Boys Basketball | Daily Chronicle
We take a look at each team the Class 3A State Final field, their projected starters, state final history and more.
The Kaneland boys basketball team is heading to the Class 3A State Tournament, taking with it a 35-0 record and a high-powered offense that was, at least for Connor Kimme's 3-point shot, quite literally raised in a barn.
Alex McKie scored 27 points in a sectional semifinal against La Salle-Peru. Ernie Colombe and Kaneland saw that and made sure he didn't repeat it, holding the Morton star scoreless. The Knights beat the Potters 49-47 in the Class 3A NIU Supersectional to earn a trip to state.

2025-2026 was Indian Creek's best boys basketball season since 2019-2020. It ended the same way that 2019-2020 did as well, with the Timberwolves falling in the supersectional round.
Jeffrey Hassan's late layup broke a tie and gave Kaneland a 49-47 win over Morton in the Class 3A NIU Supersectional on Monday in DeKalb. The Knights earned a trip to the state tournament.
The Kaneland boys basketball team met Morton Monday night in a Class 3A supersectional in the Convocation Center at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

Connor Kimme scored half of Kaneland's first-half points, then drew a key charge that turned the momentum in the Knights' 51-41 win over Crystal Lake South on Friday in the Class 3A Woodstock North Sectional championship game.

The Indian Creek boys basketball team used a late third-quarter surge to take the lead, then survived a potential game-winning 3-pointer by Marquette at the final horn to claim a thrilling 46-44 victory the Class 1A Amboy Sectional championship game Friday.

Crystal Lake South's boys basketball team stayed with undefeated Kaneland all night but fell short 51-41 in the championship game of the Class 3A Woodstock North Sectional on Friday.


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