Boys basketball/Scouting Fox Valley weekend
Today
Upstate Eight (River)
Elgin (16-5, 6-2) at Larkin (4-18, 0-9), 7:15 p.m.: Elgin goes for the season sweep; Maroons beat Larkin 65-40 on Jan. 18.
Streamwood (6-14, 2-6) at St. Charles North (11-10, 6-2), 7:15 p.m.: The North Stars won by 15 on Jan. 8 at Streamwood, which hasn’t played a game in 13 days.
Upstate Eight (Valley)
Waubonsie Valley (14-8, 4-4) at South Elgin (11-9, 4-4), 7:15 p.m.: The well-rested Storm lost the Valley Division opener to the Warriors 52-39 way back on Dec. 3.
Metea Valley (13-10, 3-6) at Bartlett (13-13, 3-6), 7:15 p.m.: Bartlett enters with the longest active winning streak in the UEC Valley (three straight).
Northeast Athletic
Westminster Christian (19-3, 6-1) at Mooseheart (7-12), 7 p.m.: Warriors can reach 20-win plateau for the second straight year and the third time in five seasons under the direction of IHSBCA Hall of Fame coach Bruce Firchau.
Nonconference
Harvest Christian Academy (4-10) at Elgin Academy (5-12), 5:30 p.m.: Two of Elgin’s smallest private schools square off in a nonconference meeting.
Friday
Upstate Eight (River)
St. Charles East (10-10, 6-2) at Elgin, 7:30 p.m.: Two teams locked in a three-way tie for first place with St. Charles North play a critical contest at Chesbrough. The Saints knocked off Elgin in the UEC River opener 43-41 on Dec. 4.
Fox Valley (Valley)
Jacobs (12-10, 4-1) at Crystal Lake South (11-10, 1-6), 7 p.m.: The Golden Eagles must win their fourth straight division road game to remain tied with Huntley in the loss column in the FVC Valley.
Huntley (18-4, 6-1) at Dundee-Crown (11-10, 3-4), 7 p.m.: First-place Huntley has defeated the Chargers twice this season: 51-47 in overtime on Nov. 27 and 48-34 in Huntley on Jan. 19.
McHenry (14-6, 2-3) at Cary-Grove (9-13, 3-4), 7 p.m.: Trojans are 4-3 at Elroy Fitzgerald Gymnasium this season, aiming for second straight win.
Big Northern (East)
North Boone (8-13, 2-5) at Hampshire (17-4, 8-0), 7:15 p.m.: The Whip-Purs can clinch at least a share of the title in their final season of Big Northern East competition.
Burlington Central (13-9, 6-1) at Harvard (9-14, 1-6), 7 p.m.: Rockets junior guard Ray Hunnicutt dropped 27 points on the Hornets in Central’s 72-49 victory on Dec. 10.
Suburban Christian (Gold)
Aurora Central Catholic (10-11, 6-2) at St. Edward (6-16, 2-6), 7:30 p.m.: The Green Wave gave the second-place Chargers a test in Aurora on Jan. 1 before dropping a 70-59 decision.
Saturday
Nonconference
South Elgin at Streamwood, 6 p.m.: These U-46 schools clash in an Upstate Eight Conference crossover.
Westminster Christian vs Oregon (14-7), 2:30 p.m.: The Warriors, named the top seed this week at the upcoming Class 2A Plano regional, take their talents to River Ridge.
St. Edward at Northridge Prep (11-9), 7 p.m.: Area leading scorer Mike Ellis (20.1 ppg.) and the Green Wave take on a nonconference foe from the Independent School League.