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Marquette avenged a 30-point loss from earlier in the season to beat Dwight 65-56 for the Class 1A Amboy Regional title. It is the Crusaders' first regional title since 2012.
Minooka falls to Moline 57-49 in the Class 4A Minooka Regional championship game on Thursday night.

In similar fashion to last month's matchup at Kankakee, Morris stormed ahead late to top the Kays on Tuesday, this time in the semifinals of the IHSA Class 3A Metamora Regional.

Madelyn Kiper scored 19 points, Sadie Webb had 14, and Minooka cruised to a regional girls basketball semifinal victory over Joliet West on Tuesday evening.

Bishop McNamara clamped down on defense early in Monday's IHSA Class 2A Bishop McNamara Regional semifinal win over Reed-Custer, going on to beat the Comets 60-36.

For the third consecutive time Wilmington's Keeley Walsh stepped to the free throw line with a chance to win her team the game in the waning seconds and for the third straight time she delivered as the Wildcats captured a 47-46 win over Seneca at the Seneca Class 2A Regional.

Bishop McNamara defeated Reed-Custer 60-36 in the IHSA Class 2A Bishop McNamara Regional semifinals on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. The Fightin' Irish advance to Thursday's regional championship to face Joliet Catholic, which earned a 72-28 victory over Beecher.

Morris played L-P on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026 in Sellette Gymnasium at L-P High School.

The Seneca girls basketball stayed hot with a 69-39 Tri-County Conference and senior night triumph over rival Marquette in Seneca on Thursday night. The Fighting Irish have now won three straight and six of last eight.

Wilmington came out on top of a back-and-forth Illinois Central Eight Conference battle with Herscher at home on Thursday, beating the Tigers 52-50.

Despite trailing by 16 points in the second quarter, Morris came back for a 56-48 win over Kankakee on Tuesday, its second straight road victory over a team with more than twice as many wins.

Morris came back for a 56-48 win over Kankakee on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026.

Photos: St. Bede girls basketball defeated Dwight in the Tri County Conference Tournament semifinals
St. Bede defeated Dwight 57-46 during the Tri County Conference Tournament semifinals on Monday, Jan. 20, 2026 at Dwight High School. The Lady Bruins will play Mildand in the title game on Thursday at 8p.m. Check out photos from the game by MaKade Rios.

The No. 3-seeded St. Bede girls basketball team used a game-changing 13-0 run in the fourth quarter on the way to a 57-46 triumph over host and No. 2-seeded Dwight in Monday's semifinal of the Tri-County Conference Tournament.

Ottawa fended off a late rally to collect a 44-41 victory over Morris on Saturday.

Minooka's Madelyn Kiper, Providence's Landrie Callahan and Lincoln-Way East coach Jim Nair all reached career milestones

Seeds and schedules are set for the 2026 Tri-County Conference Girls Basketball Tournament, hosted by Dwight High School.
Morris whittled an 18-point Sycamore lead down to seven, but a trio of 3-pointers from Sadie Lang and Quinn Carrier secured a 65-52 win for the Spartans in an Interstate 8 battle Tuesday night.