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Newark defeated Leland 51-35 in the Little Ten Conference Tournament quarterfinal game on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026 at Somonauk High School. Check out photos from the game by MaKade Rios.

Tessa New had 24 points, eight rebounds, seven steals and five assists, and Rhen Staudacher added 16 points and 10 rebounds as Parkview Christian girls basketball routed Hinckley-Big Rock.

Yorkville wrestling, with eight regional champions and 12 sectional qualifiers, ran away with the team title at the Class 3A Moline Regional. Sandwich was second at the Class 1A Princeton Regional while Oswego and Yorkville boys basketball were both winners.

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Individuals from Amboy, Dixon, Hall-Putnam County, Mendota, Marquette, St. Bede Princeton, and Sandwich all competed during the Class 1A Regional meet on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 at Princeton High School.

Jayden Zepeda led four Plano players in double figures with 16 points in a blowout win over Woodstock North, and Newark boys basketball and Parkview Christian girls basketball were also big winners Friday.

TJ Williams made his first nine shots from the field and scored 20 of his 26 points in the first half, and hot-shooting Bolingbrook blew past host Oswego East 83-54 on Friday in the Southwest Prairie Conference.

Reggie Chapman had 24 points, five rebounds and four assists and Cody Kulbartz 23 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks for Newark in a win over Gardner-South Wilmington.

Yorkville senior Caleb Viscogliosi, who won the 175-pound championship at the Southwest Prairie Conference meet, helping lead the Foxes to their fifth straight conference title, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Kevin Martinez scored the game-winning basket on an assist from Alan Contreras with 4.3 seconds left as Plano won a 53-51 thriller over Serena.