Boys Basketball

ESPN on Monday releases a revised projection for the 2025 NBA Draft, now forecasting Joliet native Jeremiah Fears as a top-five selection

Wheaton North's volleyball team won a three-set thriller over Prospect to take the Fremd Invite title on Saturday.

Benet senior guard Blake Fagbemi, who helped lead the Redwings to the first state championship in school history in March, announced on Wednesday that he will continue his playing career at Illinois.

Peyton Wyatt, previously the associate head coach of the Elmhurst University men’s basketball team, has been named the new head boys basketball coach at Timothy Christian.

Jimmy Roberts was already a longtime teacher and basketball coach at Algonquin's Jacobs High School when he decided to take on a new role, as girls flag football coach for the newly formed team.

Lincoln-Way East's Rich Kolimas taught English and coached the boys basketball team for 23 years. Now, he's putting away the playbook while leaving the door open for future opportunities in the classroom

After leading the Putnam County girls basketball program for 10 years, Jared Sale is taking over the PC boys program.

Eastland's Adam Awender was named MVP of the boys game after scoring 33 points at the Jim Shaw All-Star Classic on Sunday. Morrison's Camryn Veltrop scored 20 points in the girls game.

Seneca High School on Monday announced the hiring of Nathaniel Meiss as the Fighting Irish's next head varsity boys basketball coach.

Luke Yaklich was the head coach at Joliet West from 2007-2013 before heading to the collegiate level. After four years as the head coach at UIC, Yaklich is now returning to the high school level as the coach for Lincoln-Way East.

Four Times-area girls basketball coaches, including Ottawa High School's Brent Moore and Seneca High School's Josh Myers, were recently recognized as Illinois Basketball Coaches Association District 12 Coaches of the Year.

Former Forreston standout athlete Robert DeVries was recently named the Cardinals' next boys basketball coach. DeVries is a 2015 graduate who helped the basketball and football teams earn state trophies.

Five area basketball coaches were named IBCA Coaches of the Year, including Rock Falls' Zach Sandrock and Eastland's Tyler Zumdahl. Sterling's Taylor Jackson, Dixon's Luke Ravlin and Amboy's Mike McCracken were recognized on the girls' side.

The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association announced its Coaches of the Year Thursday, including 12 local junior high, high school and college coaches.

Davion Thompson was the Herald-News Boys Basketball Player of the Year this season. Now, he's leaving Bolingbrook for a top basketball academy out of Branson, Missouri, Link Academy.

The York boys water polo team took second place at New Trier at the 27th annual Best of the West boys water polo tournament.

Lincoln-Way East High School announced late Friday morning the hiring of former University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) head men's basketball coach Luke Yaklich as the next head coach of the Griffins.

Christian Laettner, who led Duke to national championships in 1991 and 1992 and went on to a 13-year NBA career, will be hosting a basketball skills camp on Saturday at Yorkville Christian High School.

Seneca head boys basketball coach Russ Witte announced late last week he'll be retiring from coaching to spend more time with his family.

Area basketball players compete in the boys’s game of McHenry County Area All-Star Basketball Extravaganza on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at Alden-Hebron’s Tigard Gymnasium in Hebron.

Longtime Seneca head boys basketball coach Russ Witte announced Thursday he'll be retiring from coaching after recording 284 wins at Seneca and over 300 in his career.

Colin Baikie moved from the back row to the front row and led Lincoln-Way West with seven kills in a 25-18, 25-19 win over Providence Catholic.

Dixon's Darius Harrington, Rock Falls' Kuitim Heald, and Eastland's Adam Awender and Parker Krogman all were named to the Illinois Media All-State boys basketball team in their respective classes this week.

Lemont junior Gabe Sularski, who led his team to a sectional final in his first year at the school, was named Class 3A First Team All-State by Illinois Media in voting released this week.

Yorkville Christian junior guard Jayden Riley was named Class 1A First Team All-State by Illinois Media in voting released this week.

Bradley-Bourbonnais senior Nick Allen and Kankakee junior Lincoln Williams made the Illinois Media All-State first teams in their respective classes while four players earned honorable mention.

West Aurora boys volleyball defeated Naperville North 19-25, 25-22, 15-12 to claim the title of West Aurora's own invitational Saturday.

Jeremiah Fears was a star for Joliet West before transferring out of state his senior year. After one year at Oklahoma, he now projects as the number seven prospect in the draft, according to ESPN. On Wednesday he declared his intentions to enter the draft.

DeAndre McCamey, assistant boys basketball coach at Montini for the past four seasons and a former player and assistant coach at St. Joseph under legendary coach Gene Pingatore, has been named the new head coach at Montini.

Led by Player of the Year Hudson Kirby, here is the 2024-2025 Kane County Chronicle boys basketball team.

Geneva senior Hudson Kirby, who helped the Vikings to a 29-5 record, including going undefeated during conference play since 1963, and averaged 16 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists per game, is the 2024-2025 Kane County Chronicle Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

A look at the best boys basketball players in the NewsTribune area for the 2024-25 season.

Noah LaPorte was destined for stardom in basketball the moment he picked it up. He went from an understudy role as a sophomore starter on Princeton’s 2022-23 No. 1-ranked sectional finalist to the leading role on two more Sweet 16 teams.

Honoring 25 of the area's best high school boys basketball players as selected by The Times Sports staff, here is the 2024-25 Times All-Area Boys Basketball Team.

Seneca senior Paxton Giertz is the 2024-25 Times Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

Bradley-Bourbonnais senior Nick Allen and Kankakee junior Lincoln Williams are the 2024-25 Daily Journal Boys Basketball Players of the Year.

The Daily Journal 2024-25 All-Area boys basketball team.

Here is the 2024-2025 Herald-News boys basketball All-Area team.

Here are the players that made the Daily Chronicle 2025 Boys Basketball All-Area Team

A connector of winning: Daily Chronicle Player of the Year Sean Reynolds a part of 99 wins during his DeKalb career.

Bolingbrook sophomore Davion Thompson has already scored 1,000 career points, led the Raiders on a pair of deep postseason runs, and is considered a top-30 recruit in the nation for his class.

Owen Freeman, the 2022 Daily Journal Boys Basketball Player of the Year, transferred from Iowa to Creighton Wednesday, as first reported by On3 Sports.

Meet the 2025 Northwest Herald All-Area boys basketball team.

After leading McHenry to its first Fox Valley Conference championship and first conference title since 1976, Corky Card has been named the 2025 Northwest Herald Boys Basketball Coach of the Year.

Crystal Lake South senior point guard AJ Demirov is the Northwest Herald Boys Basketball Player of the Year for the second season in a row. He averaged 18.5 points and 4.6 assists per game in leading the Gators to a Class 3A sectional final.

Dixon's Darius Harrington, Rock Falls' Kuitim Heald and Eastland's Adam Awender, Parker Krogman and Peyton Spears were named to the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association all-state team in their respective classes.

Here is the Suburban Life All-Area boys basketball team.

Hinsdale Central senior and South Dakota State commit Vincas Buzelis, who led the Red Devils to a 29-4 record that included a 25-game winning streak and a share of the West Suburban Silver title, is the Suburban Life Player of the Year.

Here is the 2024-2025 Record Newspapers all-area boys basketball team.

Yorkville Christian junior guard Jayden Riley, who led the Mustangs to 21 wins, the championship game of the Plano Christmas Class for the first time, and a regional final, and averaged 23 points, 8.5 assists and 4.5 rebounds, is the Record Newspapers Player of the Year.