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Here are Gary Duncan's photos from Monday's game between Kaneland and La Salle-Peru at the 62nd Plano Christmas Classic.

Despite keeping Hononegah in check most of the game and never trailing in regulation, DeKalb allowed Jameson Gilbertson to bank home a 3 to force overtime and the Indians won in overtime, 56-52, in the semifinals of the 98th annual Chuck Dayton Classic.

The top-seeded Kaneland boys basketball team used a game-changing 14-0 run spanning the end of the third and start of the fourth quarters in a 67-50 victory over No. 4-seeded La Salle-Peru in Monday's semifinals of the 62nd Plano Christmas Classic.

Marshall Ledbetter scored 25 to lead Hinckley-Big Rock past Streator at Plano, while the NIU women to St. Thomas and the Kaneland girls lost at Boylan's Reinder Games in Monday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.

Julian Hartwig won all three of his matches, but it didn’t prove to be enough for host DeKalb, which dropped three duals on the opening day of the Don Flavin Invitational on Monday.

Sycamore dropped a 37-30 decision to Hersey in its second dual during Monday’s Don Flavin Invitational at DeKalb. The narrow loss followed an opening 45-27 loss to Lincoln-Way West, but the Spartans bounced back to finish with a victory.

The DeKalb defense helped the Barbs stay in the game despite a cold-shooting first-half against Galesburg. The Barbs picked up the win and reached the semifinals of the Chuck Dayton Classic as they seek their third straight title.

Indian Creek won the Shipyard Showdown for the third time; Sycamore took third at the Elgin tournament and more from Saturday in the roundup.

DeKalb's boys basketball team fended off pesky Springfield Southeast for a 58-49 win in the last opening-round game of the 98th Chuck Dayton Classic on Saturday night.