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Champions crowned at holiday tournaments

Some familiar faces captured championships Saturday.

Fremd won its second straight Wheeling Hardwood Classic in dominant fashion, beating Deerfield 58-36.

Waubonsie Valley made it three in a row at the Bill Neibch Holiday Classic at Wheaton North.

Here’s a look at all the action from Saturday.

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Fremd dominates Deerfield to win Wheeling crown
Dec 27, 2025 10:56 pm - Fremd’s Jordan Williams is a conventional basketball player playing in unconventional times. In a day and age where the three-point basket is king, Williams loves to drive the hoop in search of a layup and possible a three-point play. Williams had a
 
 

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Waubonsie Valley wins third straight Neibch title
Dec 27, 2025 10:08 pm - At this point, some might say Waubonsie Valley needs to find a tougher holiday tournament than the Bill Neibch Holiday Classic at Wheaton North. But there’s more to it than simply playing in the tournament named for the father of Waubonsie Valley ath
 
 

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Abushanab, Glenbard West rise past Yorkville into second round of Tosh Holiday Classic
Dec 26, 2025 8:54 pm - Josh Abushanab tried a dunk Friday that required a lot of athleticism, and a little attitude. As Glenbard West’s 6-foot-5 senior raced into the lane, a Yorkville player stood in his path. Hardly bothered, Abushanab soared over him to try an emphatic
 
 

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Tierney’s go-ahead buzzer beater lifts Benet past Fremd at Montini Christmas Tournament
Dec 26, 2025 10:46 pm - Benet forward Lucy Tierney knew she didn’t have much time. The 6-foot sophomore had just made a steal near her own foul line in the waning moments of the third quarter. She could hear her teammates counting down the seconds. “I was just like, ‘I migh
 
 

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Benet comes out on fire, beats Naperville North to win Hinkle Classic
Dec 26, 2025 10:29 pm - Benet made 7 of its first 8 shots including 3 of 3 from 3-point range and led 17-5 with 2:22 left in the first quarter in the Hinkle Holiday Classic hosted by Jacobs High School Friday night. Game over. Jayden Wright connected on a pair of 3s and Edv
 
 

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Waubonsie Valley routs Hinsdale Central to reach Neibch title game
Dec 26, 2025 10:33 pm - Waubonsie Valley girls basketball coach Brett Love likes to break down Wheaton North’s Bill Neibch Holiday Classic into four parts. “Our first game — we called it the regionals,” Love said of his team’s 92-16 victory over Elk Grove on Dec. 22. “Then,
 
 

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Hersey heads back to Elgin, takes second to Waukegan
Dec 27, 2025 10:22 pm - After having appeared at the Pekin Holiday Tournament over parts of six different decades dating back to 1979, Hersey decided to change its winter break slate for the first time since 1992 as it made the trek to Elgin's Holiday Hoops fest. "We respe
 
 

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Benet dominates Marist to win Montini tourney
Dec 27, 2025 10:51 pm - Benet senior Emma Briggs can do a lot of things well, but she was particularly focused on one skill against Marist on Saturday night. “We scouted them, and we knew that they boxed out pretty well,” Briggs said. “They are a good rebounding team. “They
 
 

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Deerfield’s half-court buzzer-beater stuns Stevenson; Fremd also advances to Hardwood Classic title game
Dec 26, 2025 11:07 pm - Deerfield’s Charlie Yellen stole an inbounds pass with 3.3 seconds left and then followed with a shot from just past half court to lift the Warriors to a 52-49 win over Stevenson. That play helped Deerfield move into the finals of the 46th annual Whe
 
 

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Glenbard West captures first Fox River crown
Dec 27, 2025 10:53 pm - Trailing St. Ignatius by a point at halftime, Glenbard West didn’t do anything radically different in the second half, but the results were a lot better. The Hilltoppers ratcheted up the defensive intensity a bit, but mostly their shots started to fa
 
 

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Frank ices Lake Park’s victory over Barrington
Dec 26, 2025 3:36 pm - Frankly speaking, a girl named Maggie helped Lake Park secure its victory in its opening-round game at the 42nd annual Komaromy Classic at Dundee-Crown High School on Friday. Maggie Frank converted 6-of-6 free throws in the game's final 1:02 to seal
 
 

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Balanganayi dominates again, leads Palatine past Wheaton North into Tosh quarterfinals
Dec 27, 2025 8:06 pm - When Palatine made its run to the state quarterfinals two years ago, it was the emergence of then sophomore Tony Balanganayi at the Jack Tosh tournament as one of the factors. On Saturday, in the second round of the Tosh Tournament at York High Schoo
 
 

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Berggren, Batavia edge York in opener at Tosh tourney
Dec 26, 2025 11:28 pm - Batavia senior Brett Berggren is accustomed to making game-changing plays in football. As a wide receiver, the 6-foot-2, 185-pounder broke Batavia’s all-time receiving record with 2,113 yards, capping his storied career with 61 catches for 1,000 yard
 
 

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Cocroft, Kaneland overwhelm Timothy Christian with pressure, roll into Plano semifinals
Dec 27, 2025 7:36 pm - As the two-time defending champions of the Plano Christmas Classic, Kaneland knows it has a big target on its back again this holiday season. Timothy Christian had its eyes set on that target during Saturday’s second round game against the Knights, b
 
 
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