Prep Sports

Benet players celebrate a late dunk Monday, March 9, 2026, during their IHSA Class 4A supersectional win over Auburn in the Convocation Center at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

Boys basketball: Benet keeps repeat hopes alive with convincing supersectional win

As Jayden Wright watched Rockford Auburn star Amir Danforth come out hot Monday, the Benet senior guard’s instinct as a competitor might have been to match him shot for shot. In fact, the sophomore Wright might have tried. But Wright is much more than a shooter, which he’s shown all season. And did ...

Boys basketball: York beats St. Ignatius, heads to state for first time since 1968

Boys basketball: Hassan’s last- second basket sends Kaneland to state

Boys basketball: Hersey pushes DePaul before falling short in 4A supersectional

Boys basketball: Deerfield denies St. Francis trip to 3A state tournament

High Five: Who had the area’s top prep basketball performances last week?

Hersey’s Charlie Pomis tries to get past DePaul’s Blake Choice in the IHSA Class 4A supersectional championship game at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates on Monday, Mar. 9 2026.

High school scores for March 9

Boys basketball IHSA super sectionals Class 4A At UIC York 58, St. Ignatius 56 (OT) At ISU Marist 56, Richwoods 53 At Hoffman Estates (NOW Ar...

Girls basketball: Rolling Meadows’ Cinderella run ends with loss to Loyola; Mustangs finish fourth

Making its third straight appearance on the CEFCU Arena floor at Illinois State University, Loyola grabbed an 8-0 lead and never looked back in winning its 25th straight game, a 46-33 triumph over Rolling Meadows, which was in striking range for most of the 32 minutes.

St. Viator players wave to fans following their 55-34 loss to Washington during the semifinals of the IHSA Class 3A girls state basketball tournament at CEFCU Arena on Friday, March 6, 2026 in Normal.

Girls basketball: Washington too much for St. Viator in Class 3A semifinal; Lions place fourth

St. Viator lost to downstate Washington 55-34 in a Class 3A girls basketball semifinal Friday afternoon in Normal.

College Achievers: UCLA’s Dugalić among the nation’s top players off the bench

College Achievers: Angela Dugalić, a Maine West graduate playing basketball at UCLA, earned the Big Ten Conference Sixth Player Award.

Hersey’s Charlie Pomis shoots a three-pointer to tie the game and send it to a second overtime with Fremd in a IHSA boys basketball sectional final game in Palatine on Friday, Mar. 6, 2026.

Boys basketball: Pomis, Hersey knock off Fremd in second overtime to win sectional title

Hersey defeated Fremd 73-66 in double overtime Friday night at the Class 4A Fremd boys basketball sectional final.

Benet’s Colin Stack cuts off a piece of the net after their section win over Bolingbrook in the Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional championship game on Friday, March 6, 2026 in Bolingbrook.

Boys basketball: Shaken Benet stirs at right time to defeat Bolingbrook

Benet defeated Bolingbrook 51-44 Friday night at the Class 4A Bolingbrook boys basketball sectional final.

York's Hunter Stepanich goes in for the basket against Glenbard East at the Class 4A Bartlett Sectional Final on Friday, March 6,2026 in Bartlett.

Boys basketball: York’s Stepanich makes a sectional-winning play, beating Glenbard East

York defeated Glenbard East 37-36 Friday night at the Class 4A Bartlett boys basketball sectional final.

Girls Basketball

more

Boys Basketball

more