Lake County Sports
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Girls basketball: Wauconda’s record-setting season continues with regional win over StreamwoodFeb 19, 2026 9:59 pm - Ashley Maxwell: Good to the last … quarter. The Wauconda senior forward turned in a caffeinated fourth-quarter performance in Thursday night’s Class 3A Wauconda girls bas...
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Girls basketball: Libertyville’s blistering start sinks MundeleinFeb 19, 2026 9:43 pm - From the opening tipoff, top-seeded Libertyville never gave No. 4-seeded host Mundelein a chance to breathe in the championship game of this IHSA Class 4A regional Thursd...
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Girls basketball: Donovan, Hersey nab fourth straight regional crownFeb 19, 2026 9:35 pm - When it comes to regionals, no one knows more about winning them than Kate Donovan. And while everyone knows she's the one to stop when playing Hersey's girls basketball ...
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Girls basketball: Rolling Meadows surges late to win regional over Lake ZurichFeb 19, 2026 8:35 pm - When Abby Ramel, Rolling Meadows’ leading scorer, fouled out with 6 ½ minutes left, the Mustangs took it as a challenge. Meadows outscored Lake Zurich 14-3 the rest of th...
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Girls basketball: McCrea’s layup in closing seconds lifts St. Viator to third straight regional titleFeb 19, 2026 8:21 pm - St. Viator went “Navy” to sink Lake Forest 30-29 in the title game of the Class 3A Antioch regional Thursday. St. Viator (19-14) will meet second-seeded Wauconda next Tue...
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Who’s poised to take over in the Class 4A boys basketball playoffs?Feb 19, 2026 6:04 pm - Last week we looked at several girls basketball players capable of putting their team on their shoulders in the playoffs. Now we’ll look at a bunch of boys players poised to take over in the Class 4A playoffs.
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Steelers legend Mike Wagner, Lake Villa native and Carmel grad, passes away at 76Feb 19, 2026 1:47 pm - Former Pittsburgh Steelers safety Mike Wagner, a Carmel High School grad who won four Super Bowl rings, passed away Wednesday at 76 after battling pancreatic cancer.
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Boys basketball: Cary-Grove clinches FVC title outright by beating McHenryFeb 18, 2026 8:39 am - Adam McCloud’s message to his Cary-Grove boys basketball team after it clinched a share of the Fox Valley Conference championship was that the job’s not done. After the T...
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Who had the area’s top prep basketball performances last week?Feb 16, 2026 6:19 pm - This edition of the High Five honors the area’s top prep basketball performances from last week.
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Ski jumper Bickner ends his third Olympics with his best finishFeb 16, 2026 5:32 pm - Ski jumper Kevin Bickner, a Wauconda native, and teammate Tate Frantz placed eighth in the Men’s Super Team on Monday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.