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Huntley blows out Central in opening game

By Kyle Sommerfield
November 19, 2013

When the Huntley High School girls basketball team finished fourth in the state last season, all eyes turned to “next year.” With four returning starters, expectations soared for the Red Raiders. But whether or not those expectations are fulfilled depends on how the team handles itself.

Marian takes its first state title with a buzzer beater

By Kyle Sommerfield
March 3, 2013

Marian Catholic looked like the favorite going into Saturday night's 4A state finals against Rolling Meadows. The Spartans were just coming off a...

[RECAP] Day 2 at Redbird Arena

By Marek Makowski
March 2, 2013

Marian Catholic's buzzer-beating put back to beat Rolling Meadows in the Class 4A State Championship described day two at state: remarkable. After Morton...

[GALLERY] IHSA State Tournament Day 2 in review

By Mike Krebs
March 2, 2013

The final day of the IHSA Girls Basketball Tournament reviewed in The Voice's best photos from the course of the day.

Whitney Young beats out Huntley for the Class 4A third place title

By Marek Makowski
March 2, 2013

Huntley awoke from its story-tale dream on Saturday night when it collided a vengeance-hungry Whitney Young team in the Class 4A Third-Place Game. Reality...

[GALLERY] Huntley takes fourth in IHSA State Tournament

By Mike Krebs
March 2, 2013

Huntley finished its 2012-13 season in fourth place in the Class 4A. This is the best finish in the team's history.

Unbelievable: Quincy Notre Dame clinches its third state title

By Marek Makowski
March 2, 2013

The first thing Kassidy Gengenbacher did after she dribbled the ball and released it at mid court when time expired in the Class 3A Championship Game...

[RESULTS] Queen of the Hill 3-point showdown

By Marek Makowski
March 2, 2013

Katie Poe, a freshman from Cumberland, won the Queen of the Hill 3-Point Showdown Final in between 3A games on Saturday afternoon. Poe, the 2A champion,...

Lady Broncos clutch third place title

By Kyle Sommerfield
March 2, 2013

Montini came into the state tournament thinking about one thing: a state title. The program took the 3A honors the past three years and a...

[GALLERY] IHSA State Finals day one at Redbird Arena

By Mike Krebs
March 2, 2013

A review of the Class 3A and Class 4A contests in photos.

[RECAP] Day one at Redbird Arena

By Marek Makowski
March 2, 2013

I was sitting next to an IHSA reporter on press row when he joked to another journalist, “...and we’re here at Redbird Arena, where nothing...

Spartans spear Dolphins

By Marek Makowski
March 2, 2013

For a defending state championship team, Whitney Young played a dirty game against Marian Catholic in the Class 4A State Semifinal on Friday night. The...