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Lake Zurich’s Alayna Soukup, left, heads to the basket past Warren’s Kashaya Love during Tuesday’s girls basketball game in Lake Zurich.
Paul Valade | Staff
Lake Zurich’s defense slows down Warren
Updated Jan 25, 2022 9:56 PM
After losing to Warren by 1 point on Dec. 10, the Lake Zurich girls basketball team was looking for some revenge against the visiting Blue Devils Tuesday night. Lake Zurich used a strong defense as it built a lopsided 34-10 lead after three quarters before rolling to an easy 44-19 victory.
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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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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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Stevenson and Simone Sawyer are one of the top teams at the 38th Annual Komaromy Charger Classic at Dundee-Crown.
John Starks | Staff
The new & the old — Morton, Dundee-Crown couple of the best tournaments around
Updated Dec 22, 2021 2:29 PM
The Lake Zurich girls basketball team will get its filling of high-quality competition over the holidays. The Bears are part of one of the more highly talked about holiday tournaments at Morton Junior College in Cicero. Lake Zurich, 8-5 through its first 13 games, faces Deerfield in the first round Monday at 6:30 p.m. Lake Zurich is the No. 7 seed, while Deerfield is the 10 seed.
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Stevenson makes it 11-1 with victory over Warren
Updated Dec 17, 2021 10:34 PM
It might be finals week and the start of the holiday break, but Stevenson’s girls basketball team keeps finding ways to pass the test against some of the best teams on its schedule. Emory Klatt led the way with a game-high 18 points and 8 rebounds, while Ava Bardic added 14 points to lead the Patriots past Warren 48-23 in a North Suburban Conference matchup in Lincolnshire on Friday night.
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Libertyville’s Rachel Rule drives into Lake Zurich’s Molly Friesen in a girls basketball game in Lake Zurich earlier this month.
John Starks | Staff
Libertyville holding its own against tough schedule
Updated Dec 15, 2021 8:06 PM
The Libertyville girls basketball team was off to a 3-1 North Suburban Conference start through mid-week (7-5 overall). The Wildcats scored recent road wins over Lake Zurich and Lake Park, a pair of teams ranked in the Daily Herald Top 20 earlier in the season.
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Stevenson’s Ava Bardic, shown here at the 2019 Komaromy Holiday Classic at Dundee-Crown, broke the Patriots’ school record for career 3-pointers made recently.
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Consistent Bardic eclipses Stevenson’s 3-point shooting record
Updated Dec 9, 2021 5:19 PM
Yes, the Stevenson girls basketball team is off to a fine start at 8-1 overall and 3-0 in North Suburban Conference action, but the immediate big news for the Patriots comes on the individual front. Ava Bardic recently broke the school career 3-pointers made mark.
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Libertyville ‘Rules’ the night in win over Warren
Updated Nov 30, 2021 10:10 PM
Kate Rule along with her twin sister Rachel, both sophomores, are a big part of what is Libertyville’s girls basketball team has on the court this season. Kate Rule scored 12 points and had 4 rebounds and Rachel Rule had 3 points, 3 rebounds and a couple of steals in a starting role as Libertyville rolled past visiting Warren 55-26 in the North Suburban Conference opener on Tuesday night.
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Antioch’s Avery Larson is one of the top returning players in the Northern Lake County Conference this season.
John Starks | Staff
Scouting the Northern Lake County Conference
Updated Nov 16, 2021 12:25 PM
Here’s a look at the girls basketball season in the Northern Lake County Conference.
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Libertyville’s Emily Fisher (14) returns this season for the Wildcats after the Maryland recruit was named the North Suburban Conference Player of the Year this past spring.
Paul Valade | Staff
Scouting the North Suburban Conference
Posted Nov 15, 2021 2:00 PM
Here’s a look at the girls basketball season in the North Suburban Conference.
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Parents, staff members and students celebrate the Stevenson High School girls basketball team Wednesday in Lincolnshire. The squad traveled to Redbird Arena in Normal last weekend and came home the Class 4A state champ.
Brian Hill | Staff
Stevenson, Carmel recognize state champion girls basketball teams
Updated Mar 9, 2022 7:01 PM
Two Lake County high schools brought home top honors from the Class 3A and 4A state basketball finals.
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Stevenson celebrates the Class 4A state championship at Redbird Arena at Illinois State University in Normal on Saturday, March 5, 2022.
John Starks | Staff
Patriots, Corsairs, Fillies make Lake County proud
Updated Mar 6, 2022 8:20 PM
It’s funny how things work out sometimes. On December 30, had you asked Babbi Barriero and Ashley Graham if they envisioned their respective girls basketball teams would be playing against each other for the Class 4A state championship less than three months later, they would have both said they sure hoped so.
