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Lake Zurich’s Baylie Parks is part of the Daily Herald’s 2022-23 Lake County All-Area Girls Basketball Team.
John Starks | Staff
Lake County All-Area Girls Basketball Team
Updated Mar 7, 2023 8:22 AM
Presenting the Daily Herald’s 2022-23 Lake County All-Area Girls Basketball Team.
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Libertyville’s Emily Fisher is the Captain of the Lake County All-Area team after averaging 13.7 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 2.9 steals and 1.0 blocks.
John Starks | Staff
Lake County All-Area Girls Basketball Captain: Emily Fisher, Libertyville
Updated Mar 7, 2023 8:18 AM
More times than not, a great leader does more than just light up a scoresheet.
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Hersey’s Katy Eidle scores against Libertyville’s Rachel Rule in a girls Class 4A sectional semifinal game in Highland Park.
John Starks | Staff
Eidle’s 32 sends Hersey past Libertyville in sectional semifinals
Updated Feb 21, 2023 10:25 PM
Hersey girls basketball coach Mary Fendley won her 535th career game in a playoff contest Tuesday night.
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Libertyville’s Talya Tillman dives for a loose ball with Rolling Meadows’ Cassidy Pardini in the Class 4A regional championship game in Rolling Meadows on Friday, February 17, 2023.
John Starks | Staff
Libertyville answers Rolling Meadows’ run, wins regional
Updated Feb 17, 2023 10:37 PM
With a commanding 28-10 lead early in the third quarter, it looked like No. 2-seeded Libertyville was going to cruise to an easy victory over No.7 host Rolling Meadows in this Class 4A regional championship game Friday night.
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Libertyville’s Kate Rule and Rachel Rule defend Maine South’s Ally Pape during the Wildcats’ win last week. Libertyville earned the No. 2 seed in the Class 4A Highland Park sectional.
John Starks | Staff
Lake County girls basketball notes: Libertyville, Carmel among teams to watch in postseason
Updated Feb 8, 2023 9:11 AM
The girls high school basketball postseason is upon us with Class 3A and 4A action kicking off early next week.
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Libertyville rallies for wild win over neighboring Carmel
Updated Feb 6, 2023 10:18 PM
It would have been understandable had Carmel Catholic’s girls basketball team — minus senior standout and co-captain Mia Gillis, out with a broken shooting hand — trailed host Libertyville 19-3 after one quarter in a nonconference game Monday night.
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Libertyville’s Kate Rule shoots against Maine South’s Ava Blagojevich in a girls basketball game in Libertyville on Thursday, February 2, 2023.
John Starks | Staff
Girls basketball: Libertyville gets measure of revenge in win over Maine South
Updated Feb 2, 2023 9:50 PM
Libertyville got the better of Maine South in a 52-47 victory on Thursday on their home court. The Wildcats improved to 24-4 on the season.
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Libertyville lights up Lake Zurich to take NSC crown
Updated Jan 31, 2023 10:18 PM
Poor lockers. Libertyville’s girls basketball team pounded the defenseless, metallic bins — to get fired up, not out of anger — at halftime of the Wildcats’ North Suburban Conference showdown with visiting Lake Zurich Tuesday night.
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Libertyville drops physical battle with Kenwood in OT
Updated Jan 16, 2023 5:20 PM
Libertyville star guard Emily Fisher left the gymnasium with an ice bag on both knees.
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Libertyville’s Kate Rule (24) hits the deck chasing a loose ball with Stevenson’s Nisha Musunuri during Friday’s girls basketball game in Libertyville.
Paul Valade | Staff
Fisher’s buzzer-beater stuns Stevenson
Updated Jan 13, 2023 9:54 PM
With a little over seven minutes remaining in the game Friday night at Libertyville, Wildcats senior Emily Fisher went to the bench after committing her fourth foul.
