Playing on its homecourt for one final time, Larkin’s seniors were not going to be denied Friday night.

Huntley forward Adam Guazzo had snatched, grabbed and wrestled away 13 rebounds in the first three quarters against Dundee-Crown Tuesday night.The Chargers, as a team, had eight at that point.

Dundee-Crown’s players took to heart their coaches’ urges at halftime to play harder.

Barrington’s Tyler Groom talked about how important it was to get a win Saturday night versus Dundee-Crown on Senior Night. Groom was one of the starting five against the visiting Chargers and he, along with classmates Christian Katris, Jack Trent, William Dowell and Gavin Tepas, led Barrington to a 46-32 nonconference boys basketball victory.

Burlington Central moved to 20-3 overall and a perfect 11-0 in the Fox Valley Conference with a hard-fought 47-38 victory over Dundee-Crown in league play in Carpentersville Tuesday night.

Dundee-Crown finished the game with a 10-0 run, defeating Cary-Grove 44-40 in a Fox Valley Conference boys basketball game Wednesday night.

The Royals were ranked ninth in the most recent Associated Press Class 4A poll and eighth by one of the Chicago daily newspapers. Deryn Carter’s group was 16-1 overall and 7-0 in Upstate Eight play after wins against Elgin and East Aurora.Of note in those two conference games, Larkin broke the all-time record for largest margin of victory in the Larkin-Elgin crosstown series. Carter also believes the Royals are off to the best start in school history, as well as the owners of the most consecutive wins in a single season in school history.

Offensive rebounding, balanced scoring, unselfishness, smothering defense.You get the picture.Dundee-Crown dominated in every facet of the game in cruising past District 300 rival Jacobs 56-26 in Fox Valley Conference action in Carpentersville Friday night.

Dundee-Crown coach Lance Huber normally might have cringed at senior guard Gabe Rivera firing away from behind the 3-point arc with a seven-point lead and 2:00 remaining in the game.But as hot as Rivera was on Wednesday night, Huber didn’t even mind. Rivera was the Chargers’ closer, scoring 14 of their last 16 points.

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Things have been trending upward and then some for the Huntley boys basketball team this season. Coach Will Benson’s squad was 8-1 overall to start the week and 4-0 in Fox Valley Conference play. That lone loss was a 1-point setback to Batavia on a last-second drained 3-pointer.

Jason Huber’s father, Lance Huber, just happens to be the head coach at Dundee-Crown, and Jason is a starting guard for the Chargers. And they couldn’t be happier.

Short-handed Burlington Central, with great defensive intensity and balanced scoring, throttled visiting Dundee-Crown 53-33 in Fox Valley Conference action in Burlington Friday night.

Crystal Lake South would have liked to hit a few more free throws to make things a little less dramatic at the end against Dundee-Crown. But the Gators took heart in two things they did well, sharing the ball and defending, which helped them get past D-C, 61-58, in their Fox Valley Conference boys basketball game Wednesday night.

Here’s a look at the boys basketball season in the Fox Valley