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Conference races heat up
Naperville Central’s Trinity Jones makes a move to get under Waubonsie Valley’s Taylnn Heard during the Redhawks’ 75-60 win Thursday night in Naperville. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Conference races heat up

Several key girls basketball conference games took place Thursday night, highlighted by Naperville Central’s 75-60 win over Waubonsie Valley. In a matchup of two of the Daily Herald’s top-ranked teams, it was Trinity Jones scoring 32 points to help the No. 3 Redhawks hand the No. 1 Warriors their first loss of the season.

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Naperville Central hands Waubonsie Valley 1st loss, takes DVC lead behind big games from Kritzer, Jones
Jan 15, 2026 10:29 pm - It’s not easy to overlook the 6-foot-4 Annabelle Kritzer on the basketball court, yet most eyes were on two of the top players in the state Thursday night as Naperville Central hosted unbeaten Waubonsie Valley. Those two outstanding scorers — the Red
 
 
Lake Park edged St. Charles North to move to 7-0 in the DuKane Conference.

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Strong finish lifts DuKane-leading Lake Park over St. Charles North
Jan 15, 2026 9:52 pm - Lake Park coach Bob Reibel usually doesn’t sleep much after games. He certainly felt that would be the case after Thursday’s DuKane Conference game against St. Charles North in Roselle. It was hard to blame Reibel after the first-place Lancers barely
 
 
Fremd and Hersey stay tied with Prospect for the lead in the MSL East.

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Hot-shooting Fremd rolls past Rolling Meadows
Jan 15, 2026 10:07 pm - When Fremd and Rolling Meadows met for their first MId-Suburban East game on Dec. 5, the host Vikings were nursing a 4-point lead with under a minute to play. On Thursday night, the two teams were back at it again to start the second half of MSL East
 
 

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Barrington battles but can’t take down Hersey
Jan 15, 2026 10:16 pm - With a logjam of teams at the top of the Mid-Suburban League's East Division standings, host Hersey needed another victory against Barrington on Thursday night to keep pace with Fremd and Prospect. It wasn't easy for the Huskies against the pesky Fil
 
 
Libertyville’s Lily Fisher reached 1,000 points in style.

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Fisher scores 32, reaches 1,000 points in Libertyville’s win over Prospect
Jan 13, 2026 10:16 pm - In becoming the 13th player in program history to reach 1,000 points, Lily Fisher of Libertyville did it with a bit of flair on Tuesday night at the Jean Walker Field House in Mt. Prospect. Her game-high 32 points in the Wildcats' 58-51 win at Prospe
 
 
More girls basketball coverage with weekly notebooks from Craig Brueske, John Leusch and Mike Miazga.

Cook County

Girls basketball

Girls basketball notes: Lake Park hosting special family affair for good cause on MLK Day
Jan 13, 2026 7:36 pm - When it comes to family affairs in high school sports, it doesn't get much better than the one to be featured at the Coaches vs. Cancer event at the Lake Park West campus on Martin Luther King Day. Within a radius of 15 miles, there are six head girl
 
 

Lake County

Girls basketball

Lake County girls basketball notes: Vernon Hills, Libertyville, Wauconda in control of conference races
Jan 14, 2026 2:00 pm - The Vernon Hills girls basketball team finds itself in the thick of a conference title race as the second half of the season swings into full gear. The Cougars (14-4 overall) started the week a perfect 6-0 in Central Suburban League North Division ac
 
 

DuPage County and Fox Valley

Girls basketball

Girls basketball notes: Meet several unsung heroes from these winning teams
Jan 14, 2026 7:24 pm - Winning teams often feature standout players. All winning teams also possess unsung players. Players who seldom lead their teams in scoring yet provide significant contributions on a consistent basis. Larkin improved to 13-7 with last weekend’s city
 
 
There’s plenty of big boys basketball games coming up Friday and Saturday. Earlier this week, Fremd pulled out a tight game with Hersey in the MSL while Warren stayed perfect in the NSC.

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Pinto, Fremd squeak past Hersey, tie for MSL West lead
Jan 13, 2026 9:55 pm - A Pinto got the Vikings off and running Tuesday in Palatine. Pinto also helped Fremd with a nice closing run. Rafael Pinto sparked an 11-0 run late in the first half and then scored 9 of his team-high 19 points as Fremd held off Hersey 67-63. With th
 
 

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Warren shakes off slow start, wins again
Jan 14, 2026 9:24 pm - Warren hit a cold spell Wednesday night in Lake Zurich. But the Blue Devils were still able to do enough to warm up with a 67-55 win over the Bears to remain atop the North Suburban Conference. “Our shots didn’t fall like they had been the last few
 
 
Kevin Schmit’s Friday column gets you everything you need to know about the numerous area graduates who came up with big performances in college football’s bowl season.

Prep football

Bowl season was kind to area football players
Jan 15, 2026 6:26 pm - From Myrtle Beach to Music City, local football players thrived during bowl season. After scouring box scores and rosters from 46 bowl games over the last month, we’ve narrowed the list of contributions to 32 players spread across the area. And from
 
 
Cast your vote for the Daily Herald December Athlete of the Month here.

Boys basketball

Daily Herald Athlete of the Month nominees for December
Jan 05, 2026 10:44 am - Presenting the nominees for the Daily Herald Athlete of the Month Award for December. Please vote for whom you believe is most deserving of the award. Cook County — Torey Baskin, Hoffman Estates, boys basketball Baskin scored 27 points in the Ha
 
 
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