Boys Basketball

Seneca Paxton Giertz, the reigning two-time Times Boys Basketball Player of the Year, has signed to play basketball and continue his education at Hillsdale College in Michigan. The Chargers are a NCAA Division II program and member of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference.

Tonight's lineup match (10) Putnam County vs. (9) Henry-Senachwine at 5 p.m., (8) Midland vs. (4) Dwight at 6:30 p.m. and (7) St. Bede vs. (3) Woodland at 8 p.m.

The DeKalb and Sycamore boys basketball teams renew their rivalry Friday at the NIU Convocation Center. The Barbs have won the last three games in the series.

Burlington Central senior LJ Kerr scored a team-high 14 points to help defeat Batavia 53-47 during the Jim & Sylvia Robert Night of Hoops. Kerr was selected the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

Cason Newton scored 33 points, and Byron scored a season-high by a Pecatonica opponent, but the Tigers fell short in an 83-70 loss to the No. 1 Indians.

Newman ended the game right where it started Wednesday against Erie-Prophetstown. The Comets built a big lead with a huge opening run, then pulled away with a second-half surge for a 65-39 Three Rivers East victory.

Plainfield South's boys basketball team was down eight early and behind at halftime, but the Cougars wound up with the victory over Morris.

Huntley girls basketball stayed undefeated with a 51-23 win over Hampshire on Wednesday night. Plus more girls and boys basketball scores.

After trailing at the end of both the second and third quarters, the Kays rallied behind a fanbase that energized them to rally in the final frame

With stars Dylan Long of Newark suffering an injury late in the first half and Martin Ledbetter of Hinckley-Big Rock home sick, Reggie Chapman scored 13 of his 21 points in the second half to lift Newark to a 67-64 win to take sole possession of first place in the Little Ten.

The Plainfield North girls basketball team had no trouble dispatching Plainfield Central 68-20 while the boys game was back and forth before the Tigers won 61-52.

Johnsburg's Ashton Stern didn't make a shot in the first half. The Skyhawks junior came out at halftime and hit 5 of 8 shots from 3-point range, scoring the first 15 points of the quarter for the Skyhawks in a 68-39 win over Richmond-Burton.

Nick Stowasser's first dunk of the season and a balanced attack fueled Crystal Lake South's 72-58 win over Burlington Central in a Fox Valley Conference boys basketball showdown Tuesday night.

In the second half with DeKalb's lead down to 3, Marshawn Cocroft took on the duties of guarding Sean Reynolds and the Knights' fortunes changed in a 58-54 win over the Barbs.

Marquette sophomore Griffin Dobberstein took a message to heart, scored a game-high 22 points, including six 3-pointers, to help the No. 6-seeded Crusaders top No. 3-seeded Woodland 58-46 in Tuesday's quarterfinals of the 98th Tri-County Conference Tournament in Granville.

Newark hosted Hinckley-Big Rock boys basketball on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.

Led by Matt Williamson, Streator put a sudden, thudding end to Coal City’s hopes of finishing Tuesday night tied with Streator atop the ICE standings, pulling away in the third quarter for a 55-30 victory.

Burlington Central face Crystal Lake South in a Fox Valley Conference basketball game on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, at Crystal Lake South High School.

The DeKalb boys basketball team traveled to Maple Park Tuesday to take on the Knights at Kaneland High School.

Marquette defeated Woodland 58-46 during the Tri-County Conference Tournament on Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025 at Putnam County High School in Granville.

Simeion Harris led a Sandwich 1-3-1 defense that caused havoc on Plano, Dom Rome scored 19 points and Harris 17, and the visiting Indians beat the Reapers 64-54 for their sixth straight Kishwaukee River Conference win and eighth total win in nine games.

Plano hosted Sandwich in boys varsity basketball on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 in Plano.

Unique Shaw scored 23 points in the third quarter to help Sycamore pull away from Winnebago for a 65-40 victory Monday.

The Sycamore High School boys basketball team welcomed Winnebago Monday night for a matchup on the hardwood.

Bolingbrook boys basketball faced Warren in the When Sides Collide Shootout at Benet Academy on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 in Lisle.

