Girls Basketball

After a standout career at Purdue-Fort Wayne, Mendota native Amellia Bromenschenkel will stay in basketball as she was hired as an assistant coach at the University of Northern Iowa.

Joliet Catholic alum Allie Quigley, who officially retired from the WNBA in June, had her jersey retired on Wednesday at Wintrust Arena.

Longtime Central girls track and field and girls basketball coach Rebecca Swigert-Fenton had her team with the Comets come to and end this spring as she takes a step back from coaching duties.

Check out some photos from the past year of Ally Poegel, 2025 Daily Chronicle Girls Athlete of the Year.

After a challenging season, the Sycamore Spartans, led by a determined Quinn Carrier, aim to reclaim their dominance in girls basketball, leaning on experience and ambition as they gear up for the 2025-26 campaign.

Jason Held has been an assistant girls basketball coach for six years and will take over as the head coach this season

Keira Bogott wrapped up a stellar athletic career at Woodstock this spring, earning Kishwaukee River Conference Girls Soccer Field Player of the Year and qualifying for the Class 2A state track and field meet. Bogott is the 2025 Northwest Herald Female Athlete of the Year.

In a remarkable dual-sport senior season, Ally Poegel shattered records on the basketball court and propelled Genoa-Kingston soccer to unprecedented heights, scoring 19 goals and clinching a regional title—a testament to her relentless drive and transformative influence.

With the Kaneland Knights poised for an evolving season, new talent emerges to fill the void left by graduated stars Kendra Brown and Sam Kerry, as young players embrace fresh roles and aim to sustain last year’s 24-win momentum.

After 10 years in the program, Matt Adler will enter his first season as the Joliet Catholic Academy girls basketball coach.

Morris won the title of its own Ladies Shootout for the first time in the event's 28 years

Former Joliet West basketball standout and 1984 Olympic gold medalist Cathy Boswell has returned to the area and will be an assistant girls basketball coach at Minooka.

Fresh off a strong season with 20 wins, the DeKalb girls are poised for more breakthroughs. With four returning starters and promising newcomers, coach Brad Bjelk is stressing growth and efficiency during the team's summer slate.

Kankakee High School's Genevra Walters Community Center was one of two statewide sites for summer girls basketball tournaments last week, with college coaches on hand during the NCAA live period at the Kays' inaugural NCAA Live.

The Sycamore and Geneva girls basketball teams met Thursday as part of the Geneva High School Varsity Summer League.

The 16-team Morris Ladies Shootout will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, June 17-18.

Bishop McNamara’s Trinity Davis, Kankakee’s TaLeah Turner, Bradley-Bourbonnais’ Nick Allen, Watseka’s Megan Martin and Reed-Custer’s Jacob Reardon all participated in the IBCA All-Star Games on Pontiac in Saturday.

Hinsdale Central sophomore Maggie Conley scored 10 points, consisting of a hat trick and seven assists, to lead the Red Devils to an 18-6 win over Crystal Lake Central co-op and a third-place finish at the state tournament Saturday.

Andriana Acosta, a former standout basketball player for Joliet Catholic and University of St. Francis, has founded a company to help athletes transition to a life outside of sports

Venita Parsons, a 2014 Oswego East graduate and the first player in that school’s girls basketball history to score 1,000 career points, has been hired as the next girls basketball coach at Oswego High School. Parsons was previously the Oswego head freshman coach for one season.

The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association announced its Coaches of the Year Thursday, including 12 local junior high, high school and college coaches.

After 13 years as a freshman coach and assistant varsity coach at St. Charles North, Grant Oler, a North Stars alum, was named as the next head coach for the North Stars on Monday.

Here is the Sauk Valley Media All-Area Girls Basketball Team for the 2024-25 season.

Sterling senior Madison Austin is the SVM Girls Basketball Player of the Year. The Illinois State signee helped lead the Golden Warriors to a school-record 30 wins, their first Western Big 6 crown and first sectional title since 2007.

Madison Austin is the GBPOY for '24-25. The senior led the Warriors to the Supersectional this past season.

Area basketball players compete in the girl’s game of McHenry County Area All-Star Basketball Extravaganza on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at Alden-Hebron’s Tigard Gymnasium in Hebron.

Many of the area’s top senior girls and boys basketball players will star in the McHenry County Area All-Star Basketball Extravaganza on Sunday at Alden-Hebron’s historic Tigard Gymnasium. 

Cary-Grove's Tony Moretti recently resigned as head girls basketball coach after six seasons. The Trojans had four winning seasons under Moretti, including the past two with 20-plus wins and back-to-back regional championships.

A look at the best girls basketball players in the NewsTribune area for the 2024-25 season.

A look at the final girls basketball statistical leaders in the NewsTribune area for the 2024-25 season.

Fieldcrest junior Macy Gochanour is the 2024-25 NewsTribune Girls Basketball Player of the Year after leading the area in scoring by a wide margin at 20.8 points per game.

Honoring 25 of the area's best high school girls basketball players as selected by The Times Sports staff, here is the 2024-25 Times All-Area Girls Basketball Team.

Ottawa senior Marlie Orlandi is the 2024-25 Times Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

Meet the 2025 Northwest Herald All-Area girls wrestling team.

Lucy Hynes helped lead Lockport to a remarkable turnaround this season. She is the Herald-News girls basketball Player of the Year.

Here is a look at the 2024-25 Herald-News All-Area Girls Basketball Team.

Here are the players on the Daily Chronicle 2025 Girls Basketball All-Area Team

Kendra Brown helped Kaneland win its first conference title in 20 years and reach a sectional semifinal for the second straight year, and rewrote the program record books along the way. She's the Daily Chronicle 2025 Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

Nikki Kerstein scored a game-high 21 points, including five in the final 1:17, as banged-up Montini outlasted St. Ignatius 50-44 in the Class 3A state championship game on Saturday evening at CEFCU Arena in Normal. 

Headlined by Player of the Year Riley Cwinski, here is the 2024-2025 Kane County Chronicle girls basketball Player of the Year.

After averaging 17.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 assists per game while also becoming the school's leading scorer, Aurora Central Catholic senior Riley Cwinski is the Kane County Chronicle girls basketball Athlete of the Year.

Bishop McNamara's Trinity Davis and Cissna Park's Addison Lucht were recognized as All-State girls basketball players by the Illinois Media.

Montini senior Nikki Kerstein was named the Class 3A Player of the Year and Lyons senior Nora Ezike and Nazareth junior Stella Sakalas received Class 4A All-State recognition by Illinois Media on Tuesday.

Sterling's Madison Austin was voted to the Illinois Media's All-State second team in Class 3A on Tuesday. Morrison's Camryn Veltrop (2A) and Polo's Camrynn Jones (1A) received honorable mention.

Bishop McNamara senior Trinity Davis is this year's Daily Journal Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

The Daily Journal 2024-25 All-Area girls basketball team.

Ashlynn Durkin struck out 12 in a one-hit shutout for Downers Grove North softball, and Nazareth and Wheaton North softball and Riverside-Brookfield baseball were also winners in Friday's roundup.

Meet the 2025 Northwest Herald All-Area girls basketball team.

Huntley senior guard Anna Campanelli led the Red Raiders to a program-record 35 wins to start the season and its fourth straight Fox Valley Conference title. Campanelli is the 2025 Northwest Herald Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

Huntley's Steve Raethz led the Red Raiders to a program-record 35 wins and the fourth sectional championship in team history. Raethz is the 2025 Northwest Herald Girls Basketball Coach of the Year.