Introducing the Daily Herald’s Lake County girls basketball team, featuring players from the North Suburban and Northern Lake County Conferences plus Carmel Catholic and Vernon Hills.

After hiking their career point totals to 1,661 and 1,407, respectively, Warren’s Jordyn Hughes and Kaylen Dickson are co-captains of the Daily Herald’s Lake County girls basketball all-area team.

Lake Zurich’s 6-foot-1 McKenna Zobel landed two 3s in the first half of Thursday night’s Class 4A Fremd sectional final, and the Bears went on to a 27-24 victory over Warren.

Top-seeded Warren showed its defensive ability and got past upset-minded fifth seed Grayslake Central 31-21 in a Class 4A girls basketball sectional semifinal match up at Fremd High School in Palatine on Monday night.

The tag-team effort between Jordyn Hughes and Kaylen Dickson helped push Warren’s girls basketball team to a 63-41 victory over Prospect in the Class 4A regional championship game at Buffalo Grove.

Jordyn Hughes scored a game-high 19 points, and Warren’s girls basketball team defeated Mundelein 47-33 in a semifinal of the Class 4A Buffalo Grove regional on Tuesday night.

Senior forward Mallory Harrity had it all working as Grant’s girl basketball team rolled to a 53-39 victory over Round Lake on Wednesday in Northern Lake County Conference play.

Vernon Hills’ girls basketball team braved the elements and was rewarded with a 42-35 victory against host Grayslake North on Monday in a nonconference matchup.

Warren’s girls basketball team has clinched a share of its first North Suburban Conference championship since 2008 by topping Mundelein 53-23 on Friday.

Ella Gilbertson scored 17 points, and Lake Zurich’s girls basketball team defeated host Warren 45-35 Tuesday night, preventing the Blue Devils from clinching a share of the North Suburban Conference championship.

Warren’s girls basketball beat Lake Forest 40-30 on Saturday to retain sole possession of first place in the North Suburban Conference, while dropping the Scouts two games back.

Warren senior guard Kaylen Dickson has earned Daily Herald MVP honors for her recent high school girls basketball performances.

Kaylen Dickson scored a game-high 24 points, and Warren’s girls basketball team escaped Libertyville with a 54-53 win Tuesday night, keeping the Blue Devils in sole possession of first place in the North Suburban Conference.

Kaylen Dickson’s 28 points, 12 rebounds and 3 steals led Warren’s girls basketball team to a 46-27 win over Stevenson in a North Suburban Conference showdown.

Piper Foote led all scorers with 15 points and also had 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals to help Antioch’s girls basketball team pick up a 47-41 victory against visiting Richmond-Burton on Tuesday.

Kaylen Dickson scored 15 of her game-high 17 points in the second half, and Warren’s girls basketball team picked up a 52-33 nonconference win over visiting Vernon Hills on Friday night.

Stevenson’s girls basketball team returned to play in the North Suburban Conference, and also reverted to winning outcomes. The Patriots snapped a four-game losing streak by handling visiting Waukegan 71-34 on Wednesday in NSC action.

Rosie Drevline scored 13 points to lead a balanced attack, and Grayslake Central girls basketball coach Steve Ikenn notched career win No. 150, as the Rams defeated host North Chicago 67-33 in Northern Lake County Conference action Saturday.

Warren’s girls basketball team handled Lake Forest 39-23 on Saturday, but the Scout’s free throw percentage earned them the overall Blue Devils Classic championship after Grayslake Central, Warren and Lake Forest each finished with 4-1 records.

With Wake Forest-bound senior Kaylen Dickson struggling with the flue, Warren’s girls basketball team still managed to top Carmel Catholic 35-29 in Blue Devils Classic tournament play on Thursday.

Warren’s girls basketball team got the usual big game from Kaylen Dickson (13 points, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks, 3 assists) in a 61-13 tournament win against Larkin on Wednesday.

Katie Lach’s 19 points helped Carmel to a 65-39 victory over Larkin, and the girls basketball teams from Warren and Grayslake Central also had first-round wins in tournament play Tuesday at Warren.

Sara Smith had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Mia Edwards added 14 points and 6 rebounds, and Lakes’ girls basketball team beat Prairie Ridge 56-45 Saturday at Richmond-Burton to win its pool in the Northern Illinois Holiday Classic for the third year in a row.

On a late bucket from Dana Lundtveit, Warren’s girls basketball team escaped Lake Zurich with a 32-31 win Tuesday night.

Grayslake North outscored Wauconda 6-2 in overtime to net a 43-39 victory in Northern Lake County Conference girls basketball Friday.

Four nights after dropping a six-point decision at Lakes, Warren hosted Libertyville in North Suburban Conference girls basketball action, and the Blue Devils were ready to show that they remain one of the top teams in Lake County.

Maddy Piggott scored a game-high 14 points and grabbed 8 rebounds, and Lake Zurich’s girls basketball team defeated Harvest Christian Academy 54-45 in the Chicagoland Invitational Showcase at Fremd on Saturday.

Kaylen Dickson (17 points) made four straight free throws as Warren’s girls basketball team survived a late Stevenson rally to win 33-28 in North Suburban Conference play Friday.

Bartlett senior guard Kayla Hare has earned first Daily Herald MVP honor of the girls basketball season for her recent performances.

Kaylen Dickson reached a milestone with her 1,000th career point, and Warren’s girls basketball team opened North Suburban Conference play with a 60-38 win over host Zion-Benton on Tuesday night.

Jordyn Hughes poured in 24 points as Warren’s girls basketball team rallied to edge Taft 48-42 in final-round action of the Niles North Thanksgiving tournament on Saturday.

Warren’s girls basketball team had a shot at the Niles North tournament championship if it could get past unbeaten Nazareth Academy on Friday morning. Annie Stritzel had other ideas, however. The junior posted a double-double of 30 points and 12 rebounds to go along with 4 steals to lead the Roadrunners to a 50-36 win on day-four action of the tourney in Skokie.

At Schaumburg, Stevenson’s girls basketball team dropped a 23-18 decision to Wheaton Warrenville South on Tuesday to fall to 2-2 overall and 2-2 in the tournament.

Kaylen Dickson scored a game-high 24 points, and Warren’s girls basketball team beat Fenwick 54-43 at Niles North on Saturday night.

Warren couldn’t stay with an experienced Proviso East girls basketball team and lost 66-42 in an opening game of the Niles North Thanksgiving tournament in Gurnee on Friday.

Senior forward Liz LaPierre scored a game-high 19 points on 9-of-14 shooting and grabbed 6 rebounds, and Glenbrook South’s girls basketball team beat Grant 60-37 Friday night to improve to 4-0 in Mundelein’s Thanksgiving tournament.

Here’s what to expect from the girls basketball teams of the North Suburban Conference this season.

Jordyn Hughes, showing plenty of growth in her game if not her physical stature, is poised for a big senior season with Warren’s girls basketball team.