Meet the Fox Valley All-Area Boys Basketball Team.

The Jacobs boys basketball team would prefer not to wait another eight years. The host Golden Eagles ended an eight-year drought in 2016 by winning the 16-team Hinkle Holiday Classic for the first time since 2008.

Rhett Espe had a team-high 11 points Friday night as the Kaneland boys basketball team held on to beat Sycamore 36-35 in a Northern Illinois Big XII East game.

Ben Versluys scored 24 points in the Westminster Christian boys basketball team’s win over Faith Lutheran on Monday.

Kyle Cerzak hit for 21 points Saturday to lead the Aurora Central Catholic boys basketball team to a 65-48 win over Joliet Catholic in the final round of the Burney Wilkie Classic at Aurora Christian.

Larkin’s boys basketball team couldn’t recover from a big halftime deficit Saturday and fell to Rockford Jefferson 69-58 at the Tip-Off Classic in Rockford.

Zach Schutta scored 21 points and Patrick Mayfield added 14 as the Burlington Central boys basketball team defeated Rochelle 65-41 Friday night to advance to the championship game of the Strombom Thanksgiving Tournament at Sycamore.

St. Edward’s boys basketball team defeated Elgin Academy 60-24 Wednesday at the Westminster Christian tournament.

Previewing the 2017-18 boys basketball season in the Fox Valley