Can Yorkville Christian make a deep run in Class 1A? Can Sandwich party like it's 1993 again in regionals? Can a Class 4A team reach a regional final? That, and Newark's familiar path are storylines to watch as the boys basketball postseason is set to tip off.

Sandwich senior Dom Rome, who scored 21 points to lead the Indians past Woodstock North to clinch the program’s first conference championship in 32 years, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Plano senior Richie Amakiri is part of a special senior group that helped lead the Reapers to a 29-4 dual meet season. Now he's set to make his state debut, among three Plano wrestlers at state and 15 total Kendall County area wrestlers in Champaign.