Blake Fagbemi scored 11 of his 22 points in the first quarter and came up a few assists shy of a triple-double, and Benet shot 67% and blew open a four-point game at halftime to beat Rich 73-56 in the finale of the When Sides Collide Shootout.

Lucas "LJ" Kerr's fourth and-one ended up being the momentum shifter Burlington Central needed, as the Rockets held onto the lead for the final two minutes to secure a 53-47 victory over host Batavia.

Stella Sakalas' 25 points and 10 rebounds led Nazareth past defending Wisconsin state champ Arrowhead, Nikki Kerstein's 21 points paced a Montini win, IC Catholic's Andrew Hill scored his 1,000th career point and more in Saturday's roiundup.

Oswego East and Downers Grove North boys basketball faced off in the Batavia Night of Hoops on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 at Batavia High School.

Batavia and Burlington Central boys basketball faced off in the Batavia Night of Hoops on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 at Batavia High School.

Benet boys basketball faced Rich Township in the When Sides Collide Shootout at Benet Academy on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 in Lisle.

Kendall Erdmann scored 35 points in the Forreston Cardinals' 73-50 win over the Oregon Hawks at Forreston High School on Saturday, Jan, 25, 2025. Erdmann hit five three-pointers and dished out six assists in the win.

Nolan Hurter put up 26 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter, while Jack Crowley dished out seven assists to help Downers Grove North take out Oswego East.

The second game of the When Sides Collide Shootout featured two of the state's, if not the nation's top sophomores in Bolingbrook's Davion Thompson and Warren's Jaxson Davis. But it was the supporting cast for Warren that lifted them to an 82-71 victory.

Earlville senior Adam Waite had a huge week with a 41-point, 26-rebound game along with a 21-point game to surpass 1,000 career points and earn NewsTribune Athlete of the Week.

It’s been a few decades, but Alex Renchen still remembers the type of player Troy Caldwell was on his late 1988 Kankakee Junior High eighth grade team that made a run to the IESA State Finals

The Kays picked up a Southland Conference win on the road Friday, extending their winning streak to four games. They improved to 16-3 overall and 6-1 in conference play

The Gladiators improved to 14-7 and 3-0 in the conference as the Irish dropped back-to-back games to slide to 17-4 (1-2)

TJ Williams and Glenbard West were surgical at both ends of the court in building a 17-point halftime lead at Downers Grove North, and went on to a 54-35 win in a key West Suburban Silver matchup.

Ian Polonowski's 30 points paced Lyons past Oak Park-River Forest, Danny Loftus scored 25 in Riverside-Brookfield's win over Elmwood Park, Gabe Sularski's 21 points paced Lemont past T.F. South and Downers Grove South, Hinsdale Central, Fenwick and Timothy Christian all won.

McHenry senior point guard Dylan Hurckes scored a career-high 25 points, and McHenry's boys basketball team stayed perfect in the Fox Valley Conference with a 55-45 win over host Jacobs on Friday night.

Tyler Smith scored 13 of his game-high 17 points in the first half while grabbing nine rebounds to help lift Wheaton Academy to a 65-39 Chicagoland Christian Conference triumph over host Aurora Christian.

Jaymon Hornsby scored a career-high 21 points, and Brendon Sanders added nine of his 18 points in the fourth quarter as Lincoln-Way East strolled into Lockport and won its third straight SouthWest Suburban Conference game.

Sean Reynolds became the all-time leading scorer for DeKalb boys basketball, DeKalb wrestling won the DVC title, plus more scores from around the area in Friday's Daily Chronicle sports roundup.

With Joliet West's loss to Bolingbrook on Friday, Plainfield South moved into a tie for first place on their side of the conference with a last-second victory over Minooka.

Seneca sank 14 3-pointers, 10 in the first half, to blow away Roanoke-Benson in a Tri-County Conference showdown.

Mendota beat Hall 75-57 on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025 at Mendota High School.

Huntley used a 26-point third quarter to knock off Cary-Grove in boys basketball, the Red Raiders wrestling team won the FVC championship outright, plus much more in Friday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Hudson Kirby sank the game-winning free throw with 2.5 seconds left to help Geneva get a 30-29 victory over Wheaton Warrenville South and remain perfect in DuKane Conference play.

Glenbard West faced Downers Grove North in boys basketball on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025 in Downers Grove.