St. Charles East senior Torrie Kortan smiled just a little more than usual following the Saints’ 51-45 DuKane Conference victory over Lake Park Thursday night in St. Charles.

Lake Park coach Brian Rupp could finally breathe a little easier.Starting the second half on a 13-0 run, Lake Park led 38-16 with 5 minutes left in the third quarter.The Lancers had to stave off a valiant comeback effort by Fenwick in posting a 52-44 win in consolation action of the Dundee-Crown 38th Annual Komaromy Classic Wednesday afternoon in Carpentersville.

Nicole McLaughlin hardly appeared to break a sweat. With an understandable amount of defensive attention on the Batavia combo of sophomore guard Brooke Carlson and senior forward Tessa Towers, McLaughlin — the Bulldogs’ senior guard — can still find her spots to make an impact in whatever way she can. “I’m pretty sure if we went and logged it, Nicole probably logged the most minutes of anybody tonight,” Batavia coach Kevin Jensen said following Batavia’s 59-46 victory over Lake Park in their DuKane Conference opening slate on Wednesday.

Here’s a look at the girls basketball season in the DuKane