 PM

Fox girls basketball roundup

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Crenshaw’s double-double carries Dundee-Crown past Huntley

Updated Jan 22, 2020 10:20 PM

It was gut check time for Dundee-Crown junior center Alyssa Crenshaw.

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Burlington Central bests two FVC rivals to take 5th at DeKalb

Updated Jan 20, 2020 8:35 PM

Burlington Central defeated Huntley and Dundee-Crown Monday to take fifth place at DeKalb’s MLK Tournament.

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Dundee-Crown completes perfect 1st half of FVC play

Updated Jan 17, 2020 10:07 PM

Dundee-Crown certainly has proved to be the best team in the Fox Valley Conference during the first round.

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Hampshire’s Kelby Bannerman, left, leads the area in rebounding while averaging 18.1 points per game. Teammate Alyssa Cork, right, is among the area leaders in assists.

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Fox area girls basketball statistics

Updated Jan 16, 2020 10:47 PM

Fox area girls basketball statistics

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Libertyville’s Morgan Spaulding, center, fights for the rebound with Dundee-Crown’s Emily Oldham (3) and Makayla Gotter, right, during Monday’s girls basketball game in Libertyville.

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Libertyville pulls away from Dundee-Crown

Updated Jan 13, 2020 10:35 PM

Libertyville’s girls basketball team passed another test on Monday night, beating visiting Dundee-Crown 49-32 in a nonconference game for its 10th win in a row.

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Dundee-Crown closes strong, tops Crystal Lake South

Updated Jan 7, 2020 11:10 PM

At halftime, with Dundee-Crown nursing a slim 4-point 19-15 lead, coach Sarah Miller encouraged her Chargers to play with more fire and intensity in the second half.

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D-C wins tourney finale on Schmidt’s buzzer-beater; Bannerman hits milestone

Updated Dec 30, 2019 9:43 PM

Being a 4-year varsity performer, Payton Schmidt knew exactly what the situation was.

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Lake Park’s Darrione Rogers drives past Dundee-Crown’s Katelyn Skibinski in the 37th annual Komaromy Classic girls basketball tournament at Dundee-Crown on Friday.

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Lake Park hands Dundee-Crown 1st loss behind Rogers’ 41

Updated Dec 27, 2019 11:20 PM

Lake Park defeated Dundee-Crown Friday night

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Dundee-Crown survives Buffalo Grove in OT

Updated Dec 26, 2019 10:44 PM

Dundee-Crown’s offense came through when it absolutely had to Thursday in the day’s final game at the Komaromy Classic.

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Alyssa Crenshaw and her Dundee-Crown teammates will put their 9-0 record on the line next week when the Chargers host their 37th annual Komaromy Christmas Classic.

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Scouting Fox area girls basketball holiday tournaments

Updated Dec 19, 2019 5:00 PM

Scouting Fox area girls basketball holiday tournaments

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Dundee-Crown cools hot-shooting McHenry

Updated Dec 18, 2019 10:36 PM

With an ACL injury, Cassidy Randl had to watch her junior season from the sidelines.

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Dundee-Crown graduate Kelley Storm, second row, far right, coached her Quincy elementary school to the state tournament.

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Dundee-Crown alum Storm making impact in coaching

Updated Dec 17, 2019 6:21 PM

One benefit of covering high school athletics over the years has been the constant interaction with the crème of the crop when it comes to student-athletes and young people in general.Back in the late 1990s, Dundee-Crown Kelley Storm certainly fit that bill.

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Aurora Christian’s Griffin scores 38 to reach 1,000

Updated Dec 13, 2019 10:45 PM

Fox Valley girls basketball roundup

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Poised Dundee-Crown knocks off Burlington Central

Updated Dec 10, 2019 11:04 PM

Dundee-Crown defeated Burlington Central in girls basketball action Tuesday.

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After helping Geneva win two state championships off the bench as a freshman and sophomore, Lindsay Blackmore has been a force offensively the past two seasons.

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Blackmore, Sinclair, McClure reach milestone; big FVC game Tuesday

Updated Dec 11, 2019 9:35 AM

Fox girls basketball notebook

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Dundee-Crown pulls away from Huntley in 3rd quarter

Updated Dec 3, 2019 10:31 PM

After finishing second in the Fox Valley Conference a year ago, Dundee-Crown is on a mission to take home the top prize in the FVC in 2019-2020.

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Dundee-Crown stymies South Elgin to win own tourney title

Updated Nov 26, 2019 10:07 PM

Dundee-Crown saved its best for last.

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Dundee-Crown handles Hononegah, advances to championship game

Updated Nov 23, 2019 7:24 PM

Dundee-Crown beat Hononegah 55-39 on Saturday.

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Dundee-Crown doubles up Streamwood

Updated Nov 22, 2019 11:23 PM

Dundee-Crown defeated Streamwood 54-25 on Friday at the Chargers’ Thanksgiving Tournament.

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Hampshire’s Kelby Bannerman, left, and Dundee-Crown’s Alyssa Crenshaw are two of the top returning players in the Fox Valley Conference. Both made All-Area last season.

Patrick Kunzer | Staff

Scouting Fox area girls basketball

Updated Nov 21, 2019 5:59 PM

Scouting Fox area girls basketball

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St. Viator’s Caroline Sexton, left, and Dundee-Crown’s Cassidy Randl battle for a rebound during varsity girls basketball in Carpentersville Tuesday night.

Patrick Kunzer | Staff

Late rally lifts Dundee-Crown over St. Viator

Updated Nov 19, 2019 10:26 PM

It was a great way to start the 2019-2020 campaign for the Dundee-Crown girls basketball team.

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Name	Class	Height
Azar, Alaina	Senior	5'6"
Boado, Gianine	Junior	5'9"
Crenshaw, Alyssa	Junior	5'9"
Gotter, Makayla	Senior	5'9"
Harris, Arysia	Junior	5'8"
Koehlert, Hannah	Senior	5'7"`
Oldham, Emily	Senior	5'3"
Randl, Cassidy	Senior	5'10"
Sanchez, Erica	Senior	5'3"
Schmidt, Payton	Senior	5'6"
Skibinski, Katelyn	Senior	5'8"