Burlington Central twice made big scoring runs at Hampshire – netting 10 straight points in the third quarter and nine straight points in the fourth – as the Whip-Purs looked to put the Rockets away Friday in their Fox Valley Conference game.

Crystal Lake South’s Gabrielle Toussaint enjoys sharing the basketball with teammates.

You just needed to take a look at the stat sheet and see how many turnovers Burlington Central committed to figure out who won.

Burlington Central coach Collin Kalamatas encouraged Page Erickson to be more aggressive in the second half against Cary-Grove.

Stevenson junior forward Emory Klatt outscored Hampshire in the first quarter with eight points and was tough on the glass with seven rebounds.

Sam Origel had to wait her turn on the bench with seniors and other shooters blocking her path the past two seasons, but now the Burlington Central senior has the green light to shoot early and often.

After watching film from its Libertyville Christmas tourney, Rolling Meadows’ coach Ryan Kirkorsky knew what the Mustangs needed to work on.

Huntley’s Jessie Ozzauto took a pass from teammate Anna Campanelli and floated a shot into the basket from just over half court at the second-quarter buzzer, giving the Red Raiders some much needed momentum after Stevenson stormed out to a 17-point lead.

Huntley worked hard to cut Maine South’s 16-point lead in the second quarter to single digits, and finally got there after back-to-back field goals, including a 3-pointer, from senior guard Jessie Ozzauto.

Often when a basketball team runs out to a big early lead, it has to buckle up and hang on tight when the opponent wakes up.