There's a bunch of up-and-coming multisport standouts that make the race for the Daily Chronicle 2024-2025 Girls Athlete of the Year very interesting.

In every full season since 2017, a Sycamore girls basketball player has been named the Daily Chronicle Player of the Year, including future NIU guard Lexi Carlsen last season. But the Spartans graduated a ton of talent while a few players on other teams have more experience.

The Genoa-Kingston girls basketball team has spent the summer adjusting to new coach Doug Brewington and a faster style of play, with 1,000-point scorer Ally Poegel moving to point guard for the Cogs.

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The Genoa-Kingston girls basketball team, under new head coach Doug Brewington, held a summer practice Wednesday at the school.

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Jay Moore, founder of TRUTH Basketball Academy and an assistant boys basketball coach at DeKalb High School, worked with a player Tuesday at the School. Moore started the academy to give area players a chance to hone their basketball skills locally.

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The DeKalb girls basketball team met Boylan Monday in summer league action at DeKalb High School.

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The Sycamore girls basketball team took on Freeport Monday in summer league play at DeKalb High School.

Former Hinckley-Big Rock boys coach Bob Barnett will take over the girls program. The IBCA Hall of Famer takes over a program that has won at least 19 games a year for the last four full seasons and has two regional titles in that span.

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The Hinckley-Big Rock girls basketball team, under new head coach Bob Barnett, began summer practices Monday morning at the school.