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Stevenson’s Simone Sawyer and her teammates celebrate their win against Barrington in the Class 4A state championship game at Redbird Arena at Illinois State University in Normal on Saturday, March 5, 2022.
John Starks | Staff
Girls basketball: Sawyer, Bardic help Stevenson dominate Barrington for 4A title
Updated Mar 5, 2022 10:28 PM
Stevenson senior guard Simone Sawyer had a game to forget in Friday’s Class 4A state semifinal win over Benet. But Sawyer atoned for sluggish effort with a game to remember on Saturday. Sawyer made 11 of her 17 shots to score a game-high 26 points to lead Stevenson to a 55-43 win over Barrington in the Class 4A state championship game at Redbird Arena.
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Stevenson players celebrate their win over Benet as the buzzer sounds in the Class 4A state semifinal game Friday, March 4, 2022, in Redbird Arena at Illinois State University in Normal.
Mark Busch / Shaw Local
Girls basketball: Stevenson downs Benet in Class 4A state semifinal
Updated Mar 4, 2022 7:20 PM
No. 1 ranked Stevenson held off No. 2 Benet Academy 36-28 Friday in the Class 4A girls basketball state semifinals at Redbird Arena in Normal. The Patriots will take on Barrington in Saturday’s state championship game.
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Stevenson senior Simone Sawyer is the 2021-2022 Captain of the Daily Herald’s Lake County All-Area girls basketball team.
John Starks | Staff
Awards, stats mean little compared to character for Stevenson’s Sawyer
Updated Mar 3, 2022 4:05 PM
Stevenson senior Simone Sawyer is the Daily Herald Lake County All-Area Girls Basketball Captain
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Barrington’s Molly O’Riordan (54) takes a shot over the St. Charles East defense during Monday’s Class 4A South Elgin supersectional girls basketball game.
Paul Valade | Staff
IHSA state tournament returns, with potential to be very good basketball
Updated Mar 3, 2022 12:16 PM
For the first time in two years, the Illinois High School Association girls basketball Class 3A and 4A state tournaments are set to tipoff on Friday.
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Stevenson on its way to Redbird for 1st time since 2001
Updated Feb 28, 2022 10:07 PM
Two teams who were the only Illinois state girls basketball champions from 1995 to 1998 treated fans at Robert Morris University on Monday night to a state-caliber matchup in Arlington Heights. And when it was over, 1995 and 1996 state champion Stevenson pulled out a 36-32 win over 1997 and 1998 state champ Loyola at the Class 4A Hersey supersectional.
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Stevenson’s Emory Klatt takes an underhand shot against Lake Zurich’s Brooke Wahlund in the Class 4A Warren sectional final in Gurnee Thursday.
John Starks | Staff
Stevenson dumps Lake Zurich for 1st sectional title since 2001
Updated Feb 24, 2022 9:13 PM
Simone Sawyer spent nearly as much time on the floor as she did upright Thursday night in the Class 4A Warren girls basketball sectional final. Forget the 12 points that Stevenson’s breathless, 5-foot-10 guard scored in the Patriots’ 46-26 defeat of Lake Zurich’s Bears. Sawyer’s all-out hustle, want-to, grit and countless hardwood slides and bounces helped Stevenson capture its first sectional title since the 2000-01 season.
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Lake Zurich’s Anna Gilbertson is defended by Fremd’s Brianna Wooldridge in the Class 4A Warren girls basketball sectional semifinal game on Tuesday.
John Starks | Staff
Lake Zurich continues to say ‘Why not us’?
Updated Feb 22, 2022 9:46 PM
A second chance. Lake Zurich has been living on one since the Class 4A playoffs began. The Bears continued to use that extra opportunity Tuesday when they stunned second-seeded Fremd 42-33 in the semifinals of the Class 4A Warren girls basketball sectional in Gurnee.
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Stevenson’s Emory Klatt and Libertyville’s Emily Fisher chase a loose ball in the Warren Class 4A girls basketball sectional semifinal game on Tuesday.
John Starks | Staff
Stevenson’s defense shuts down Libertyville
Updated Feb 22, 2022 9:33 PM
Stevenson turned up its defensive pressure and shut off Libertyville in the semifinals of the Class 4A girls basketball sectional at Warren in Gurnee Tuesday. The Patriots limited Libertyville to 32 (12-of-37) shooting while forcing 19 turnovers as they cruised to a 42-30 win.
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