Mason Schweizer previews Friday's Class 2A Peotone Sectional championship between Bishop McNamara and Bismarck-Henning

Carrollton's red-hot start put Cissna Park in too deep a hole to climb out of in Thursday's IHSA Class 1A State semifinals.

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CIssna Park lost 55-39 to Carrollton in the IHSA Class 1A State semifinal on Thursday, March 6, 2025. The Timberwolves advance to the third place game on Friday, March 7.

Down 18-8 early on, Karter Krutsinger tallied 20 first-half points to propel Bishop McNamara past Joliet Catholic Academy and into Friday's sectional championship.

Kankakee saw a 12-point lead disappear in the fourth quarter in an eventual 65-63 loss to Metamora in the IHSA Class 3A Washington Sectional semifinals.

Longtime Milford boys basketball coach Dave Caldwell enters retirement after leading the Bearcats to 448 wins in two successful stints as head coach.

Bishop McNamara cut an early 18-point deficit to as close as six by the beginning of the fourth quarter, but the Golden Aces pulled away late in Monday's Class 2A Tolono Unity Super-Sectional.

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Bishop McNamara defeated Joliet Catholic Academy 79-67 in the IHSA Class 2A Peotone Sectional semifinal on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, to advance to Friday's sectional championship.

The Cissna Park girls basketball punched its ticket to state with a 47-35 win in super sectionals on Monday in Farmer City, returning to Normal just a few months after making a state run in volleyball.