The Geneva boys basketball team’s home opener scheduled for Friday against St. Charles North was postponed on Thursday due to the ongoing teachers strike in Geneva District 304.

St. Charles East won a thriller at home against their DuKane Conference rival Wheaton North Friday night.

Nate Ortiz had the ball in his hands at the right time for St. Charles East Tuesday.

Mitch Mascari is highly regarded for his long-range shooting. However, Geneva’s 6-foot-5 senior guard may have even outdone himself Friday night.

Fox Valley boys basketball statistics

Records can be deceiving. Take the St. Charles East boys basketball team, for example.

Glenbard West’s Evan Taylor is this week’s Daily Herald boys basketball MVP.

The St. Charles East boys basketball team seems to have extricated itself from the kind of rut in which Wheaton Warrenville South now finds itself stuck.

St. Charles East senior Cody Mitchell said a collective fire in the belly ignited a 67-55 victory over red-hot West Aurora at the 26th Annual Jim & Sylvia Roberts Night of Hoops at Batavia on Saturday.

So far, so good. Geneva (19-1, 6-1) finished the first half of the inaugural DuKane Conference boys basketball season tied for the top spot with Wheaton North (13-7, 6-1).

Glenbard West defeated St. Charles East in a nonconference boys basketball game.

Life in the DuKane Conference has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster for local basketball teams, and Saturday night was no different in St. Charles.

Cover high school sports for a living and you get the same question from the barber, from the dental hygienist, from the kid bagging groceries.

Following a 6th-place finish at the always competitive Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic, St. Charles East’s basketball team began the 2019 portion of its schedule with a much-needed 65-59 DuKane Conference victory over Batavia Saturday night in St. Charles.

The picture within the game appeared to favor St. Charles East.

Mark Musial hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 20 seconds left, as St. Charles East’s boys basketball team beat Stevenson 51-48 in first-round play of the Hinsdale Central Holiday Classic on Wednesday.

St. Charles East’s Luke Matheny looked forward to playing in his first varsity basketball cross-town clash against St. Charles North Friday night.

The boys basketball holiday tournament season starts with a flurry this weekend and hits with the full force of a winter storm the day after Christmas.

Catching up with Fox Valley area alums playing in college

Geneva’s girls basketball team knows the importance of getting off to a good start.

Whenever Geneva forward Kross Garth gets in foul trouble, he relies on his past to help his way through it.

Wheaton Warrenville South defeated St. Charles East in a DuKane Conference boys basketball game.

Nate Ortiz led St. Charles East with 23 points in a 68-51 nonconference home win over Streamwood on Tuesday, but the senior took far more pride in his defense.

It may have been a bit choppy at times but St. Charles East’s basketball team began life in its new DuKane Conference with a 59-41 victory over Glenbard North Friday night in St. Charles.

Benet held St. Charles East scoreless for the first six-plus minutes of the fourth quarter to secure a 77-60 victory.

Nearly 24 hours after suffering its first loss of the season in turnover-prone fashion against Proviso East, St. Charles East’s basketball team made up for it in a big way Saturday night.

The positives may have outweighed the negatives during St. Charles East’s third-round matchup with Proviso East in the Saints’ 60th annual Ron Johnson Thanksgiving Basketball Tournament.

It was admittedly a little rough around the edges at times but St. Charles East opened its 60th annual Ron Johnson Thanksgiving Basketball Tournament with a victory Monday night.