Yorkville junior Abby Pool, who scored a game-high 18 points with a buzzer-beating game-winner in a 55-53 win over Plainfield Central and also scored a team-high 13 points in a 59-40 win over Romeoville, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week as voted on by readers. Here is her interview with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Carion Hale led three Plano players in double figures with 13 point in a close win at LaSalle-Peru, plus results from Sandwich and Yorkville Christian boys basketball and Plano girls basketball in Wednesday's roundup.

Anna Johnson and Oswego savor their first win of the season – and some postgame pizza, plus how Yorkville executed a perfect buzzer-beater against Plainfield Central in Joshua Welge's girls basketball notes.

Yorkville junior Abby Pool, who scored a game-high 18 points with a buzzer-beating game-winner in a 55-53 win over Plainfield Central and also scored a team-high 13 points in a 59-40 win over Romeoville, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week as voted on by readers. Here is her interview with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Carion Hale led three Plano players in double figures with 13 point in a close win at LaSalle-Peru, plus results from Sandwich and Yorkville Christian boys basketball and Plano girls basketball in Wednesday's roundup.

Anna Johnson and Oswego savor their first win of the season – and some postgame pizza, plus how Yorkville executed a perfect buzzer-beater against Plainfield Central in Joshua Welge's girls basketball notes.

Yorkville, like many teams, has had a somewhat disjointed season with multiple girls missing time due to COVID. But the Foxes responded to adversity with their best game of the season Tuesday in a win over Romeoville. That, Plano's record-setting day in its Christmas tournament finale and Newark gets No. 2 seed in Little Ten Conference Tournament in Joshua Welge's girls basketball notebook.

Sophomore Gwyneth O'Connell hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer in overtime, as Newark rallied from 14 points down to beat Indian Creek 48-47 in a Little Ten Conference thriller in Shabbona.

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The Newark girls basketball team traveled to Shabbona Thursday evening to take on the Timberwolves of Indian Creek.