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Cary-Grove's Adam Bauer dunks the basketball during an IHSA Class 3A Crystal Lake South Regional boys basketball semifinal game against Marmion on Wednesday, February, 25, 2026, at Crystal Lake South High School.

Boys basketball: Crystal Lake South, Cary-Grove ready to meet again

As a freshman on Crystal Lake South‘s varsity two years ago, Nick Stowasser often played mop-up minutes in blowouts, even during the postseason. The Gators starters and a...

Boys basketball: Oswego East turns it around against Downers Grove North in second half

Dshaun Bolden was the lone non-senior in Oswego East’s starting lineup Wednesday, so in theory the junior was not playing with the desperation of potentially his last hig...

Boys basketball: Timothy Christian drops its regional opener

Gavin Radmer found a seam inside and bounced a pass to 6-foot-7 forward Jace Nelson in the final moments of Richmond-Burton’s Class 2A Johnsburg regional semifinal again...

Fremd's Greta Thompson, left, tries to take the ball from Hersey's Lexi Miyares during the Class 4A girls basketball Schaumburg sectional semifinals Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.

Girls basketball: McMillan’s defense makes the difference in Fremd’s OT win over Hersey

Sophia McMillan briefly discussed soccer after a basketball game Tuesday night. “It’s my main sport,” admitted the Fremd senior, who will boot for Illinois’ soccer team b...

Girls basketball: Rolling Meadows upsets No. 1 seed Prospect

Explaining how they defeated a team they had lost to by 23 and 11 points during a Mid-Suburban League East season where they finished 3-7, Rolling Meadows players produce...

Benet’s Ava Thomas and Bridget Rifenburg, right, compete for the ball withe Bolingbrook’s Heaven Harris at the Class 4A East Aurora girls basketball sectional semifinal game on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.

Girls basketball: Waubonsie Valley, Benet advance to East Aurora sectional final in opposite fashion

The third time was the charm for Waubonsie Valley’s girls basketball team. After suffering a pair of losses to eventual DuPage Valley Conference champion Naperville Centr...

Girls basketball: St. Charles East, Glenbard West to meet in sectional final

Girls basketball: St. Charles East and Glenbard West were victorious Tuesday, setting up a sectional final matchup.