The Seneca boys basketball team used a pair of key 3-pointers by senior Braden Ellis, solid second-half defense in a 42-31 triumph over visiting Wilmington on Saturday.

The Lincoln-Way West wrestlers captured the title at the Class 3A Plainfield North Regional; Lemont finished as state runner-up in Medium Team cheerleading

Sycamore freshman Cooper Bode got revenge (again), Caden Grabowski won a thriller for Kaneland, and the Spartans won the team title Saturday at the 2A Burlington Central Regional.

Entering Friday on a six-game losing streak and having trouble closing out games all season, the Sycamore boys basketball team led wire-to-wire for a 59-33 win against Morris.

Lincoln-Way West's Ava Gugliuzza scored 21 points – and became the fifth player in state history surpass 400 career 3-pointers – during a 59- 29 victory over Bradley-Bourbonnais. Read and about that and more local results in Thursday's roundup.

A roundup of high school sports in the Herald-News area for Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023

The Coal City boys basketball team jumped on Streator early and often, built a 19-point lead midway into the third quarter and eventually held off the hosts' late rally for a 65-57 Illinois Central Eight Conference triumph at Pops Dale Gymnasium on Tuesday night.

Paxton Giertz scored 26 points for Seneca during a triple-overtime, nonconference boys basketball victory over Beecher, plus more from around the Herald-News area.

It wasn't always pretty but the Serena girls basketball team clinched a share of the Little Ten Conference title with a win over Newark on Monday.