Presenting the 2019-20 Daily Herald Lake County All-Area Boys Basketball Team

Anthony Sayles scored a game-high 16 points, and top-seeded Notre Dame defeated Vernon Hills 56-30 to win the Class 3A North Chicago regional championship on Friday night.

Donovan Carter had an historic night and so did Wauconda’s basketball team. The second-seeded Bulldogs defeated No. 10 Belvidere 52-22 in a semifinal of the Class 3A Belvidere North regional on Tuesday, as Carter broke the school’s all-time single-season scoring record of 581 set in 1997 by John Lindsay.

Daniel Rogers scored 10 points, and Grayslake Central’s boys basketball team defeated host Grant 45-33 in Northern Lake County Conference action on Tuesday night to wrap up regular-season play.

Tony Hines scored 25 points, Dominic Jankowski added 22, and Grayslake North’s boys basketball team rallied in the second half to beat host Woodstock 75-62 in a nonconference matinee on Saturday.

Grayslake Central defeated Antioch in a boys basketball game Friday night.

By the end of Nick Pierre’s freshman season on Round Lake’s varsity basketball team two years ago, the Panthers barely had enough players to have a bench. They had few players on their roster and even fewer wins. None, to be exact. Tuesday night, Pierre hit the go-ahead 3-pointer and host Round Lake won its 19th game this season, 51-46 over Grayslake Central.

Ethan Boelens scored 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the arc and blocked a potential, game-tying shot in the closing seconds, as Grayslake Central’s boys basketball team spoiled Lake Zurich’s Senior Night by pulling out a 49-44 win on Saturday.

Wauconda defeated Grayslake Central in a boys basketball game Friday night.

Palaitne defeated Grayslake Central in a boys basketball game Saturday night.

Grayslake Central’s boys basketball team defeated visiting Lakes 47-42 on Friday night to retain its share of first place in the Northern Lake County Conference.

Freshman guard Dominic Jankowski poured in a season-high 30 points, and Grayslake North’s boys basketball team upset visiting Grayslake Central 47-39 on Tuesday night.

Grayslake Central defeated Grant in a boys basketball game Friday night.

Grant Hardy scored a game-high 12 points, and Grayslake Central’s boys basketball team defeated host Antioch 49-32 on Tuesday night to take over sole possession of first place in trhe Northern Lake County Conference.

Grayslake Central defeated Round Lake in a boys basketball game Friday night.

Grant Hardy scored 15 points, and Grayslake Central’s boys basketball team defeated host Crystal Lake Central 45-30 in a nonconference game Tuesday night for its fourth win in a row.

Grant Hardy scored a game-high 18 points, and Grayslake Central’s boys basketball team handed host Wauconda its first Northern Lake County Conference loss, 53-43 on Thursday night. The Rams held Bulldogs leading scorer Donovan Carter to 8 points.

Dillan Dumanlang scored 23 points, including all 4 of his team’s points in overtime, and Grayslake Central’s boys basketball team edged visiting North Chicago 51-49 in a Northern Lake County Conference matinee on Saturday.

One night after losing to Lake Zurich, Round Lake’s boys basketball team got back on the winning track with a 61-51 win over visiting Richmond-Burton.

Mundelein’s boys basketball team is headed to the championship game of Collinsville’s 36th annual Prairie Farms Holiday Classic. The Mustangs needed overtime Saturday night to keep their perfect season intact, as they outlasted Lincoln 61-50 to improve to 13-0 and 3-0 in the tournament.

Trey Baker scored 17 points, Scottie Ebube had a double-double, and Mundelein’s boys basketball team opened the 36th annual Collinsville Holiday Classic by beating Granite City 53-36 on Friday morning.

Grayslake Central’s 6-foot-7 Grant Hardy had a season-high 19 points and 14 rebounds, and the Rams beat Marian Central 59-43 Thursday for their second win in a row in Jacobs’ Hinkle Holiday Classic.

Garrison Carter had a season-high 15 points and 9 rebounds, and Wauconda’s boys basketball team beat Woodstock North 62-46 om Monday night to advance to the semifinals of Marengo’s E.C. Nichols tournament.

Deveauntay McNeal scored a career-high 31 points, and Round Lake’s boys basktball team opened the 70th annual Marengo E.C. Nichols tournament Saturday night with a 73-64 win over Freeport.

His grandfather did it often on Lake County basketball courts. On Saturday, it was Jake Sanders’ turn to help lead his team to victory. The Lakes junior guard made 6-of-6 free throws in the final minutes, as the Eagles held off visiting Grayslake Central 36-30 for their first Northern Lake County Conference win of the season.

Amarion Coleman had 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Grayslake Central’s boys basketball team pulled out a 51-49 win over visiting Grayslake North on Saturday night for Brian Centella’s first win as head coach of his alma mater.

Jack Bikus scored 18 points to pace four players in double figures, and Mundelein’s boys basketball team remained undefeated with a 66-33 win over visiting North Chicago in nonconference action Wednesday night.

Grayslake Central’s boys basketball team came out firing 3-pointers. The Rams wanted to get Brian Centella his first victory as a head coach, and it looked early on during Saturday night’s game against Zion-Benton that it might happen. Grayslake Central couldn’t sustain its hot shooting, however, losing 73-64 in overtime in the Bison Thanksgiving Classic at Buffalo Grove.

Mundelein junior guard Trey Baker scored all of his game-high 18 points (four 3-pointers) in the second half, and the Mustangs improved to 3-0 in their own Thanksgiving tournament by beating Deerfield 56-46 on Wednesday night.

Freshman guard Dominic Jankowski scored 23 points to lead Grayslake North’s boys basketball team to its first win of the season, 80-48 over host Johnsburg in the Johnsburg/Richmond-Burton Thanksgiving tournament on Tuesday night.

Buffalo Grove defeated Grayslake Central in boys basketball action Monday night.

Scouting boys basketball in Lake County for the 2019-20 season

Long before his high school alma mater named him its new head boys basketball coach, Brian Centella envisioned it. Once a star basketball player for Grayslake Community, the 32-year-old was recently named Kosta Kougias’ successor at Grayslake Central.