Girls Basketball

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Lady Knights finishing regular season strong

KANELAND—Monday featured a textbook case of learning from your mistakes.

After dropping a home matchup with Yorkville back on Jan. 7, the Lady Knights hoops unit traveled along Game Farm Road and secured a hard-fought 45-39 victory.

February 10th, 2011 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Lady Knights blown over by Leafs, get regional draw

KANELAND—It’s over and done with, but Kaneland girls basketball would have loved to end its home schedule with a win on Saturday afternoon.

February 3rd, 2011 | | Comments Off | Continued

Girls hoops double (OT) trouble for SYC in 47-39 win

KANELAND—If you are going to play some extra basketball, you might as well get a win out of the deal.

Such was the case on Friday night in Maple Park.

January 27th, 2011 | | Comments Off | Continued

Lady Knights split decisions

KANELAND—Streator girls basketball must have felt like Saturday’s game with Kaneland was more of a trampling than a crossover.

January 20th, 2011 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Girls hoops sandwiches win between two losses

KANELAND—Kaneland girls basketball will have to be satisfied with a lone win concerning this past week’s tilts with rivals.

January 13th, 2011 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Lady Knights take 4th at Oswego East

OSWEGO—It wasn’t the ideal end, but Kaneland girls hoops earned its best finish ever at the Oswego East Holiday Classic.

January 6th, 2011 | | Comments Off | Continued
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The perfect holiday

The Kaneland Lady Knights freshman basketball team proudly displays the hardware won at the Plainfield East tournament. Kaneland’s 31-24 win over Lemont was the clincher.

January 6th, 2011 | | Comments Off | Continued
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KHS girls win first two at Oswego East

OSWEGO—Throughout this 2010-11 season, Kaneland girls basketball has dropped hints that this was not the same team from last year.

December 30th, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Lady Knights drop meeting with Dixon

KANELAND—A crossover contest with Dixon provided a frigid result as winter approached for Lady Knights girls basketball on Saturday night.

December 23rd, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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KHS girls hold off Sycamore, lose to Barbs

KANELAND—Call it Rivalry Week.

The Lady Knights unit from Kaneland took to the court against familiar opponents in a new Northern Illinois Big XII setting, and split their two contests.

December 16th, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued

Lady Knights drop contest in Morris

KANELAND—Now entering their first-ever Northern Illinois Big XII slate, contests take on the utmost importance for the Lady Knights.

December 9th, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued

Lady Knights hoops match last season’s win total

KANELAND—Don’t look now, but the varsity Lady Knights basketball squad is showing measurable improvement from last year, with much of the same crew.

December 2nd, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Lady Knights (2-1) show grit in IMSA tourney

AURORA—Slow starts might not be ideal if you’re with Lady Knights basketball, they’ll live with it if it leaves room for mid-game rallies and competent fourth quarters.

Down 16-5 in the second quarter to host Aurora Christian on Friday night, the Lady Knights rallied to take the lead in the second quarter and cut down on mistakes in the second half to swipe a 46-37 result on Friday.

November 24th, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Photo Gallery: Kaneland 46, ACS 37

Emily Heimerdinger scored 17 and had 8 rebounds as the Lady Knights defeated Aurora Christian in Aurora as part of the IMSA Tournament. Kaneland sits at 1-1 on the season.
Photos by Ben Draper

November 20th, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued

Winter sports preview: Girls hoops rely on improved bunch

KANELAND—You wouldn’t know this was a team that went 5-23 a year ago.

November 18th, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued

Lady Knights lose opener on late 3

AURORA—It would be a fantastic beginning to the 2010-11 campaign for Kaneland Lady Knights basketball if it weren’t for the pesky last shot.

November 18th, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Summer League Skills

Kaneland Lady Knight Kelly Evers goes skyward during a Summer League battle with Hinckley-Big Rock on Thursday.

July 8th, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued

No rest for Lady Knights hoops

KANELAND—With a tough exit for the Lady Knights basketball squad nearly five months ago, Kaneland isn’t worrying about what might have been.

July 1st, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Go LONG—KHS grad sets Elmhurst record

Kaneland High School 2006 graduate Lyndsie Long of Sugar Grove made Elmhurst College women’s basketball history on Tuesday night, becoming the school’s all-time leading scorer.

February 18th, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued

Lady Knights eliminated by Rochelle in 3A opener

There will be no repeating playoff opener success for Kaneland girls basketball in 2010.

February 18th, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Lady Knights drop 2 in WSC homestretch

With the regular season entering its homestretch, the Lady Knights basketball team fell to Western Sun Conference rivals Sycamore on Saturday and Yorkville on Friday.

February 11th, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Lady Knights defeated by WSC rival Rochelle

Unfortunately for the Kaneland High School girls basketball squad, the results of the first quarter of Friday night’s contest against visiting Rochelle failed to be duplicated.

February 4th, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued

Lady Knights hang tough but lose to Barbs

DEKALB—Kaneland girls basketball not only had to deal with the host DeKalb Lady Barbs and a vocal crowd, but also with the loss of guard Andie Strang before Friday’s contest.

January 28th, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Lady Knights fall to GS, Batavia in WSC meetings

If only the Lady Knights could capture how prolific guard Andie Strang was in the first quarter of Friday’s contest at Glenbard South, and duplicate it for everyone game-long.

January 21st, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Lady Knights come back vs. BC, lose to Batavia, Geneva

Lady Knights basketball looked like it was headed for more of the same at Burlington Central, but came out with an extraordinary win.

January 14th, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued

Girls hoops split pair of contests at Geneva, Oswego

It wasn’t just the weather outside that left the Kaneland Lady Knights girls basketball team cold on Tuesday night.

January 7th, 2010 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Lady Knights start 1-2 in Oswego East Holiday Classic

OSWEGO—Kaneland girls basketball got off to a less than desirable start to its first-round matchup, and thus the Oswego East Holiday Classic, but found a win vs. Joliet on Monday before losing to Plainfield Central on Tuesday.

December 31st, 2009 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Photo Gallery: Girls BB vs. Joliet

Photos by Ben Draper
Oswego Holiday Classic
Kaneland 56, Joliet Central 34

December 30th, 2009 | | Comments Off | Continued

Frosh/soph girls hoops action

On Dec. 16, the sophomore Lady Knights took to the floor against Elgin at Burlington Central and came away with a 54-19 win.

December 24th, 2009 | | Comments Off | Continued

Oswego East Holiday Classic Dec. 26-30, 2009

First round matchups and when Kaneland plays.

December 24th, 2009 | | Comments Off | Continued

Lady Knights victim of poor shooting against Yorkville

MAPLE PARK—Kaneland girls basketball had a tough task ahead of it on Friday night in Maple Park with an improved Yorkville squad.

December 17th, 2009 | | Comments Off | Continued
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Holiday cheer

The Kaneland freshman basketball teams rang bells for the Salvation Army at the Elburn Jewel-Osco all day Saturday.

December 17th, 2009 | | Comments Off | Continued