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Schaumburg girls basketball coach Jacqie Strauch, left, takes on her brother-in-law Todd’s Conant team on Friday at Conant.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Friday’s matchup a family affair for Strauchs
Updated Jan 19, 2022 12:17 PM
On Friday in Hoffman Estates, the Strauch vs. Strauch Mid-Suburban West girls basketball match takes place again, just one week after Conant coach Todd Strauch and his Cougars edged Schaumburg coach Jacqie Strauch’s Saxons, 42-38.
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Maine South’s Meegan Fahy, center, is pressured under the basket by Glenbrook South’s Madison Luckey, left, and Anna Rosenberger during a girls basketball game in Glenview earlier this season.
Paul Valade | Staff
Maine South starting to play its best basketball
Updated Jan 12, 2022 7:35 PM
One of the Northwest suburbs’ girls basketball teams currently on the biggest roll is Maine South, which has won eight of its last nine games through Monday.
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Prospect’s Andie Will glides through Rolling Meadows’ defense during a game this past spring. The Knights lead the MSL East when divisional play resumes Friday night.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Fremd, Prospect have plenty of momentum as MSL resumes divisional play
Updated Jan 5, 2022 1:32 PM
When teams return to Mid-Suburban League girls basketball action on Friday night, Fremd and Prospect will each hold one-game leads in their respective West and East divisions. And the two teams will hardly be void of momentum. They are the only two from the conference who are coming off championship runs at holiday tournaments.
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Barrington will open play at the 38th Annual Komaromy Charger Classic at Dundee-Crown against the host school on Monday. ’
Paul Valade | Staff
Dundee-Crown, Morton, St. Viator tourneys are highlights for NW suburbs teams
Updated Dec 22, 2021 4:31 PM
Girls basketball teams from the Northwest suburbs will be looking for championships at three holiday tournaments that begin on Monday of next week.
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Barrington’s Laura Mahlum defends against Stevenson’s Emory Klatt in a girls basketball game in Barrington on Monday. Stevenson and Barrington are the top two seeds at the Komaromy Charger Classic at Dundee-Crown, which begins on Dec. 27
John Starks | Staff
Grow the Game highlights tournament season
Updated Dec 15, 2021 1:49 PM
Unlike 12 months ago, the vans carrying girls basketball teams will be back on the roads again this winter. Area teams are back in action for holiday tournaments after missing out last December due to COVID-19.
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Willowbrook’s Sophie Sullivan puts up a shot against Maine West’s Celestina Onyeise in a girls basketball game in Des Plaines on Wednesday.
John Starks | Staff
Willowbrook’s roll continues against Maine West
Updated Dec 8, 2021 10:37 PM
Led by 5-foot-8 senior guard senior Sophie Sullivan (14 points), sophomore Calli Kenny, junior Sara Stout, sophomore Elle Bruschuk and freshman Hannah Kenny, Willowbrook (9-0) got past Maine West 53-32 for its eighth double-digit girls basketball win of the season and fourth by 20 or more.
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Schaumburg’s Alyssa Orozco (30) looks to take a shot over Wheaton Warrenville South’s Eli Farrell during a girls basketball game in Schaumburg earlier this season.
Paul Valade | Staff
Prospect grad Weissenstein still enjoying coaching
Updated Nov 29, 2021 3:08 PM
When Glenbrook North won the Maine East Thanksgiving tourney last week, among the smiling faces for the Spartans was assistant coach Steve Weissenstein. Yes, Weissenstein the former hall of fame Glenbrook South girls basketball coach.
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Maine South’s Caroline Barker, left, pictured in a 2019 game against Maine West, returns for the Hawks this season.
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Scouting the Central Suburban League
Posted Nov 17, 2021 2:00 PM
Here’s a look at the girls basketball season for schools in the Daily Herald circulation area in the Central Suburban League.
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Deanna Kuzmanic
It all adds up: Kuzmanic to take the reins at Maine West
Updated May 20, 2021 8:21 PM
Maine West has named Deanna Kuzmanic as its new head girls basketball coach.
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Maine West graduate Angela Dugalic, who played her freshman season at Oregon, is transferring to UCLA.
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Maine West grad Dugalic transferring from Oregon to UCLA
Updated May 13, 2021 2:32 PM
Maine West graduate Angela Dugalic is heading west — again. After playing her freshman basketball season at Oregon, Dugalic announced Wednesday her plans to transfer to UCLA.