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Lake Zurich stymies Libertyville to grab NSC lead
Updated Jan 11, 2023 10:07 PM
The last two undefeated teams in the North Suburban Conference met in a showdown for first place when host Lake Zurich met Libertyville in a North Suburban Conference girls basketball showdown Wednesday night.
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Anna Gilbertson, left, is averaging 8.8 points for a Lake Zurich team that faces Libertyville Wednesday for first place in the NSC.
John Starks | Staff
Lake County girls basketball notes: NSC lead on the line with pair of showdowns coming up
Updated Jan 10, 2023 5:20 PM
Some marquee North Suburban Conference girls basketball is on tap this week.
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Libertyville’s Emily Fisher drives against Warren in the championship game of the Libertyville Winter Classic tournament on Friday, December 23, 2022.
John Starks | Staff
Libertyville routs Warren to win Winter Classic title
Updated Dec 23, 2022 7:27 PM
At Friday’s Libertyville Winter Classic title game, the Wildcats got some impressive first-half stat lines from a couple of their upperclassmen.
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Lake County girls basketball notes: Fisher, Libertyville riding 10-game winning streak
Updated Dec 20, 2022 2:58 PM
It has been the Emily Fisher show recently for the Libertyville girls basketball team.
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After scoreless 1st quarter, Libertyville storms back to beat Loyola
Updated Dec 22, 2022 7:51 PM
Maybe it was the frigid temperatures outside, the moved-up start time, or the absolutely ice-cold first quarter 3-point shooting.
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Libertyville’s Emily Fisher averaged 12.7 points, 7 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals in a recent 3-game winning streak.
John Starks | Staff
Lake County girls basketball notes: Fisher, Rule two keys to Libertyville’s strong start
Updated Dec 7, 2022 8:03 AM
It’s been quite the few days for the Libertyville girls basketball team.
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Libertyville’s Emily Fisher gets a clean shot at a layup against St. Viator in a girls basketball game on Wednesday, November 30, 2022.
John Starks | Staff
Libertyville doubles up St. Viator
Updated Nov 30, 2022 9:45 PM
Libertyville’s girls basketball team was on the road for the sixth time in seven games on Wednesday night at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights.
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Benet’s Samantha Trimberger (25) reaches for a rebound as Carmel’s Mia Gillis (20) looks for an outlet Friday in Lisle. That’s the only game Carmel has lost in its first six of the season.
Brian Hill | Staff
Lake County girls basketball notes: Plenty of highlights from Thanksgiving tourneys
Updated Nov 29, 2022 6:38 PM
The Carmel girls basketball team has a great 6-game season-opening sample size to work with.
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Fremd’s Maddy Fay, left, pictured diving for a loose ball with Barrington’s Gwen Adler, made the all-tournament team at the Hampshire Thanksgiving Tournament. Fay and her teammates host Fremd’s annual Chicagoland Classic on Saturday, an event that has 13 games featuring numerous top teams from Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.
Paul Valade | Staff
Fremd’s Chicagoland Classic field stacked again
Updated Nov 29, 2022 4:21 PM
Fremd’s state-ranked girls basketball has already been west to Hampshire and east to Indiana, facing some of the top teams in the Midwest.
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Libertyville’s Lily Castro, left, battles with Hersey’s KiKi Craft and Annika Manthy, far right, Thursday night in a Buffalo Grove Bison Classic game.
John Starks | Staff
Hersey rebounds from tough loss, puts away Libertyville
Updated Nov 17, 2022 10:47 PM
Coming off a tough 32-31 loss to defending Class 3A state champion Carmel on Tuesday in Mundelein, Hersey’s girls basketball team showed Thursday night why it’s a contender for the Class 4A crown this season.
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Lake Zurich’s Anna Gilbertson spins to get around Stevenson’s Kate Arne in last season’s Class 4A Warren sectional. Stevenson won that game on its way to the Class 4A state championship. Both Arne and Gilbertson are back this year for two teams that expect another long run.
John Starks | Staff
Girls basketball: Scouting the North Suburban Conference
Updated Nov 16, 2022 1:25 PM
Here’s a look at what to expect this winter for the North Suburban Conference girls basketball teams.
