Davon Grant is working on his outside game, Sean Reynolds is working on ball handling, and all the Barbs are working in the weight room during the summer season.

The Raiders blew out their three opponents, while the Steelmen and Plainfield North each won their first two games

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The DeKalb boys basketball team has been keeping busy this summer practicing and playing games to get ready for next years regular season. They held a short practice Monday at DeKalb High School.

Sean Reynolds shot 40% from 3-point range, averaged 15 points, four rebounds and three assists per game and was named the 2023 Daily Chronicle Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

First-team all-conference selections and a surprising amount of size highlight this year's all-area team.

Hinckley-Big Rock turned a 12-point deficit into just two with 3:55 left in a Class 1A Elgin Sectional semifinal on Wednesday. But the field goal by Martin Ledbetter would be the last points the Royals would score as Chicago Marshall scored the last eight in a 59-49 win.

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The Hinckley-Big Rock boys basketball team traveled to Elgin Wednesday to play Chicago Marshall in a Class 1A sectional semifinal.

Hinckley-Big Rock didn’t score in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock regional championship game against Rochelle Zell. The Royals didn’t need to, using three huge runs to blowout the Tigers, 57-18.

Collin Wainscott didn’t miss much of anything Saturday night, draining 3-pointers, making 16 of 18 free throws and helping the Marmion boys basketball team erase a half-century drought.