In its run to a sectional final, the DeKalb boys basketball team shot lights out from long range to dispatch St. Charles North and Rockford Auburn.Larkin keyed in on the Barbs’ 3-point shooters on Friday in the Class 4A Huntley sectional championship, stymying the Barbs in a 70-56 win.

Tyler Westberg turned to the crowd and held his pointer finger to his mouth, as if to shush it.Westberg, DeKalb’s senior guard, had just made his fifth consecutive 3-pointer of the third quarter. It was one snapshot of the blistering 3-point shooting the Barbs showcased Friday on their way to a 74-57 win over St. Charles North in the Class 4A Hampshire regional final.

The DeKalb boys basketball team helped overcome a shaky third quarter offensively with a standout one on the defensive side, holding Hampshire to seven points en route to a 52-37 win in a Class 4A Hampshire semifinal on Wednesday.“When you do that, we’re good enough normally to get 10-15 points a quarter, so if we can do that we can stretch the lead,” DeKalb coach Mike Reynolds said. “I thought our guys stayed engaged defensively.”

The Barbs are kings of the DuPage Valley Conference for the third straight year.DeKalb battled down the stretch to take down Neuqua Valley, 54-48, for the outright conference championship. The Barbs were already guaranteed a piece of the championship.

With a 60-46 win over Naperville Central on Friday, the DeKalb boys basketball team bounced back from a tough loss in its last game and avenged a loss to the Redhawks from last month.

Down as much as 13 in the first half and struggling defensively against Metea Valley, Lance McVicar and the DeKalb boys basketball team turned things around in the second half.

The DeKalb boys basketball team battled down the stretch to take down Wheaton North 50-40 in the third-place game of the Burlington Central MLK Tournament.The Barbs twice looked like they were going to blow the game open in the second half, but the Falcons kept scraping back into the game.

Huntley starters Ben Ahmer and Adam Guazz were sitting on the bench together in foul trouble during Wednesday’s semifinal game against DeKalb in the 92nd Annual Chuck Dayton Holiday Classic at DeKalb.While that could’ve spelled doom for the Red Raiders, it proved once again that this team’s talent runs deep, as the Red Raiders didn’t seem to miss a beat rolling past DeKalb, 65-45.

Freshman Sean Reynolds sank a pair of free throws with 5.8 seconds left and DeKalb survived a defensive battle with Waubonsie Valley on Friday night, winning the DuPage Valley Conference game in DeKalb 45-41.