More times than not, a great leader does more than just light up a scoresheet.

Presenting the Daily Herald’s 2022-23 Lake County All-Area Girls Basketball Team.

Hersey girls basketball coach Mary Fendley won her 535th career game in a playoff contest Tuesday night.

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.

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.

Big games are nothing new for Rachel Kaus.

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.

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.

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.

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.