Gaurd-based and quick the past few seasons under head coach Doug Brewington, the Royals are younger and taller this year. With all the height, 5-foot, 9-inch senior Alyssa Swanson will move out to point guard, taking over for graduated 5-2 senior Morgan King.

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Hinckley-Big Rock girls basketball practices in the off season with workouts and scrimmages this summer.

Brian Claesson wants to see what the Kaneland girls basketball team can do in a fast-paced tempo this year. Taking over the program that went 18-13 last year, the first-year coach said he plans on speeding things up for the Knights, installing things the team is not used to.

Brad Bjelk isn’t coming in and overhauling the DeKalb girls basketball team. After all, the team’s new head coach has been an assistant for the Barbs under former coach Mark Sykes and was JV coach as well.

Kaneland junior guard Lexi Schueler is embracing change this offseason – a new coach, a new offensive system and a rebuilt jump shot. Schueler and the Knights concluded their June schedule on Thursday with three games at the Oswego Shootout.

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The Hinckley-Big Rock and Hiawatha girls basketball teams got together for a summer scrimmage Friday at Hiawatha High School in Kirkland.

Hinckley-Big Rock and Hiawatha got an early look at some potentials faces joining their rosters this fall Thursday with a volleyball-girls basketball doubleheader.

From an all-area volleyball season to an “unreal” basketball season that included an (individual) state title to her final season in her family’s legacy sport, Faith Feuerbach had a busy, standout senior year for Sycamore.

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New DeKalb varsity girls basketball head coach Bradley Bjelk is getting his team ready for the upcoming season as they held a summer practice Thursday afternoon at the school.