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Oswego East coast past Minooka 61-48 on Friday.

Mason Lockett, Dshaun Bolden and Jacsen Tucker scored 55 of Oswego East's 61 points Friday night in their 13-point win over Minooka.

Johnsburg drilled 10 triples, including three from Ashton Stern, and 12 Skyhawks scored at least one point as the team remained undefeated in Kishwaukee River Conference play with a 74-46 victory over Plano on Friday night.

Oswego sophomore Ethan Vahl, who scored 29 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer in overtime, as Oswego beat Oswego East to snap a 16-game crosstown losing streak, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Newark's boys basketball received a big game from Reggie Chapman, and it was just enough for the Norsemen to top host Indian Creek in a key Little Ten Conference contest Tuesday.

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Here are Gary Duncan's photos from Friday's boys basketball game between Oswego East and Oswego.

Ethan Vahl scored 17 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter and overtime with the go-ahead 3 in OT, and Oswego rallied from seven down in the last two minutes of regulation for a 59-52 win, snapping a 16-game crosstown streak with the Panthers' first win since 2017.

Led by the defense of Jalen Carter and Jeffrey Hassan, Kaneland forced Yorkville Christian to miss its first 13 shots and scored the game's first 14 points, and rode that devastating start to a 78-47 win in the 62nd Plano Classic final for the Knights' third straight title.

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Here are Gary Duncan's photos from the championship game of the 62nd Plano Christmas Classic between Kaneland and Yorkville Christian.