Braden Huff remembers being a grade-schooler and pretending he was on the Glenbard West varsity basketball team and winning championships.

York’s Adam Hardek did his best work in the first quarter on Wednesday.Senior teammate Drew Kircher saved his best work for the fourth quarter.

This is not what Nick Hesch was expecting his senior year to be for the York boys basketball team.

George Wolkow was a household name in baseball before he enrolled at Downers Grove North. Wolkow became a must-see player when he committed to play baseball for South Carolina in eighth grade. He committed to South Carolina on June, 16, 2020, right at the end of his eighth-grade year.

With a crowded gym and cross-town rivals visiting Friday, York senior guard Drew Kircher did everything he could to make sure the host Dukes prevailed against IC Catholic Prep.

York was in need of senior leadership after losing 6-foot-6 senior center Nick Hesch to a torn ACL in the second game of the season. The Dukes may have found one in guard Tieran Casey. On the day Hesch underwent successful knee surgery, the 5-11 Casey racked up 10 points, a game-high five steals, four rebounds and two assists to spark York to a 55-25 victory over host Downers Grove South on Tuesday.

The first player off the bench, some will say is critical to the success of a boys basketball team. For York High School, sophomore A.J. Levine fulfilled that role Saturday afternoon at the Ed Molitor Thanksgiving Tournament at Palatine High School. Levine came off the bench to score 7 of his 11 points in a crucial fourth quarter in the Dukes’ 55-53 over the host Pirates for third place.

York used its trapping defense and its depth to pull away from Elk Grove 70-41 Wednesday in the second round of the Ed Molitor Thanksgiving Classic at Palatine.