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Benet advances to state title game
Benet’s Edvardas Stasys (23) is mobbed by teammates at the end of the game against DePaul College Prep at the IHSA Class 4A boys basketball state semifinal Friday in Champaign. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Benet advances to state title game

Benet found a way to survive and advance in the Class 4A semifinal Friday in Champaign.

Tied at 38 with DePaul Prep, Benet senior Colin Stack hit a free throw with 1.1 seconds left to send the Redwings to the title game.

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Stack’s last-second free throw sends Benet past DePaul Prep back into Class 4A title game
Mar 13, 2026 9:03 pm - Colin Stack and Benet had plenty of time to ponder their final possession during five timeouts in the final seconds Friday. But then it was just him and the rim. Benet’s 7-foot-1 senior had one free throw to send his team to the state championship ga
 
 
Benet faces rival Marist tonight as it tries to win its second straight state title.

Marist raced out to a 17-point lead against York in its semifinal and never looked back, winning 55-38. The Dukes ended up in fourth after falling to DePaul Prep 56-46 in the third-place game.

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: York loses Class 4A semifinal to Marist, still savors 1st state trip in 59 years
Mar 13, 2026 8:00 pm - York’s boys basketball team made its first state tournament appearance in 59 years on Friday. The community came out. Fans, many of them students, filled Champaign’s State Farm Center wearing bright York green. Alternating with fans in Marist red, it
 
 
In Class 3A, Deerfield upset undefeated Kaneland 49-48 in overtime.

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Deerfield ends Kaneland’s undefeated run in overtime in Class 3A semifinal upset
Mar 13, 2026 2:24 pm - CHAMPAIGN — Tommy Donahue drained a 3-pointer and Deerfield opened up a 14-point lead on Kaneland with 5:14 left in the third quarter of a Class 3A state semifinal. The Knights wouldn’t let the Warriors score for almost eight more minutes, allowing K
 
 
Kaneland came back later in the day to beat Leo 35-32 to finish third.

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Kaneland bounces back to take third place at Class 3A state tournament
Mar 13, 2026 10:31 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Just a few hours after a one-point overtime loss that dashed its hopes for a state title, the Kaneland boys basketball team was back at the State Farm Center playing in the Class 3A third-place game. It was a much different atmosphere th
 
 
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