In the spring of 2021, during the heart of the coronavirus pandemic, Braylen Meredith was a tall but willowy prospect fighting for minutes on Wheaton Warrenville South’s boys varsity team.

Tommy Diamond was waiting for his moment.

Wheaton Warrenville South held off a late comeback attempt to defeat the Huskies of Naperville North 45-30 and claim the Class 4A West Chicago regional crown.

Wheaton Warrenvile South, which wrapped up its third consecutive DuKane Conference championship by beating Lake Park last Friday, sealed the outright title with its 46-28 win over Glenbard North in Wednesday’s regular season finale in Wheaton

Braylen Meredith saved his “A” game for winning time on Friday night.

Batavia hit 9 3-pointers in Wednesday’s home game against Wheaton Warrenville South.

The Wheaton Warrenville South boys basketball team was facing another crosstown battle Friday night with Wheaton North on the Tigers’ home court.

St. Charles East basketball coach Patrick Woods often tells his team a certain quote — “the road to success is on the same road as failure — it’s just a little further down.”

Extra incentive wasn’t needed for Wheaton Warrenville South Friday.

Wheaton Warrenville South senior forward Braylen Meredith picked a good time to produce one of his best games of the season.

The Wheaton Warrenville South basketball machine chugged into Batavia Saturday for the second varsity contest of the Jim and Sylvia Roberts Night of Hoops.

Sometimes it just takes a small segment of time for a basketball team to win a game.

Wheaton Warrenville South senior Colin Moore had his hands full late in Saturday’s game against Lake Park.

With the holiday tournament season in the rearview mirror, the Neuqua Valley boys basketball heads into the second half of the season armed with momentum.

As Mike Healy’s Wheaton Warrenville South squad made their way into the locker room at halftime trailing archival Wheaton North by nine points inside of a standing-room only crowd at Neibch Gym Friday, he approached his unit with a straight forward response on what his team’s strengths were that could allow them to work its way back into the contest.

Even if Luca Carbonaro’s shot isn’t falling, his presence on the floor late in basketball games perhaps says more about his evolving overall impact beyond offense.

Wheaton Warrenville South may have graduated the majority of its core from last season’s team that reached a sectional final, but the overall makeup and identity of what made that team so lethal has clearly not changed one year later.

Morning walk throughs can make a difference between a win and a loss.

Rolling Meadows, Benet and Wheaton Warrenville South are the top three teams in the Daily Herald’s boys basketball preseason Top 20.

Here’s a look at what to expect this winter for the DuKane Conference boys basketball teams.

Scores of friends and family members on Sunday will continue celebrating the life of a 2019 Wheaton Warrenville South High School graduate and star athlete who died in a fall while at college.