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No slowing down in high school sports
Fremd’s Greta Thompson maneuvers into the Hersey defense in a girls basketball game in Arlington Heights on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
No slowing down in high school sports

There’s a few weeks to go until the girls and boys basketball postseason begins, but that doesn’t mean there’s not a lot going in the world of high school spots.

Prep football

What dog days? Prep sports is hopping right now
Jan 29, 2026 5:04 pm - For the dog days of winter, it’s been a fascinating week on the prep sports scene. Beat-shattering news emerged in the football world, and we enjoyed perhaps the most pivotal week of the boys basketball season. Outside of the playoffs, of course. Let
 
 
Craig Brueske, John Leusch and Mike Miazga’s girls basketball notebooks.

DuPage County and Fox Valley

Girls basketball

Girls basketball notes: Upstate Eight, DuKane just a couple of the close conference races heading into stretch run
Jan 28, 2026 10:36 am - From a weather standpoint, the month of January comes to a merciful halt around these parts this weekend. From a high school sports standpoint, it means that conference girls basketball races are heating up around the area. In the Upstate Eight West,
 
 

Cook County

Girls basketball

Girls basketball notes: Black, Linke putting their names in Prospect’s record books
Jan 27, 2026 8:51 am - The Coach Kipp's Hoopfest, directed by Jim O'Boye for the last 36 years, made its first stop at Maine West High School on Jan. 17. The two-day girls basketball shootout was renamed by O'Boye for Maine West's late hall of fame coach Derril Kipp in 201
 
 

Lake County

Girls basketball

Girls basketball notes: Grant’s surge continues; Carmel’s Hartman about to make history
Jan 28, 2026 9:49 am - The Grant girls basketball team has turned the corner. Coach Roger Lass’ team started the week on a 5-game winning streak, which right-quick turned a 6-9 record at one juncture into an 11-9 mark. The Bulldogs are also a solid 6-3 in Northern Lake Cou
 
 
Lake Zurich’s girls team picked up a huge win over Libertyville this week to shake up the North Suburban Conference race.

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Lake Zurich shoots past Libertyville, takes NSC lead by half game
Jan 28, 2026 9:34 pm - Addison Leonard and Leah Gilbertson made sure that Lake Zurich stayed alive. The duo combined for 33 points as Lake Zurich got off to a strong start and rolled past Libertyville 50-28 Wednesday in Lake Zurich. The win for the Bears (17-8, 10-1) moved
 
 
Hersey’s girls team rallied to beat Fremd in a key game in the MSL East while Buffalo Grove continued its grip on the MSL West lead with a win over Conant.

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Hersey’s strong second half nets key win over Fremd in MSL race
Jan 27, 2026 10:14 pm - The battle for first place in the Mid-Suburban League East Division lived up to its billing when Hersey hosted Fremd in a girls basketball rivalry Tuesday night in Arlington Heights. The contest wound up going down to the wire with a frantic finish t
 
 

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Buffalo Grove closes in on MSL West title
Jan 28, 2026 10:18 pm - First place Buffalo Grove remained perfect in Mid-Suburban West play with a 55-35 road win over Conant as standout sophomores Kayla Daiguird and Olivia Hill combined for 17 points Wednesday evening in Hoffman Estates. “We started the year with two si
 
 
Girls gymnastics teams are in the stretch run of their season with Lake Forest and Lake Park winning conference championships this week.

Girls gymnastics

Girls gymnastics: Stevenson nearly denies Lake Forest a third straight conference championship
Jan 29, 2026 9:57 pm - Stevenson and Lake Forest went toe to toe the entire meet, but in the end the Scouts captured their third straight North Suburban Conference girls gymnastics title Thursday night over the Patriots at Libertyville. Both teams were short-handed due to
 
 

Girls gymnastics

Girls gymnastics: Lake Park rises above field to take DuKane crown
Jan 28, 2026 9:27 pm - Lake Park vaulted to victory Wednesday night in Wheaton during the DuKane Conference girls gymnastics meet. The Lancers finished with a total of 142.625 points, comfortably ahead of runner-up Wheaton co-op’s 136.275. Senior Cristina Benza (9.275), Pe
 
 
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