Rolling Meadows’ Lizzy Andriano jumps into the arms of teammate Dalia Grandberry after the Mustangs beat Carmel in the Class 4A Dundee-Crown supersectional game Monday in Carpentersville. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
On to the IHSA state semifinals
Rolling Meadows’ Lizzy Andriano jumps into the arms of teammate Dalia Grandberry after the Mustangs beat Carmel in the Class 4A Dundee-Crown supersectional game Monday in Carpentersville.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Monday was the biggest day of the IHSA girls basketball season.
Until this weekend.
This edition of the Daily Herald prep sports newsletter highlights Monday’s supersectional action and celebrates the girls basketball teams headed to Normal for the state semifinals.
“Edgy” Tim O’Halloran also looks at the soaring recruiting stock of Hersey junior quarterback Jake Nawrot.
Mar 02, 2026 10:35 pm - The incredible Rolling Meadows girls basketball journey continued Monday night in Carpentersville.
Now the magical ride is off to Normal for the Class 4A state finals, the first time for the Mustangs since 2013 and ‘14 when they finished second both
Mar 02, 2026 9:57 pm - Hope appeared all but dashed for St. Edward’s girls basketball team with 33.9 seconds to play Monday night in River Forest.
Bleachers littered with Green Wave supporters watched as Phillips senior Antionette Jones buried a pair of free throws to give
Mar 02, 2026 10:48 pm - Stella Sakalas bent down, banged two fists to the gym floor and bounced up with a big smile.
“Knocking,” Nazareth’s senior said. “This will be my third time going to state and every time about this week I just start knocking for superstition. Knock o
Mar 02, 2026 10:22 pm - Ava Garcia was ready to go and make a play if she needed to.
After junior Kalin McCrea gave St. Viator the lead over Geneva with her first free throw with 1:01 remaining in the Class 3A Woodstock North supersectional, the second one bounced off of th
Mar 02, 2026 10:29 pm - Looking to make its first state semifinal appearance, St. Charles East’s girls basketball team got off to a 7-0 lead over Loyola Academy through the game's first 4½ minutes.
At halftime the Saints trailed the state’s top-ranked Ramblers by a point.
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Mar 02, 2026 10:19 pm - Glenbard South came into Monday night’s IHSA Class 3A girls basketball supersectional against Trinity at Concordia University in River Forest on a roll, having won 15 consecutive games.
The Raiders had designs on making it 16 in a row while punching
Mar 01, 2026 2:31 pm - When it comes to the college football recruiting world, the one certainty is things are always moving and changing.
If anyone can relate, it's Hersey junior quarterback Jake Nawrot (6-foot-5, 200 pounds).
Nawrot has been on a nonstop roller coaster