Wheaton Warenville South will play Glenbard West for the Class 4A sectional title on Friday afer the Tigers downed Benet 46-39 in Wednesday’s semifinals.

Benet jumped all over Glenbard North at the opening of Friday’s Class 4A Batavia regional final as well as at the start of the second half.

This time the deficit was too much for Benet to overcome.A night after rallying for an overtime victory, the Redwings got off to a poor start and never caught up, falling to host Marian Catholic 55-46 in the East Suburban Catholic Conference championship game on Saturday night in Chicago Heights.

In a world where self-promotion on social media platforms is rife, the Wheaton Warrenville South boys basketball team is a little different. In the words of coach Mike Healy, his squad is “pre-Twitter days.”

Brady Kunka’s primal scream fell on deaf ears late in the third quarter of Friday’s emotional East Suburban Catholic Conference boys basketball game against Nazareth.

PONTIAC — Benet picked the wrong moment for Noah Shannon to break out of his two-day slump.A New Trier forward, Shannon scored all 15 of his points after the intermission to lead the Trevians to a 53-42 victory over Benet in the third-place game Thursday night at the Pontiac Holiday Tournament.The Redwings (8-3) were knocked into the major-consolation final after falling to Curie by the identical score in the second semifinal.

PONTIAC — There would be no second slipper for Joliet West Wednesday night.One day after stunning fourth-seeded Bloom at the iconic Pontiac Holiday Tournament, Benet had no interest in allowing the upstart Tigers’ boys basketball team a second consecutive upset.The Redwings were uncharitable on defense and ran their half-court sets on offense with precision to cruise into the semifinals with a 66-37 victory.

Getting off to a slow start was a bad omen for host Carmel Catholic when the Corsairs faced Benet Academy Friday night in East Suburban Catholic Conference boys basketball action. The visiting Redwings stormed ahead to a 13-0 lead right out of the gates as Benet’s Brady Kunka scored the first 7 points of the contest. Carmel did make a third-quarter surge to pull to within 7 points,.But that would be as close as the Corsairs would get as Benet (6-1, 2-0) pulled away the rest of the way for a convincing 52-34 victory.

Playing a game for the first time in over a week, Benet got pushed to the limit by a resilient Montini team at the CCL/ESCC Conference Challenge Saturday. But a strong third quarter provided just enough cushion for the Redwings to escape with a 55-50 win at Marist High School.

Here’s a look at the boys basketball season in the East Suburban Catholic