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Elgin Academy looks to take next step by winning regional
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 2/9/2010
The Elgin Academy girls basketball program had never won a regional tournament game until last season. FULL STORY

Larkin basketball coach sidelined over certification issue
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 2/6/2010
Larkin High School girls varsity basketball coach Alphonso Lott will not be allowed to coach the school's team tonight against East Aurora, the Daily Herald has learned. On Thursday, the Daily Herald learned Lott, in his first season as Larkin's coach, did not hold the certifications required by the state. FULL STORY

Hampshire holds off Burlington Central again
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 2/6/2010
It took Hampshire a little longer this time, but in the end the Whip-Purs prevailed again. Senior Cassie Dumoulin scored 8 of her 15 points in the fourth quarter, including making 3 of 4 from the free-throw line down the stretch, as Hampshire came from behind to beat Burlington Central 55-53 in a Big Northern East girls basketball game on Rocket Hill. FULL STORY

Burlington Central gets another shot at Hampshire
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 2/5/2010
The Burlington Central girls basketball team knows exactly what it has to do to avoid a Hampshire clinching party in the Rockets' gym tonight. FULL STORY

U-46 financial crisis has a distinct taste of déjà vu
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 2/5/2010
With every new story I read, and with every new piece of information that comes in, I can't help but have an overwhelming feeling of déjà vu. FULL STORY

Cnota to Sherman lifts Jacobs by Cary-Grove
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 2/3/2010
It wasn't exactly the play Jacobs had in mind. But it worked, and it won the game. FULL STORY

FVC Valley title on line Tuesday night at Jacobs
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 2/2/2010
The Jacobs girls basketball team has never won a conference championship in the 30-plus years of the Fox Valley Conference. FULL STORY

Bartlett outlasts pesky Streamwood in second half
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/31/2010
The Bartlett girls basketball team took Streamwood's best shot Saturday afternoon and survived. Junior Jacki Gulczynski scored 13 of her game-high 17 points in the second half as the host Hawks held off their District U-46 rival, 65-56, in an Upstate Eight Conference game. FULL STORY

Challenging postseason for Fox Valley area teams
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/30/2010
The Illinois High School Association released pairings for the Class 3A and 4A girls basketball postseason Friday and for a Fox Valley area team to reach the March 1 Streamwood supersectional, they'll have to plow through some awfully tough competition. FULL STORY

Burlington Central's Maisto joins 1,000 club
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/29/2010
Burlington Central senior Jordan Maisto would have preferred to not even know how many points she needed to reach 1,000 for her career. FULL STORY

Krause steps up for South Elgin; BC's Maisto closes in on 1,000
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/26/2010
If South Elgin's girls basketball team is going to turn the corner and finish with a winning season, the Storm will need more than the offensive exploits of sophomore standout Becca Smith to get it done. FULL STORY

South Elgin hands Hampshire first loss of season
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/24/2010
The South Elgin girls basketball team didn't have much time to recover - or sleep - after Friday night's tough Upstate Eight Conference loss at East Aurora. And Saturday's nonconference home game wasn't against just any team - it pitted the Storm against undefeated Hampshire, the No. 10 ranked team in Class 3A. FULL STORY

High school softball indoors? That truly is March Madness
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 1/23/2010
March Madness is a term usually reserved for the state basketball tournaments. But when the Daily Herald's John Leusch reported earlier this week that upward of 20 high schools in the Northwest suburbs were going to play indoor softball games that will count on their records and against the total number of games they can play in an IHSA season, all I could think of was madness. FULL STORY

Chicago Bandits release 2010 schedule
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/23/2010
The Chicago Bandits have announced their schedule for the 2010 National Pro Fastpitch season, as well as two special dates on which they will play in "Battle of the Sexes" games. FULL STORY

Jacobs gearing up for stretch run, mentally and physically
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/21/2010
It's mental time. At least that's what Jacobs girls basketball coach Ed Haugens is preaching to his team as the home stretch of the regular season looms. FULL STORY

Burlington Central pushes Hampshire to limit
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/17/2010
Hampshire's girls basketball team survived and remained unbeaten for the season Saturday night, but it was Stephanie Smith's Burlington Central squad that opened some eyes. FULL STORY

Student meets teacher in Burlington-Hampshire game
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/15/2010
It could be looked at as the old student vs. teacher game, but when the girls basketball teams from Burlington Central and Hampshire meet Saturday at Hampshire's Pack the Place night, the game will have more meaning to first-year Rockets coach Stephanie Smith than just going home. FULL STORY

Hampshire shoves aside Lutheran to stay undefeated
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/15/2010
Hampshire's spacious two-year old gym may not have been dubbed the Purple Palace just yet, as the school's quaint old gymnasium was, but the Whip-Purs sure were queens of the court Thursday night. FULL STORY

Ellett slates fundraiser for Morrison
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/14/2010
Hampshire girls basketball coach Sue Ellett wasn't able to make it to the Dec. 20 bowling benefit for Zach Morrison. FULL STORY

Jacobs cruises to easy win over Dundee-Crown
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/14/2010
The Jacobs girls basketball team took care of business as expected Wednesday night, cruising to a 57-26 Fox Valley Conference Valley Division win over District 300 rival Dundee-Crown. FULL STORY

Hampshire's Field chooses Indiana Tech
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/13/2010
The Indiana Tech women's soccer program has announced that Alex Field of Hampshire has signed a letter of intent to play soccer at Indiana Tech. FULL STORY

Hampshire players, coach provide some answers about hot start
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 1/12/2010
It's no real secret that the Hampshire girls basketball team hasn't really been tested by its schedule thus far. FULL STORY

Lake Park hangs on in end to top Larkin
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/10/2010
It was a day to shake off the rust of the long Christmas break layoff, and Lake Park did just a bit better job of it than Larkin. FULL STORY

Huntley's Wisniewski chooses Valparaiso
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/8/2010
One could easily say that Huntley senior Amanda Wisniewski hit the softball recruiting radar a bit late. FULL STORY

Senior year at ND is best year yet for Bartlett grad Schrader
By John Radtke | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 1/7/2010
This may sound awfully cliché but it really does seem like just yesterday that Lindsay Schrader was leading the Bartlett girls basketball team to its best season in program history and a second-place finish in the Class AA state tournament. FULL STORY

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