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Playoff time is here for girls basketball
Prospect's Ashley Skelton sinks a shot during the MSL girls basketball championship game Wednesday in Buffalo Grove. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Playoff time is here for girls basketball

The girls basketball postseason has arrived with regional semifinals and championship games throughout next week. We’ve got your look ahead starting with Kevin Schmit’s column.

Girls basketball

Who’s poised to take over in the Class 4A girls basketball playoffs?
Feb 12, 2026 5:40 pm - The pairings are set and we’re ready to go. But beyond the seeding of the IHSA Class 4A girls basketball sectionals, what will be the deciding factors in determining champions? Or, better put, who will be the deciding factors? Let’s take a look at a
 
 

Here’s our preview of Cook County teams.

Girls basketball

Cook girls basketball notes: Schaumburg sectional promises to be one to watch
Feb 10, 2026 3:04 pm - The seeds were planted last week for the IHSA state girls basketball tournament. The teams who will bloom as state champions in the four classes from 4A to 1A will be settled on the weekend of March 6-7. With play-in games beginning Saturday, here is
 
 

Lake County.

Girls basketball

Girls basketball notes: Scouting the Lake County postseason matchups
Feb 11, 2026 8:11 pm - Could it be the start of Cat Madness for the Libertyville girls basketball team? The Wildcats, who needed to win against Zion earlier this week to earn at least a share of its sixth North Suburban Conference title in the last 8 years, earned the No.
 
 

DuPage County and the Fox Valley.

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Scouting DuPage County and Fox Valley postseason
Feb 12, 2026 7:55 am - Girls basketball postseason tournament time begins next week at a gymnasium near you. Here is a look at the path local teams are taking in the four respective classes. Class 4A Call it the gauntlet. That is the best way in describing the task at
 
 

There were a number of big games this week as the girls basketball regular season closed including Naperville Central’s 68-65 victory over Waubonsie Valley to win the DuPage Valley tittle.

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Naperville Central edges Waubonsie Valley in thriller to clinch DVC title despite Mporokoso’s 43 points
Feb 10, 2026 10:24 pm - Naperville Central and Waubonsie Valley offered an early glimpse of what postseason girls basketball games may look like next week on Tuesday night. Seniors Trinity Jones and Erin Hackett combined to score 18 of the Redhawks’ 19 fourth-quarter points
 
 

Maine South downed Vernon Hills in the Central Suburban League championship game.

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Maine South’s big runs net CSL title over Vernon Hills
Feb 11, 2026 9:25 pm - An 11-0 run late in the first quarter gave Maine South a 14-10 lead over visiting Vernon Hills as the second frame got underway Wednesday night in the Central Suburban League championship game Wednesday night in Park Ridge. The Hawks, who struggled o
 
 

Prospect made history with its first MSL title, beating Buffalo Grove.

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Prospect downs Buffalo Grove, wins 1st MSL title
Feb 11, 2026 10:05 pm - Prospect girls basketball Matt Weber has said all season his team was working toward end-of-the-season goals while going up against one of the toughest schedules in the state. Well, so far, so good. After seven previous appearances in the Mid-Suburba
 
 

Mundelein won its 20th game, a victory over Lake Zurich that denied the Bears a share of the North Suburban crown with Libertyville.

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Mundelein wins 20th game, denies Lake Zurich share of NSC crown
Feb 11, 2026 10:00 pm - Visiting Lake Zurich was trying to earn a share of the North Suburban Conference girls basketball title with Libertyville, but Mundelein wanted to win its 20th game of the season Wednesday night. And the host Mustangs won out as they survived a late
 
 

The past week also was a busy one for gymnastics teams including sectional championships for Conant, Lake Park and Downers Grove co-op, the defending state champion.

Girls gymnastics

Girls gymnastics: Conant comes through at sectional, leaves coach ‘speechless’
Feb 09, 2026 10:08 pm - The Conant girls gymnastics sectional featured some great teams and individuals Monday night battling it out for a berth to the IHSA state meet next weekend at Palatine. Prairie Ridge got off to a great start on vault and uneven bars to surge ahead o
 
 

Girls gymnastics

Girls gymnastics: Lake Park wins sectional, earns third state trip in four years
Feb 11, 2026 8:15 pm - When Lake Park seniors Elena Heath and Cristina Benza went to the 2025 girls gymnastics state meet as individual qualifiers, they felt a little lonely. Even though four Lancers qualified, they’re used to a huge team, such as the 11 gymnasts in their
 
 

Girls gymnastics

Girls gymnastics: Defending state champ Downers co-op claims sectional crown
Feb 12, 2026 7:49 pm - After a rough start on the uneven bars at the Oswego sectional Wednesday night, Valley co-op girls gymnast Lucia Caruso knew the solution. “To redeem myself on the other three events made me feel great,” Caruso said. “I was taking bars a little too s
 
 

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