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Lake Zurich’s Baylie Parks is part of the Daily Herald’s 2022-23 Lake County All-Area Girls Basketball Team.
John Starks | Staff
Lake County All-Area Girls Basketball Team
Updated Mar 7, 2023 8:22 AM
Presenting the Daily Herald’s 2022-23 Lake County All-Area Girls Basketball Team.
full story »
Libertyville’s Emily Fisher is the Captain of the Lake County All-Area team after averaging 13.7 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 2.9 steals and 1.0 blocks.
John Starks | Staff
Lake County All-Area Girls Basketball Captain: Emily Fisher, Libertyville
Updated Mar 7, 2023 8:18 AM
More times than not, a great leader does more than just light up a scoresheet.
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Hersey’s Katy Eidle scores against Libertyville’s Rachel Rule in a girls Class 4A sectional semifinal game in Highland Park.
John Starks | Staff
Eidle’s 32 sends Hersey past Libertyville in sectional semifinals
Updated Feb 21, 2023 10:25 PM
Hersey girls basketball coach Mary Fendley won her 535th career game in a playoff contest Tuesday night.
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Fremd’s Ella Todd strips the ball from Lake Zurich’s Baylie Parks in a girls Class 3A sectional semifinal basketball game in Highland Park on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.
John Starks | Staff
Fremd’s 22-0 run puts away Lake Zurich
Updated Feb 21, 2023 9:33 PM
It’s easy to pinpoint exactly where the Class 4A No. 1 girls basketball team in the state put away Tuesday night’s semifinal of the Highland Park sectional.
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Libertyville’s Talya Tillman dives for a loose ball with Rolling Meadows’ Cassidy Pardini in the Class 4A regional championship game in Rolling Meadows on Friday, February 17, 2023.
John Starks | Staff
Libertyville answers Rolling Meadows’ run, wins regional
Updated Feb 17, 2023 10:37 PM
With a commanding 28-10 lead early in the third quarter, it looked like No. 2-seeded Libertyville was going to cruise to an easy victory over No.7 host Rolling Meadows in this Class 4A regional championship game Friday night.
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Lake Forest stymies Grayslake Central to claim 3A regional crown
Updated Feb 17, 2023 8:59 PM
Big games are nothing new for Rachel Kaus.
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The Lake Zurich Bears celebrate their IHSA Class 4A girls basketball regional championship victory over Stevenson on Thursday in Lake Zurich.
Paul Valade | Staff
Girls basketball: Lake Zurich ices out Stevenson at regional final
Updated Feb 16, 2023 10:37 PM
Lake Zurich iced out Stevenson in the regional final Thursday. The Bears, on their home turf, used a solid defensive effort to defeat the defending 4A state champion Patriots 66-43.
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Fremd routs Warren to win 26th regional crown
Updated Feb 16, 2023 8:51 PM
After earning the West Division berth to the Mid-Suburban League championship game by earning a road victory at archrival Palatine a couple of weeks ago, Fremd coach Dave Yates offered up a potential postseason prospectus of his girls basketball team as it moved toward the Class 4A tournament after winning the MSL title at East Division titlist Hersey last week.
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Rolling Meadows battles past Mundelein in regional opener
Updated Feb 13, 2023 10:17 PM
No. 7 seed Rolling Meadows was hardly surprised by its grind-it-out win Monday night to begin its own Class 4A girls basketball regional.
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Barrington girls basketball coach Babbi Barreiro celebrates her 500th career victory with her team following the Fillies’ 70-64 win over Prospect Tuesday.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Cook County girls basketball notes: ‘She always puts the kids first’ — Peers praise Barreiro after 500th win
Updated Feb 8, 2023 9:25 PM
Barrington hall of fame girls basketball coach Babbi Barreiro said she was humbled by all the support from friends and family at Prospect on Tuesday night when she won her 500th game in 30 seasons.
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