A handful of area basketball coaches were names to the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Coach of the Year lists, released Monday.

Kyle Anderson, who led Newark to the 2011 Class 1A state title and is the school's all-time leading scorer, has been hired as the Norsemen's new head coach.

The Interstate Eight Conference, behind La Salle-Peru's Johnny Riva's 30 points on 10 3s and Ottawa's Braiden Miller's double-double, defeated the Little Ten Conference, 129-103, at 38th Leland Lions Club Shootout on Saturday night at Indian Creek High School in Shabbona.