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Hersey flying high again with big triumph over Deerfield
Updated Jan 22, 2022 7:22 PM
Hersey’s girls basketball team did some of its finest work on the boards this weekend. And when it was over, the Huskies put two more wins on the board to cap an emotional week due to Monday’s season-ending knee injury to junior standout Meghan Mrowicki. Hersey outrebounded Deerfield, 42-17, on Saturday afternoon while running away to 66-41 nonconference triumph at the Carter Gymnasium in Arlington Heights.
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Peyton Gerdes
Record-setting performances highlight the week in Lake County
Updated Jan 19, 2022 8:09 PM
Grayslake North standout Peyton Gerdes made some history recently. Gerdes passed the 1,000-career point barrier in the Knights’ recent win against Antioch.
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Schaumburg girls basketball coach Jacqie Strauch, left, takes on her brother-in-law Todd’s Conant team on Friday at Conant.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Friday’s matchup a family affair for Strauchs
Updated Jan 19, 2022 12:17 PM
On Friday in Hoffman Estates, the Strauch vs. Strauch Mid-Suburban West girls basketball match takes place again, just one week after Conant coach Todd Strauch and his Cougars edged Schaumburg coach Jacqie Strauch’s Saxons, 42-38.
full story »
Maine South’s Meegan Fahy, center, is pressured under the basket by Glenbrook South’s Madison Luckey, left, and Anna Rosenberger during a girls basketball game in Glenview earlier this season.
Paul Valade | Staff
Maine South starting to play its best basketball
Updated Jan 12, 2022 7:35 PM
One of the Northwest suburbs’ girls basketball teams currently on the biggest roll is Maine South, which has won eight of its last nine games through Monday.
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Libertyville’s Kristina Kotzan tries to get around the defense of Hersey’s Meghan Mrowicki in a girls basketball game in Arlington Heights earlier this season.
John Starks | Staff
Tough stretch coming up for surging Libertyville
Updated Jan 12, 2022 2:23 PM
The Libertyville girls basketball team is flying high with some big-time competition awaiting it over the weekend.
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Round Lake’s Taylor Major puts up a shot during the Panthers’ game against Prairie Ridge in the Northern Illinois Girls Holiday Tournament game at McHenry High School.
Matthew Apgar/mapgar@shawmedia.com
Round Lake’s season becoming a memorable one
Updated Jan 5, 2022 4:33 PM
The Round Lake girls basketball team is on a nice roll. The Panthers barreled into 2022 with a robust 12-3 record after going 4-1 and taking second at the 16-team Northern Illinois Holiday Classic.
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Prospect’s Andie Will glides through Rolling Meadows’ defense during a game this past spring. The Knights lead the MSL East when divisional play resumes Friday night.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Fremd, Prospect have plenty of momentum as MSL resumes divisional play
Updated Jan 5, 2022 1:32 PM
When teams return to Mid-Suburban League girls basketball action on Friday night, Fremd and Prospect will each hold one-game leads in their respective West and East divisions. And the two teams will hardly be void of momentum. They are the only two from the conference who are coming off championship runs at holiday tournaments.
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Deerfield, Kerstein deny Lake Zurich consolation title
Updated Dec 30, 2021 7:11 PM
Deerfield freshman guard Nikki Kerstein is showing she belongs on the big stage. Kerstein scored a game-high 17 points to lead Deerfield to a 50-46 victory over Lake Zurich on Thursday in the consolation championshipat the inagrual Morton College Girls Basketball Christmas Tournament in Cicero.
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Deerfield’s defense does in Rolling Meadows
Updated Dec 27, 2021 6:06 PM
Deerfield had three players score in double figures and wore out Rolling Meadows with its defensive pressure en route to a 61-39 victory in the first day of the 1st Annual Morton College Girls Basketball Christmas Tournament.
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Barrington will open play at the 38th Annual Komaromy Charger Classic at Dundee-Crown against the host school on Monday. ’
Paul Valade | Staff
Dundee-Crown, Morton, St. Viator tourneys are highlights for NW suburbs teams
Updated Dec 22, 2021 4:31 PM
Girls basketball teams from the Northwest suburbs will be looking for championships at three holiday tournaments that begin on Monday of next week.
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