Boys Basketball

The postseason for boys basketball begins Monday. Here are the top storylines to watch for teams in the Northwest Herald area.

Coal City's Cooper Morris, Brody Widlowski, Aidan Kenney and John Keigher are the area's four boys wrestling state semifinalists and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

Ten McHenry County-area wrestlers advanced to the semifinals of the IHSA individual state tournament with two more still in contention at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill. on Thursday. Plus more boys basketball scores.

Here are five storylines to watch in the BCR/NewsTribune area for the boys basketball postseason.

The boys basketball season postseason kicks off locally Monday with Indian Creek, Hiawatha and Genoa-Kingston opening with first-round regional games before semifinals Wednesday. Here are five things to keep an eye on as the postseason gets underway.

Mason Schweizer previews the local boys basketball scene ahead of regional play, which begins with quarterfinal action Monday.

Here are the Suburban Life-area qualifiers for the IHSA individual state wrestling meet.

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.

Is this the year Bolingbrook breaks through? Which Plainfield South will show up? This and more things to keep an eye on in the Herald-News area for boy's basketball.

Rock Falls senior basketball player Ryken Howard, who has been one of the top producers for the 21-win Rockets, is the Sauk Valley Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with sports reporter Drake Lansman.

Here are the Record Newspapers-area qualifiers for the IHSA individual state wrestling meet.

The Peotone boys basketball team beat Herscher in the Illinois Central Eight Conference finale for both teams, and Gardner-South Wilmington fell to Dwight.

The Fieldcrest boys basketball team — led by a game-high 23 points from Eddie Lorton and 17 from Jordan Heider — played solid on both ends of the floor in Wednesday's 68-44 victory over Midland.

Second-chance points on Wednesday night helped Sycamore get ready for the postseason as the Spartans overwhelmed Genoa-Kingston in its final non-conference game, 66-50.

The Streator boys basketball team carried a 10-point lead over state-ranked Morton into the fourth quarter and played a good final period ... just not good enough to hold off the hot-shooting Potters.

Fieldcrest beat Midland on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025 at Midland High School.

Morton beat Streator 54-50 on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025 in Pops Dale Gymnasium at Streator High School.

In the final AP Boys Basketball Polls until the postseason, Kankakee tied its highest state ranking of the season while BBCHS, Bishop McNamara and St. Anne all received votes.

The Sandwich boys basketball team had a tough start to this season, but since a 1-7 beginning have won 17 of their last 21 games and figure to be a tough opponent in next week's Class 2A Princeton Regional.

The Manteno and Watseka-Milford girls basketball teams advanced to the title game of their regionals and more in Tuesday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Owen Carroll hit a halfcourt shot at the buzzer as Lyons snapped Hinsdale Central's 25-game winning streak, Downers Grove South won its second straight West Suburban Gold title and Makenna Yeager scored 32 in Glenbard West's regional win. That and more in Tuesday's roundup.

One month after his 3-pointer at the buzzer in overtime beat Huntley, Prairie Ridge guard Ben Gablenz scored a career-high 34 points to lead the Wolves to a 57-44 win over the Red Raiders in a Fox Valley Conference game Tuesday night.

Carson Trivellini scored a career-high 30 points, teammate AJ Demirov scored 14 in the fourth quarter alone, and Crystal Lake South kept its Fox Valley Conference title hopes alive Tuesday with a win over Jacobs.

On a night when Oswego was hoping to get a charge from its seniors, it was Oswego East that took a bunch of charges during a 54-38 victory at their rival’s place Tuesday night.

Oswego hosted Oswego East in a boys basketball crosstown matchup on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 in Oswego.

Prairie Ridge faces Huntley in a Fox Valley Conference basketball game on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, at Huntley High School.

It took a while for Bolingbrook to find its groove, but eventually it did enough to earn a 73-65 win over Minooka that allowed it to complete a clean sweep of the Southwest Prairie Conference this season.

Senior point guard AJ Demirov celebrated Crystal Lake South's senior night Friday by becoming the program's all-time leading scorer in the Gators' win over Crystal Lake Central.

The Cissna Park and Bishop McNamara girls basketball teams advanced to the championship games of the perspective regionals and more in the Monday's Daily Journal Roundup.

Joliet West and Plainfield North are teams to keep an eye on, don't sleep on Lincoln-Way Central and more in the Herald-News boys basketball notebook.

More from the sidelines on Streator, Ottawa, Marquette, Seneca, Woodland and more in this week's edition of The Times Boys Basketball Notebook.

From Class 1A to 3A, from regional play-ins to state championship games, here are boys basketball postseason schedules for teams across the greater Ottawa/Streator/Seneca area.

A look at the postseason seeds and regional pairings for all the boys basketball teams in the NewsTribune area.

Montini had seven sectional champions and 10 state qualifiers at Saturday's Class 2A Hinsdale South Sectional, Glenbard West freshman Khloe Perez and Hinsdale South's Callie Carr stayed unbeaten with sectional championships at Schaumburg and more in Saturday's roundup.

Saturday’s meeting between the Streator Bulldogs and Ottawa Pirates didn’t start off all that physical, intense or competitive. But as anyone who follows high school sports along this little stretch of Route 23 could've predicted, it turned out that way.

Willowbrook's OJ Powell scored a team-high 34 points and added a game-high 16 rebounds to lift the Warriors to a 75-67 West Suburban Conference Gold victory over rival Addison Trail on Friday night.

It was all Seneca in Friday's de facto Tri-County Conference championship game, as the Irish led from start to finish in a 61-32 victory over visiting Woodland.

Gabriel Sularski scored 17 points and Shea Glotzbach 16 as Lemont beat Hillcrest to clinch the South Suburban Blue title, and Glenbard West and Riverside-Brookfield were also winners in Friday's roundup.

Woodstock's seniors celebrated senior night with a 47-36 win over Johnsburg on Friday to sweep the season series and dash the Skyhawks' hopes of winning the Kishwaukee River Conference championship.

After the Bobcats spent the middle quarters methodically crawling back, St. Anne senior Deion Fifer exploded for 17 fourth-quarter points to lead the Cardinals to their first-ever RVC Tournament crown Friday.

In another classic chapter in the Dixon-Rock Falls rivalry, the Dukes rallied in the final minute, but Brody Nicklaus’ last-second deep 3-pointer rimmed out and the Rockets held on for a 48-46 win Friday at Lancaster Gym.

The St. Anne Cardinals bested the Beecher Bobcats 70-38 to claim the River Valley Conference championship title on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.

DJ Porter led a balanced Romeoville attack with 13 points as the Spartans topped Joliet Central 55-41

Joliet West trailed nearly the entire first half before exploding in the third quarter to earn a convincing win over conference rival Plainfield East Friday night at home.

The Sycamore boys basketball team used big third quarter run to key a 51-42 Interstate 8 Conference win over Ottawa at Kingman Gymnasium on Friday.

On senior night and seniors Andrew Waterman and Daniel Sveiteris were responsible for multiple four-point plays during a 77-58 victory against Proviso East.

Reggie McWaine hit two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and two free throws in the final minute, as Oswego East rallied past visiting Yorkville 51-47 in a matchup of short-handed teams both missing their leading scorers.

Seneca defeated Woodland 61-32 on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 at Seneca High School.

Oswego East hosted Yorkville in boys varsity basketball on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 in Oswego.

Wheaton Warrenville South hosted Batavia in boys varsity basketball on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 in Wheaton.