Basketball

The Tigers’ run this year marks Princeton’s 60th anniversary of its NCAA Tournament berth in which Bill Howard of Princeton, Ill. was a team member.

Jeremy Fears Jr. is a 6-foot-2, 182-pound senior guard for the Joliet West varsity basketball team

Zane Britton, 10, of Princeton played for the Peoria Wildcats during the IHSA Wheelchair State Tournament in Champaign Saturday.

New Trier defeated Downers Grove North 53-34 in the Class 4A state third place game on Friday, March 10, 2023 at the State Farm Center in Champaign.

Moline defeated Downers Grove North 50-36 in the IHSA Class 4A boys basketball semifinals on Friday, March 10, 2023 at the State Farm Center in Champaign. Downers Grove North will play New Trier for the third place game.

New Trier and Benet Academy face off in the semifinal Friday, March 10, 2023 in Champaign. Benet Academy took the game 64-49 and will play for the state title on Saturday.

Get caught up on news, sports and features in the Sauk Valley from the week of Feb 26 to March 4, 2023.

Downers Grove North defeated Kenwood in the Class 4A UIC Supersectional in Chicago on Monday, March 6, 2023.

Benet defeated Rockford Auburn in the Class 4A NIU Supersectional in DeKalb on Monday, March 6, 2023.

Metamora defeated Marmion Academy 60-48 in the Class 3A Super-Sectional on Monday, March 6, 2023 at Ottawa High School.

Benet girls basketball faced O'Fallon in the Class 4A state championship at CEFCU Arena in Normal on Saturday, March 4, 2023.

Nazareth girls basketball defeated Lincoln for the Class 3A state championship at CEFCU Arena in Normal on Saturday, March 4, 2023.

Benet defeated Geneva in the Class 4A Bartlett Sectional on Friday, March 3, 2023.

Geneva defeated Hersey 72-61 to win the Class 4A third place game on Friday, March 3, 2023 at CEFCU Arena in Normal.

Burlington Central faces Marmion in a IHSA Class 3A Sectional boys basketball championship game Friday, March 3, 2023, at Central High School in Burlington.