Jillian Acosta of East Aurora drives against Kai Evans of Bolingbrook High School in the Oswego East Regional championship. East Aurora won, 79-72
Aurora Christian head coach Dan Beebe cuts down the net after the Eagles won the Class 1A Regional championship Friday, Feb. 28.
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced March 12 that it will significantly limit attendance at the remaining games in the 2020 IHSA Boys Basketball State series, as well as at other IHSA events, to preemptively reduce the potential spread of COVID-19. The decision comes after consultation with the Illinois...
By Carter Crane East Aurora High School’s boys basketball team used hard-working full-court pressure defense to defeat rival West Aurora, 61-50, in Wednesday’s Lockport Sectional semifinal game this week.. “Our defense was important,” East Aurora head coach Rick Robinson said after the game. “I wasn’t going to let Kelvin Balfour...
West Aurora High School's basketball team celebrates its 56-51 victory Friday over visiting Plainfield Central.
East Aurora High School's boys basketball team celebrates its 79-72 victory Friday over Bolingbrook.
Aurora Christian and Timothy Christian in Elmhurst both won high school super-sectional boys basketball games Tuesday to qualify for State basketball tournaments Friday and Saturday. Aurora Christian will play Madison at 11 a.m. Friday in Class 1A and either the third place game or the championship game Saturday afternoon. Aurora...
High school boys basketball head coaches at East Aurora and at West Aurora (see page 11 photos) each developed a keen sense of his team’s character and destiny during the season. That sense for each coach constituted a part of a regional championship this season and a biggest school Class...
By Bobby Narang The Montini Catholic High School girls basketball season ended with a victory. But the Broncos’ victory arrived a few hours earlier than veteran head coach Jason Nichols would’ve liked at Redbird Arena in Normal Saturday. The Broncos defeated Springfield Lanphier 55-43 Saturday afternoon in the Class 3A...
March Madness spreads its wings. In the basketball world, college and high school, March Madness is frenzy filled with facing sudden elimination, or, advancement for another game, or more games. Winter sports other than basketball have their own form of madness in their journeys to finality. Girls high school basketball...
Yorkville High School senior Ty McCurdy, 34, denies an entry pass into the post to Oswego's Connor McCance in spite of a nine-inch height disadvantage Friday in a Southwest Prairie Conference West game.
Naperville North High School girls basketball team poses with the championship plaque Thursday, Feb. 20 after capturing the Yorkville Regional championship with a 49-43 victory over West Aurora.
By Craig Lynch The Benet Academy Redwings boys basketball team won its 20th game Friday evening, 45-43, over Notre Dame of Niles, the No. 1 ranked team in Class 3A in the four-class system. The Redwings knew their calling card would be defense. “We have to play good defense,” said...
By Bobby Narang After setting a program record with 29 victories last season, the York High School boys basketball team was not expected to be among the top teams in the State this season. After all, the Dukes lost four key starters who had carved a memorable identity as a...
By Woodrow Carroll Illinois’ oldest high school basketball conference, the Little Ten Conference, held its 101st basketball tournament last week at Somonauk High School. The Indian Creek High School Timberwolves more than upheld the team’s No. 1 tournament seed, and it ended a long-running struggle to win the school’s first...
East Aurora High School's Jabian Acosta shoots over Glenbard East's Terrence Spencer, 2, Friday, Jan. 31.
By Bobby Narang Everett Stubblefield III is putting together a season to remember. The Willowbrook High School senior is a two-sport, star athlete, who dominates on the football field and then makes a transition to be a high-volume scorer on the basketball court. In the Fall, as a wide receiver,...
West Aurora High School's Christian Nieves, right, and East Aurora's Amarion Savage vie for a rebound.
Tuesday Jan. 14 Lakes Naperville Central 58, Nazareth 34 Thursday, Jan. 16 Burlington Central* Burlington Central 64, Johnsburg 32 Friday, Jan. 17 Burlington Central* Lyons 48, Waubonsie Valley 46 Saturday, Jan. 18 Burlington Central* Waubonsie Val. 64, Woodstock N. 44 Burlington Central 68, Marian Cen. 43 Waubonsie Valley 65, Belvidere...
By Bobby Narang Batavia High School girls basketball head coach Kevin Jensen wanted to organize an event that would include numerous Batavia area teams and pit them against another conference. That’s how the inaugural MLK Day Conference Challenge that pit the DuKane Conference and Mid-Suburban League was formed. The six-game...
