The Benet, Kaneland and York boys basketball teams traveled to Champaign this weekend to represent their schools in the IHSA state championships.

Marist shut out Benet in the entire second quarter, and for nearly the first seven minutes of the fourth quarter, denying the Redwings' bid for a repeat title with a 44-28 win in the Class 4A final for the RedHawks' first state championship.

Benet lost to Marist in the IHSA Class 4A boys basketball state championship game Saturday night in the State Farm Center at the University of Illinois in Champaign.

Jackson Rennick made a deal with York teammate Costa Kampas that he'd get his hair bleached with black spots if the Dukes won conference. 'It kind of brought us luck.' York's magical ride culminated Friday with a fourth-place finish in Class 4A and the program's first trophy.

Colin Stack's free throw with 1.1 second left lifted Benet past DePaul Prep 39-38 in Friday's Class 4A semifinal in Champaign. The Redwings will play East Suburban Catholic Conference rival Marist – in the last year of the league – in a bid for a repeat title Saturday night.

York lost its Class 4A semifinal to Marist 55-38 on Friday, as eight first-quarter turnovers contributed to an early 21-4 deficit, but the Dukes were still savoring the program's first state appearance in 59 years. 'This is what we dream for.'

Here are Brian Hill's photos from the Class 4A state semifinal between Benet and DePaul Prep in the State Farm Center at the University of Illinois in Champaign.

York fell to Marist Friday afternoon in the IHSA Class 4A state championship semifinal game in the State Farm Center at the University of Illinois in Champaign.

Ethan MacDermot arrived in Illinois from Australia just nine months ago to chase his basketball dreamd. Now the 6-foot-3 Benet guard and the defending Class 4A champion Redwings are playing in a Class 4A state semifinal Friday against three-time defending champion DePaul Prep.