Jeremiah Fears was a star for Joliet West before transferring out of state his senior year. After one year at Oklahoma, he now projects as the number seven prospect in the draft, according to ESPN. On Wednesday he declared his intentions to enter the draft.

Here is the 2024-2025 Herald-News boys basketball All-Area team.

Bolingbrook sophomore Davion Thompson has already scored 1,000 career points, led the Raiders on a pair of deep postseason runs, and is considered a top-30 recruit in the nation for his class.