St. Charles' Jesi Ortiz twists during her floor exercise on Wednesday in Geneva.

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Stevenson's Taylor Buford, left, and Vernon Hills' Haley Lieberman scramble for a loose ball during Tuesday's game in Vernon Hills.

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Naperville Central's Shannon Ryan drives past Waubonsie Valley's Andrea Colin during Monday's game in Aurora.

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Barrington's Alexa Resch drives to the basket against the defense of Prospect's Catherine Sherwood during Tuesday's game.

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Prospect's Catherine Sherwood grabs a rebound during Tuesday's game against Barrington.

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Barrington's Maddie Bartz, right, takes the ball from Prospect's Taylor Will during Tuesday's game.

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Addison Trail's Jordan Garcia, right, flies to the hoop past Fenton's Zach Jakalski during Tuesday's game.

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Waubonsie Valley's Jared Brownridge moves through the Naperville Central defense during Tuesday's game in Aurora.

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Batavia's Liza Fruendt speeds to the hoop past St. Charles East's MacKenzie Meadows Tuesday.

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Larkin's Shawndrea Hill gets a rebound against Elgin's Tamara Milosevic Tuesday at Larkin High School in Elgin.

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Palatine's Erin Mayer drives to the basket against the heavy defense of Rolling Meadows' Jenny Vliet during Wednesday's game.

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Bartlett's Justin Busch steals the ball from West Chicago's Ryan Weier Wednesday in Bartlett.

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Larkin's Kendale McCullum goes to the hoop against St. Charles East during Thursday's game in Elgin.

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St. Edward sophomore basketball player Jordan Paz was honored before a varsity contest against Walther Lutheran at Elgin on Thursday night. Paz is undergoing treatment for Leukemia and school personnel arranged an "Orange Out Night" to offer support.

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Naperville Central's Nick Czarnowski, left, defends Naperville North's Bryan LoLordo, 12, during boys basketball action at Naperville Central High School.

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Geneva's Sidney Santos knocks the ball away from Batavia's Sami Villarreal during Friday's game.

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Geneva's Sidney Santos attempts to block a shot by Batavia's Liza Fruendt during Friday's game.

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Stevenson's Connor Cashaw, left, and Mundelein's Quinn Pokora chase down a rebound Friday night in Mundelein.

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Libertyville's Morgan Dunleavy competes on the balance beam during the Lake County girls gymnastics meet at Mundelein High School Saturday.

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Carmel's Lauren Feely competes on the vault during the Lake County girls gymnastics meet at Mundelein High School Saturday.

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Kaneland's Zach Theis takes Prairie Ridge's Grant Rickets in a 285-pound match on Saturday.

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Kaneland's Justin Diddell takes Burlington-Central's Matt Overstreet in a 285-pound match on Saturday.

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Kaneland's Dane Goodenough and Elgin's Tyler VonEssen wrestle in a 126-pound match on Saturday.

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