Woodstock North announced the hiring of Jay Justice as its next varsity girls basketball coach. Justice spent the past nine years as an assistant boys coach at crosstown rival Woodstock.

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Crystal Lake Central faces Dundee-Crown in a Fox Valley Conference soccer match Tuesday April 26, 2022, at Dundee-Crown High School.

Meet the 2022 Northwest Herald All-Area girls basketball team.

Woodstock North's Mike Lewis helped lead the Thunder to their first outright Kishwaukee River Conference championship and second KRC title in the past three seasons. Lewis was named 2022 Northwest Herald Girls Basketball Coach of the Year.

Burlington Central's Taylor Charles, who will play next year at Princeton, averaged a double-double and set the program's single-season records in rebounds and blocks. The Rockets senior forward was named 2022 Northwest Herald Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

Here are the Northwest Herald area girls basketball statistical leaders in scoring, rebounding, free-throw percentage and 3-pointers from the 2021-22 season.

Here is the All-Fox Valley Conference girls basketball team, selected and announced by FVC coaches on Wednesday.

Burlington Central's Taylor Charles was named to the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association's Class 3A All-State first team. Prairie Ridge's Karsen Karlblom (3A) and Johnsburg's Macy Madsen (2A) both earned special mention.

Johnsburg's Macy Madsen and Molly Wetzel are the only pair of area teammates to win three regional titles since the start of the 2018-19 season. The Skyhawks seniors plan to play next year at McHenry County College. Plus more end-of-season notes and stats.