Jared Birchfield – Shaw Local News Network correspondent

The Kaneland offense surged in the second half to knock off Rockford Boylan and reach the Class 3A Rochelle Sectional championship game.

Trailing most of the game Friday, Kaneland rallied in the fourth quarter to finally get past Wheaton Academy and win the Class 3A IMSA Regional Championship, 66-56, for its recording-setting 30th win. 

Amboy leveraged its height advantage over Morgan Park Academy on both ends of the court in Tuesday’s sectional semifinal win.

St. Edward took the lead 10 seconds in and led the rest of the way in a 46-20 victory over Yorkville Christian in a Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Sectional semifinal Tuesday.

DeKalb jumped out to a 30-19 halftime lead and staved off Waubonsie Valley’s second-half comeback efforts to hand the Warriors their second loss of the season and win a share of the DuPage Valley Conference title.

Yorkville Christian defeated Hinckley-Big Rock and Serena beat Indian Creek in the Class 1A Indian Creek Regional semifinals Tuesday.

A Kaneland 3-point shooting streak that spanned the first two quarters broke open Monday’s game at Sycamore. Starting at the 1:20 mark of the first quarter, Kaneland drained eight straight treys in the 57-29 win. 

While Yorkville Christian dominated the Kaneland Class 2A Individual Wrestling Regional Saturday to win its fourth in a row team title, the other tournament schools will be well represented at next week’s Washington Class 2A Sectional. 

Julia Arulandu’s two clutch free throws with 8.2 seconds left on the clock sealed Batavia‘s 43-39 win over Geneva in DuKane Conference action Friday night.

DeKalb-Sycamore Co-op won all of the individual competitions with seniors taking top honors in five of the events and two of the three relays to win the meet with Metea Valley, 106-50.  

Aurora Central Catholic used a full-court press to help the Chargers beat IC Catholic 69-38 on Wednesday to clinch the Girls Catholic Athletic White Division Conference championship.

Maine South dominated the first 16 minutes of the nonconference contest for a commanding 27-3 halftime lead over the Batavia.

With six wrestlers finishing third or better, West Aurora won Saturday’s Newbill Wrestling Invitational.

DeKalb raced out to a 15-3 lead in the first five minutes of the contest and then dominated play in the fourth quarter to thwart West Chicago’s comeback attempt for a 64-55 nonconference win.

Waubonsie Valley held off a furious Glenbard South fourth-quarter rally to win the Bill Neibch Holiday Classic championship for the second year in a row Saturday, 52-48 at Wheaton North.