Metea Valley celebrate their win over Naperville Central in Class 4A girls basketball regional action in Oswego on Tuesday.

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St. Viator’s Chris Myjak battles with Nazareth’s Kevin Stiff for the ball during Monday’s basketball game in Arlington Heights Monday.

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Kelly Eberle, center, of Glenbard East, gets tangled up with Tyshai Freeman, left and Alyssa Hernandez, right, of Lake Park, as they chase a loose ball in Class 4A girls basketball regional action in Geneva Monday.

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Elgin’s Anna Eckholm, right, passes the basketball past Larkin’s Paris Patterson, left, during a regional game at South Elgin High School on Monday night.

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Wheeling’s Jessi Zuba, right, saves the ball from going out of bounds as Round Lake’s Lisethe Tellez defends during their regional play-in game Monday at Libertyville High School.

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Geneva’s Abby Novak and Lake Park’s Alexis Hahn watch from the floor as the Viking’s Michaela Loebel recovers the loose ball Tuesday in Geneva.

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Hersey’s Jen Hall makes her way past Zion-Benton’s Shania Thompson during Wednesday’s regional semifinal at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights.

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Hersey’s Jen Hall, right, draws contact from Zion-Benton’s Carlie Fernandez during Wednesday’s regional semifinal at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights.

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South Elgin’s Becca Smith takes a shot against Larkin Wednesday at the South Elgin regional tournament. She scored her 2,000th career point just before halftime.

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St. Viator’s DJ Morris battles with Joliet Catholic Academy’s Grant Larussa for the ball during Thursday’s game at St. Viator.

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Stevenson’s Alex Elzinga battles for a loose ball with Lake Zurich’s Cathryne Spear in Thursday’s regional tournament game in Lake Zurich.

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Wauconda’s Melissa Latham, left, and Johnsburg’s Tayelor Neiss battle for a rebound during Wednesday night’s basketball game in Wauconda.

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Carmel’s Lauren Feely, right, celebrates with teammate Kristin Mirski after her performance on the vault in the 2012 girls state gymnastics finals at Palatine High School on Friday.

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St. Edward’s Abby Madden performs her floor routine at the 2012 girls state gymnastics finals at Palatine High School on Friday.

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Batavia’s Cole Gardner rips down an offensive rebound and is fouled while scoring on the putback against Geneva during Friday’s game at Batavia.

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Streamwood’s Hannah McGlone snags a rebound Friday night against South Elgin.

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South Elgin teammates Kennede Miller, left, Becca Smith and Savanah Uveges celebrate their team’s regional win Friday night in South Elgin.

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Carmel’s Lauren Feely goes airborne during her first place balance beam routine at the girls state gymnastics finals Saturday in Palatine.

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Addison Trail Willowbrook’s Nicky Zito competes in the 100-yard breaststroke during the York Swimming sectional in Elmhurst Saturday.

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Angelo Silvestro of Bartlett wins the 2A 138-pound championship bout against Clayton Lutzow of Crystal Lake Central during the 2012 IHSA wrestling state finals in Champaign Saturday.

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Jeremy Brazil of Vernon Hills celebrates his win in the 2A 285-pound Championship match against Seth Gonzalez of Yorkville during the 2012 IHSA wrestling state finals in Champaign Saturday.

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Johnny Jimenez of Marmion wins the 2A 113-pound Championship match against Barlow McGhee of Rock Island during the 2012 IHSA wrestling state finals in Champaign Saturday.

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