Senior Addy Miller is looking to help her Tippecanoe Valley team claim another Three Rivers Conference championship (File photo by Scott Davidson)

Despite the frigid temperatures outside, the battle for league bragging rights will now heat up for area girls basketball teams.

Now that the calendar has flipped to January for the 2018 portion of the schedule for the ladies it will be full steam ahead as squads try to earn a conference championship en route to preparing for the state tournament.

With that being said, the pairings for postseason play on the girls’ side will be made on Sunday, Jan. 21 at the IHSAA office in Indianapolis. Sectional play statewide is scheduled to tip-off the week of Jan. 29.

Tippecanoe Valley is on track to claim its fourth straight crown in the Three Rivers Conference. The Class 3-A No. 4 Vikings have not missed a beat en route to a 4-0 start in league play.

Valley, which has been led by Sophie Bussard and Addy Miller, is 14-1 overall thanks to an 11-game winning streak. Coach Chris Kindig’s team hosts Northfield in a big league contest Thursday night. Northfield is ranked No. 8 in Class 1-A and sits at 10-5 overall and 4-1 in TRC play.

The Vikings, who rallied from a 19-point second half deficit to beat Concord Saturday in the title game of the Concord Tournament, have won 32 in a row in TRC play.

Valley went 9-0 to win the TRC title a season ago with Whitko second at 8-1 and Northfield third at 7-2.

It’s a key week in Northern Lakes Conference play for Warsaw. The Tigers are one of three teams still unbeaten in league play. Defending champion Northridge and NorthWood are both 3-0 in the NLC with Warsaw at 1-0.

Warsaw, which has played very well in posting a 10-5 overall mark under first-year coach Lenny Krebs, plays at Plymouth tonight in a rescheduled league contest. The Tigers then host Northridge Saturday night.

Wawasee is 8-7 overall and 0-3 in the NLC.

Northridge sits at 15-3 overall after going 4-0 to win its own Bankers Classic tourney last week. The Raiders are led by Brooke McKinley, who became the first female player in school history to go over 1,000 career points during the tourney.

NorthWood is 12-4 on the season after picking up a third-place finish in the tourney at Northridge. The Panthers have been led by Savannah Feenstra, the lone senior on the squad.

Northridge won the NLC crown a year ago at 7-0 with Warsaw and Memorial tying for second place at 5-2.

Knox is atop the standings in the Hoosier North Athletic Conference at 3-0. Defending champion North Judson, which is ranked No. 7 in Class 2-A, is the other unbeaten in the league at 1-0. Judson won the title a year ago at 8-0 with Triton and Winamac tying for second at 6-2.

Triton sits at 3-1 in the HNAC standings. The Trojans are 7-9 overall.

Lakeland Christian Academy is 2-0 in play in the first year of the Hoosier Plains Conference. The Cougars are 8-6 overall

Northern Lakes Conference

Northridge 3-0, NorthWood 3-0, Warsaw 1-0, Elkhart Memorial 1-1, Plymouth 1-1, Goshen 1-2, Wawasee 0-3, Concord 0-3.

Wednesday: Warsaw at Plymouth
Saturday: Northridge at Warsaw, Concord at Goshen, Memorial at Plymouth, Wawasee at NorthWood

Three Rivers Conference

Tippecanoe Valley 4-0, Manchester 4-0, Northfield 4-1, Rochester 4-1, North Miami 2-2, Wabash 2-2, Peru 2-3, Maconaquah 0-4, Whitko 0-4, Southwood 0-5.

Thursday: Northfield at Tippecanoe Valley
Saturday: Manchester at North Miami, Rochester at Whitko, Wabash at Maconaquah

Hoosier North Athletic Conference

Knox 3-0, North Judson 1-0, Triton 3-1, LaVille 2-1, Winamac 1-1, Pioneer 2-2, Caston 0-3, Culver 0-4.

Wednesday: Triton at Oregon-Davis

Hoosier Plains Conference

Lakeland Christian Academy 2-0, South Bend Trinity 1-0, Granger Christian 0-0, South Bend Community Baptist 0-1, South Bend Career Academy 0-2.

Saturday: LCA at Argos