Ryan Paradise, a Northern Illinois graduate who played basketball there and was Marmion basketball coach before running his Basketball Paradise program in the Fox Valley area, has been hired as Yorkville Christian’s athletic director.

Brian Johnson, who previously coached for eight seasons at West Aurora and for six at Kaneland, has been hired as the next boys basketball coach at Oswego East.

Yorkville Christian senior guard Jayden Riley was named to the Illinois Media Class 2A All-State First Team in voting released on Sunday. Oswego East senior Mason Lockett earned Honorable Mention in Class 4A.

Aaron Sovern, who has been at Yorkville Christian for 13 years, started the boys basketball program there in the 2014-2015 school year and coached the Mustangs to the 2022 Class 1A state championship, is stepping down as coach and athletic director to move to Arizona.

Yorkville Christian senior guard and SIU-Edwardsville commit Jayden Riley, who became the second player in program history to score 2,000 career points and led the Mustangs to 23 wins, regional title and sectional final, is the Record Newspapers Player of the Year.

Here is the 2025-2026 Record Newspapers All-Area boys basketball team.

Oswego East boys basketball coach Ryan Velasquez, who posted a 198-71 record with three regional championships and one sectional title over nine seasons, has resigned as head coach. "This was a family decision."

Johnsburg senior Jayce Schmitt and Woodstock junior Max Beard were named co-Kishwaukee River Conference Player of the Year. Check out the full All-KRC boys basketball team here, as selected by coaches.

Bishop McNamara roared to a comeback 69-56 overtime victory against Yorkville Christian in the IHSA Class 2A Seneca Sectional championship on Friday, March 6, 2026. See photos from the game.

Bishop McNamara pulled off an improbable comeback win in Friday's IHSA Class 2A Seneca Sectional championship against Yorkville Christian, outscoring the Mustangs 37-10 down the stretch to erase a 14-point deficit and win 69-56 in overtime.

Yorkville senior Gabe Sanders, who had 18 points and nine rebounds in the Foxes' regional final win over Downers Grove South for the program's first regional title in 21 years, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

Jayden Riley hit a tie-breaking jumper with 46 seconds left and four free throws in the final minute to cap a 28-point night, sending Yorkville Christian past Pontiac 50-44 in the Class 2A Seneca Sectional semifinal.

Here are Gary Duncan's photos from the Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional semifinal between Benet and Yorkville.

Colin Stack had dunks for the first two baskets of Tuesday's game, and it set the tone in No. 1-ranked Benet's dominating 67-30 win over 13th-seeded Yorkville in the Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional semifinal.

Senior guard Gabe Sanders scored nine of his team-high 18 points in the first quarter, and 13th-seeded Yorkville – the lowest seed remaining in Class 4A – never trailed after the game's first point in beating Downers Grove South 57-40 for its first regional title in 21 years.

Here are Gary Duncan's photos from the Class 4A Naperville North Regional final between Yorkville and Downers Grove South.

Neuqua Valley star sophomore scored 20 of his 36 points in the second half as the Wildcats pulled away from an eight-point halftime lead to beat Oswego East 80-51 in the Class 4A Neuqua Valley Regional final, the Wildcats avenging their only loss of the season.

It took Hinckley-Big Rock's boys basketball team two quarters before finding its groove in Friday’s Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Regional championship against Parkview Christian, an eventual 66-50 Royals victory.