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Basketball and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County

January 7, 2026 by Chicago Tribune

High school and local college results and highlights from the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County coverage areas.

Email Daily Southtown results to southtownsports@gmail.com, Beacon-News, Courier-News and Naperville Sun results to tribwestsports@gmail.com and News-Sun results to newssunsports@gmail.com.

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS

HIGH SCHOOLS

BOYS BASKETBALL

Cary-Grove 67, Burlington Central 38

Burlington Central (6-7, 3-2 Fox Valley): Patrick Magan 14 points.

Crete-Monee 55, Joliet Central 40

Crystal Lake South 71, Hampshire 48

Hampshire (3-13, 0-6 Fox Valley): Sean Roth 10 points.

Eisenhower 74, Horizon Science 31

Eisenhower (3-10): Boogie Moore 18 points. Logan Costa 18 points.

Grayslake Central 61, Antioch 39

Grayslake Central (10-5, 4-0 Northern Lake County): Carson Woods 19 points.

Antioch (3-12, 0-4): Chance Parsons 14 points.

Grayslake North 67, Round Lake 55

Grayslake North (7-8, 1-3 Northern Lake County): Uros Mitrovic 25 points. Jared Van Donselaar 20 points.

Huntley 46, Dundee-Crown 42

Kaneland 74, Winnebago 54

Lakes 66, North Chicago 51

Lakes (7-7, 2-2 Northern Lake County): Ben Newcomb 28 points. Carter Martin 20 points.

McHenry 66, Jacobs 56

Minooka 52, East Aurora 46

Wauconda 79, Grant 49

Wauconda (9-5, 4-0 Northern Lake County): Alex Ortega 24 points, 7 steals. Leo Brinias 19 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds.

Grant (6-6, 2-1): Demarrion Smith 18 points.

Woodland 69, Somonauk 52

Somonauk (5-11): Landin Stillwell 17 points.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Amboy 49, Somonauk 44

Batavia 28, Wheaton North 27

Batavia (5-13, 2-3 DuKane): Ali Thomas 11 points.

Benet 51, Marian Catholic 35

Benet (14-1, 4-0 ESCC): Macy Menendez 12 points. Emma Briggs 11 points.

Marian (7-11, 0-4): Ty Jackson 12 points.

Hillcrest 65, Southland Prep 39

Lake Zurich 60, Zion-Benton 10

Libertyville 77, Waukegan 29

Libertyville (13-3, 6-0 North Suburban): Lily Fisher 17 points. Addie Casey 16 points.

Marist 51, St. Viator 37

Mundelein 56, Warren 35

Mundelein (13-6, 5-1 North Suburban): Casey Vyverman 16 points, 11 rebounds.

Nazareth 46, Carmel 23

Oak Forest 43, Manteno 40

Oak Forest (12-6): Kynzie Oliver 15 points. Maddie Martinez 15 points.

St. Charles North 43, Wheaton Warrenville South 30

St. Charles North (12-3, 4-1 DuKane): Sydney Johnson 21 points.

Stevenson 39, Lake Forest 32

Yorkville Christian 38, Plano 30

TUESDAY’S RESULTS

HIGH SCHOOLS

BOYS BASKETBALL

Andrew 82, Bradley-Bourbonnais 68

Andrew (7-10, 1-5 SWSC): Ryan Dinnon 28 points, 10 rebounds. Malik Mahmoud 20 points.

Aurora Central Catholic 83, Marengo 81 (2 OT)

ACC (8-8): Braden Dillon 18 points. Nick Czerak 17 points.

Batavia 75, Wheaton North 42

Bloom 53, Crete-Monee 38

Bloom (9-6, 2-1 Southland): Troy Garner 20 points, 10 rebounds, 5 blocks. Keiwon Gulley 15 points, 7 steals.

Cary-Grove 62, Carmel 35

De La Salle 59, Marmion 57

De La Salle (6-11): Remi Edwards 9 points, 10 rebounds; GW basket with 19.1 seconds remaining.

Marmion (9-5): Ali Tharwani 19 points, 6 rebounds.

Fenger 66, Yorkville Christian 53

Gardner-South Wilmington 48, Illinois Lutheran 33

Genoa-Kingston 73, Hinckley-Big Rock 72

Hinckley-Big Rock (9-5): Luke Badal 26 points.

Glenbard North 53, Geneva 48

Glenbard South 63, Bartlett 40

Glenbrook North 59, Deerfield 51

Harvest-Westminster 51, Hiawatha 41

Highland Park 72, Maine West 43

Highland Park (4-11, 1-3 Central Suburban North): Gray Kanter 27 points.

Homewood-Flossmoor 51, Sandburg 47

Indian Creek 47, Wilmington 45

Indian Creek (11-3): Parker Murry 17 points.

Kankakee 53, Thornwood 44

Thornwood (12-5, 1-3 Southland): Lester Watson 12 points.

King 61, Richards 45

Lake Park 58, St. Charles East 41

Lake Zurich 47, Zion-Benton 29

Larkin 64, Streamwood 44

Lincoln-Way West 57, Lincoln-Way East 50

Lincoln-Way West (8-8, 2-3 SWSC): Drake Been 25 points.

Lockport 67, Stagg 49

Metea Valley 60, Naperville Central 52

Metea (7-7, 1-3 DuPage Valley): Collin Booker 19 points. Tre Watkins 15 points.

