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Crystal Lake Central faces Richmond-Burton in the Marengo E.C. Nichols boys basketball championship on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, at Marengo High School.

Luke Robinson scored a game-high 22 points, and clutch free throws by Will and Dane Gardner helped lift Richmond-Burton to a 51-42 victory over Crystal Lake Central in the championship game of Marengo's E.C. Nichols Holiday Classic on Saturday.

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Crystal Lake South faces Lakes in a Hinkle Holiday Classic boys basketball game on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, at Jacobs High School in Algonquin.

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Cary-Grove faces Larkin in a Hinkle Holiday Classic boys basketball game on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, at Jacobs High School in Algonquin.

Cooper Mellican scored 28 points as St. Charles North defeated Woodstock on Friday at the Elgin Holiday Tournament.

Cary-Grove hit 10 3-pointers, including two by shutdown defender Brandon Freund, and beat Larkin 81-39 in Friday's fifth-place game in the championship bracket of Jacobs’ Hinkle Holiday Classic.

It’s still the holiday season, but Burlington Central wasn’t in the mood for giving Friday morning at the Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic. The Rockets had nine steals in the first half against Schaumburg, three alone in the second quarter by junior guard Cedric Ceniza, in a win.

Crystal Lake South junior Carson Trivellini set a career-high with 32 points as the Gators outlasted Lakes 91-77 on Friday and finished the Jacobs' Hinkle Holiday Classic with a 3-1 record.

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Jacobs faces Grayslake Central in Hinkle Holiday Classic boys basketball game on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, at Jacobs High School in Algonquin.