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BCR postseason boys, girls basketball update

L-P's Gavin Stokes lets go of a shot over Morton's Alex McKie during the Class 3A Sectional semifinal game on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 in Kingman Gymnasium at Ottawa High School.

Boys

1A SECTIONALS

At Orion

Tuesday: 3 Pecatonica 70, 1 Sterling Newman 66

Wednesday: 2 Lanark Eastland 49, 1 Dakota 33

Friday: Championship - 3 Pecatonica (22-13) vs. 2 Lanark Eastland (31-4), 7 p.m.

At Amboy

Tuesday: 1 Marquette 54, 2 Hinckley-Big Rock 41

Wednesday: 1 Indian Creek 58, 2 Woodland 43

Friday: Championship - 1 Marquette (25-7) vs. 1 Indian Creek (26-6), 7 p.m.

2A SECTIONALS

At Mendota

Tuesday: 2 Rockford Lutheran 69, 4 Oregon 67 (OT)

Wednesday: 1 Johnsburg 51, 3 Aurora Christian 47

Friday: Championship - 2 Rockford Lutheran (19-15) vs. 1 Johnsburg (23-11), 7 p.m.

At Chillicothe

Tuesday: 1 Peoria Manual 66, 2 Riverdale 42

2 Warsaw 71, 4 Farmington 41

Friday: Championship - 1 Peoria Manual (20-9) vs. 2 Warsaw (26-6, 7 p.m.

3A SECTIONALS

At Ottawa

Tuesday: 1 Morton 69, 2 LaSalle-Peru 48

Wednesday: 1 Kankakee 59, 2 East Peoria 53

Friday: Championship - 1 Morton (29-4) vs. 1 Kankakee (29-1), 7 p.m.

Girls

1A SUPERSECTIONALS

At Bureau Valley

Monday: 1 Deer Creek-Mackinaw 45, 3 Wethersfield 43

2A SUPERSECTIONALS

At Wilmington

Monday: 1 Byron 66, 1 Pontiac 40

1A STATE

At Normal

Thursday: Game 1 - Brown County (31-3) vs. Mt. Pulaski (32-1), 10 a.m.

Game 2- Rockford Christian (25-11) vs. Deer Creek-Mackinaw (32-3), 11:45 a.m.

Third place - Losers 1-2, 7 p.m.

2A STATE

At Normal

Thursday: Game 1 - Breese Central (30-3) vs. Pleasant Plains (30-2), 2:30 p.m.

Game 2- Byron (32-2) vs. Elgin St. Edward (27-8), 4:15 p.m.

Third place - Losers 1-2, 8:15 p.m.

- Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986, covering Bureau County and IL Valley Sports. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a regular contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals Magazine. He is a member of the IBCA and Illinois Valley Hall of Fames. He is one of 4 sportswriters from his tiny hometown Atlanta, IL