Momence 60, Beecher 50

Beecher (3-11, 3-3 River Valley): Wences Baumgartner 14 points, 7 rebounds.

Naperville North 46, Waubonsie Valley 41

Naperville North (14-3, 4-0 DuPage Valley): Max Steele 13 points. Carson Loughlin 12 points.

Waubonsie (8-6, 2-2): Kris Mporokoso 20 points. Kyler Payne 19 points.

Neuqua Valley 67, DeKalb 37

Niles North 64, Vernon Hills 47

Vernon Hills (11-5, 3-1 Central Suburban North): Jeremy Zamost 12 points.

Oswego 58, Plainfield South 44

Oswego (9-7, 3-3 Southwest Prairie West): Ethan Vahl 25 points, 7 rebounds.

Oswego East 64, Joliet Central 45

Providence 57, Nazareth 53

Providence (5-12): Eli Phillips 16 points.

Rich Township 73, Thornridge 56

Rich Township (9-6, 3-0 Southland): T.J. Eaton 25 points, 3 steals.

St. Laurence 68, Hancock 30

St. Laurence (15-2): Logan Brown 12 points.

St. Rita 85, Parker 61

St. Rita (7-10): Angelo Adams 22 points.

South Elgin 59, East Aurora 49

Southland Prep 82, Universal 42

Stevenson 55, Lake Forest 47

Stevenson (11-3, 3-1 North Suburban): Donny Williams 28 points, 5 rebounds. Rocco Pagliocca 18 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Lake Forest (5-11, 0-4): Dominic Mordini 24 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals.

T.F. South 63, Highland (Ind.) 49

Warren 66, Mundelein 30

Warren (12-1, 3-0 North Suburban): Jaxson Davis 20 points. Joel Paasch 12 points.

Waukegan 68, Libertyville 55

Waukegan (12-4, 2-1 North Suburban): Trey Roberts 19 points. Rico Love 18 points.

Libertyville (8-5, 3-1): Bryce Wegrzyn 25 points, 12 rebounds.

West Aurora 83, Elgin 33

West Aurora (8-8, 4-1 Upstate Eight West): Travis Brown 30 points.

Wheaton Warrenville South 49, St. Charles North 31

Yorkville 64, Plainfield East 60

Yorkville (7-7, 4-2 Southwest Prairie West): Joey Jakstys 19 points. Braydon Porter 16 points.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Andrew 71, Bradley-Bourbonnais 45

Andrew (9-6, 4-3 SWSC): Ana Cisek 18 points. Nawal Kaleel 13 points.

Antioch 53, Lakes 39

Antioch (7-11, 4-2 North Suburban): Heidi Rathmann 28 points.

Cary-Grove 42, Burlington Central 35

De La Salle 53, Argo 51

Argo (13-5): Zanarhia Lawrence 17 points, 8 rebounds.

Evergreen Park 56, Ag. Science 23

Evergreen (12-4): Tatum Harris 16 points.

Glenbard West 59, Metea Valley 26

Glenbrook North 59, Deerfield 42

Grayslake Central 49, Grant 39

Grayslake Central (8-7, 5-0 Northern Lake County): Peyton Hoffmann 25 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks. Addison Thomas 17 points.

Grayslake North 71, West Chicago 26

Hampshire 41, Crystal Lake South 30

Hampshire (9-9, 4-2 Fox Valley): Mikala Amegasse 18 points.

Highland Park 57, Maine West 48

Homewood-Flossmoor 58, Sandburg 29

Huntley 53, Dundee-Crown 23

Jacobs 52, McHenry 26

Kaneland 53, Plano 22

Lincoln-Way West 47, Lincoln-Way East 33

Lockport 57, Stagg 43

Lockport (15-5, 6-1 SWSC): Katie Peetz 18 points, 5 rebounds. Evelyn Ingram 14 points, 7 rebounds.

Mendota 69, Indian Creek 46

Indian Creek (4-8): Bethany Odle 13 points.

Morton 51, Richards 33

Mother McAuley 50, Lincoln-Way Central 34

McAuley (13-3): Taji Alexa 18 points. Quinn Arundel 11 points.

Oak Lawn 53, Tinley Park 24

Oak Lawn (12-5, 2-1 SSC Red): Liv Perry 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals. Bianca Fleitas 14 points, 6 steals, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Oswego 45, Plainfield South 44

Oswego East 77, Joliet Central 66

Oswego East (8-6, 5-1 Southwest Prairie West): Desiree Merritt 26 points. Aubrey Lamberti 20 points.

Parkview Christian 56, Chicago Christian 43

Providence 69, T.F. North 58

Reavis 59, Thornwood 44

Reavis (9-4): Delyana Arocho 23 points.

Rockford Lutheran 64, Aurora Central Catholic 51

Shepard 51, Proviso East 42

Shepard (6-7): Jessica Manley 20 points.

South Elgin 66, East Aurora 27

Streamwood 52, Larkin 45

Vernon Hills 41, Niles North 36

Vernon Hills (14-4, 5-0 Central Suburban North): Keira Thomas 20 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals.

Wauconda 49, Round Lake 19

Wauconda (14-0, 5-0 Northern Lake County): Sophie Giles 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals.

West Aurora 67, Elgin 20

Yorkville 56, Plainfield East 21

Yorkville (9-6, 4-2 Southwest Prairie West): Macie Jones 18 points.

Compiled by Josh Krockey.

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