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Regional finals night for boys basketball

Survive and advance is the name of the game this time of the year.

Palatine rallied late to beat Barrington for the third time this season to win a regional title.

Down 11 in the fourth quarter, Stevenson stormed back to beat Buffalo Grove in the Hoffman Estates regional final.

Libertyville put a scare into Warren, but the Blue Devils claimed another regional title at home.

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Palatine squeaks by Barrington in regional final
Feb 27, 2026 10:32 pm - You had to hand it to Darrin Dick on Friday night. The Palatine senior guard dealt with a pair of banged-up hands for most of the Pirates’ 44-42 defeat of Mid-Suburban League West foe Barrington in the Class 4A Palatine boys basketball regional final
 
 

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Boys basketball: Stevenson denies upset-minded Buffalo Grove for regional title
Feb 27, 2026 9:43 pm - Will Benson brought his Stevenson squad back to Hoffman Estates Friday evening as it sought the program's seventh straight Class 4A regional title. In order to do so, it needed to get past an opponent only a 15-minute drive south of its campus--Buff
 
 

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Boys baseketball: Warren wins another regional trophy
Feb 27, 2026 10:12 pm - After losing to perennial power Warren by 17 and 33 points in their first two meetings, the Libertyville boys basketball team was facing an uphill struggle when they faced the host Blue Devils for the Class 4A regional championship Friday night. The
 
 

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Boys basketball: Hersey starts fast in regional win over Meadows
Feb 27, 2026 9:33 pm - After a pair of close games with Rolling Meadows earlier this year, Hersey wanted to make sure they started quickly against the Mustangs. The Huskies did just that and never let up as Hersey blew past Meadows 62-36 Friday in the Class 4A regional fin
 
 

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Boys basketball: Benet rides dominant first half past West Aurora to regional title
Feb 27, 2026 9:57 pm - Two down. Three more to go for Benet. The Redwings, the defending Class 4A state champions, are right on course for another run to the State Farm Center in Champaign. After winning the East Suburban Catholic Conference regular season title, the Redwi
 
 

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Boys basketball: Glenbard East has reason to celebrate while looking for more
Feb 27, 2026 9:20 pm - Glenbard East coach Eric Kelly knows what it’s like to start from the bottom, as do seniors Michael Nee and Danny Snyder, who were varsity freshmen on Kelly’s first team that won nine games. Three years later, the Rams are celebrating their second st
 
 

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Determined Kelly, Neuqua Valley get payback for earlier loss
Feb 27, 2026 10:35 pm - Not this time. Not in my house. That was what was going through the head of Neuqua Valley star Cole Kelly and his teammates Friday night as they geared up to play an Oswego East team that handed the Wildcats its only loss early this season. In the Cl
 
 

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Boys basketball: Third time is just charming for York in regional final victory over Glenbard West
Feb 27, 2026 9:33 pm - Apparently, York hasn’t heard the adage that it’s tough to beat the same team three times in one season. The Dukes, which had already earned two wins over Glenbard West in West Suburban Silver play, used a crushing defensive effort to score a 49-33 r
 
 

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Boys basketball: Showman, Showers lead Wheaton Warrenville South to regional title win over Batavia
Feb 27, 2026 10:42 pm - It was no secret that David Showman was feeling it. After hitting his fourth 3-pointer of the night in the third quarter to give Wheaton Warrenville South a double-digit lead over Batavia in the Class 4A regional final at Willowbrook, the junior went
 
 

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Boys basketball: St. Francis ends Joliet Catholic’s season in regional final
Feb 27, 2026 11:27 pm - No one could be truly disappointed after Friday night’s Class 3A Joliet Catholic regional championship boys basketball game. Sure, the host Hilltoppers were disappointed by the 58-54 St. Francis victory that ended Joliet Catholic’s season. But no one
 
 

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Boys basketball: Wauconda cruises past Vernon Hills for 3A regional title
Feb 27, 2026 10:21 pm - Wauconda kept Vernon Hills off guard. Literally. The Bulldogs guard duo of Alex Ortega and Leo Brinias combined for 41 points, 9 assists and 5 steals to lead Wauconda to a 57-36 win over Vernon Hills in the title game of the 3A Wauconda Regional Frid
 
 

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Boys basketball: No. 13 seed Yorkville stays alive with upset of Downers Grove South
Feb 27, 2026 11:02 pm - Gabe Sanders dribbled out the final seconds of Friday’s game, flung the ball high and joined a scrum of Yorkville teammates and student fans at midcourt. Thirteenth-seeded Yorkville is the lowest seed remaining in the entire Class 4A bracket. The Fox
 
 
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