St. Charles East sophomore Brooklyn Schilb, who earned Class 4A Second Team All-State honors and led the Saints to a sectional title, is the Kane County Preps 2025-26 Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

Here is the 2025-2026 Kane County Chronicle Girls Basketball All-Area team.

Loyola pulls away from St. Charles East in the fourth quarter to reach state, end Saints' season.

Ava Garcia and Bella Gouranis came up clutch for St. Viator down the stretch, helping the Lions to a 46-43 victory over Geneva to secure the first trip to the state tournament in school history.

Geneva faces St. Viator in the IHSA Class 3A Woodstock North Supersectional girls basketball game on Monday, March 2, 2026, at Woodstock North High School.

Here are David Toney's photos from the Class 4A Bartlett Sectional final between St. Charles East and Glenbard West.

Brooklyn Schilb put up 30 of her 32 points in the second half, helping third-seeded St. Charles East pull away from top-seeded Glenbard West for a 53-28 victory for their first sectional title since 2021.

Crystal Lake South faces Geneva in the IHSA Class 3A Crystal Lake Central Sectional girls basketball championship game on Thursday, February, 26, 2026, at Crystal Lake Central High School.

Emma Peterson posted 15 points and 15 rebounds as the Geneva girls basketball team dominated on the glass, overcoming 18 points from Crystal Lake South's Laken LePage to knock off the Gators 43-33 in the IHSA Class 3A sectional final at Crystal Lake Central.