Joliet West allowed just four points in the second half Thursday in a 64-25 win over Joliet Central.

Joliet West led by as many as 15 and was up 10 in late in the third, but Joliet Central refused to quit.

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.