Fremd boys basketball coach Bob Widlowski attributed his Vikings’ fast start on Friday night to sharing the basketball. “When we do that, good things happen,” said the veteran of 20 seasons at Fremd, which defeated Hersey 60-27 in the Class 4A Hersey boys basketball regional final.

With a strong performance from start to finish, No. 14-seed and host Hersey put itself in a position to pull off a huge upset over No. 4 Palatine in a Class 4A boys basketball regional semifinal contest Wednesday night in Arlington Heights. In the end, Hersey held off a late rally by the Pirates to capture an exciting 53-51 victory.

Camden Lathos and Conant put Hersey into their clamps Tuesday. Lathos, who is a sophomore, scored 17 points, all in the first half, to lead the Cougars to a 45-23 Mid-Suburban League boys basketball crossover win on Senior Night in Hoffman Estates.

Buffalo Grove’s boys basketball team has begun to put together a string of solid performances as of late, winning its third-straight contest and fifth in the last seven as it pulled out a 60-57 victory at archival Hersey Friday nigh

Brett Kersemeier and Hersey were charged up Monday.

Like father, like son. Tony Lavorato Jr., who is the head boys basketball coach at Maine South, joined his father, Tony Lavorato Sr. in the 400-win club on January 15 when the Hawks beat Perspectives from the Chicago Public League.

When Mike Obsuszt became head basketball coach at Barrington in 1996, he wondered where all the school basketball records were. Obsuszt put thought to paper the past two years and produced a book that was recently released called “The Unofficial History of Barrington High School Boys’ Basketball”.

After a 2020 Christmas basketball season where teams were all given coal in their stockings, the presents were back in 2021 thanks to the return of holiday basketball tournaments.

There will be an extra gift under boys high school basketball fans trees this Christmas. After holiday tournaments were cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19, they return this season, so there will be plenty of bouncing basketballs all over the state.

St. Viator’s Eli Aldana knows the importance of playing well against crosstown-rival Hersey.“I told our guys to stay present in the moment,” Aldana said. “Everyone loves playing our crosstown rival. Everyone loves playing in those types of games. I just wanted to make sure that everyone stayed composed and we did that.”Aladana was more computed than anyone. The junior drilled 6 three-pointers and helped Viator rally for a 55-50 win at Hersey in Arlington Heights on Tuesday.

Jackson Hupp delivered a left hook to the jaw of Wheeling Friday night in Arlington Heights. The freshman’s shot turned out to be a knockout punch as the ball dropped through the hoop as time expired to lift the Huskies to 50-49 Mid-Suburban East boys basketball win over the Wildcats.

Thanksgiving is just over a week ago. But there are still some delicious leftovers from the boys basketball holiday tournaments.

Simply put, Stevenson had just about everything working for it Wednesday night at the Palatine Ed Molitor Thanksgiving Classic. Hersey, on the other hand, couldn’t get anything going. The Patriots earned a 61-29 boys basketball win over the Huskies, and it didn’t hurt that they steamrolled out to a 9-0 lead just a couple of minutes after tipoff.

Here’s a look at the boys basketball season in the Mid-Suburban East

Every team would love to open their season like Palatine did Tuesday night. Playing in the Ed Molitor Thanksgiving Classic in Palatine, the Pirates’ boys basketball team came out firing on both ends. With their offense drilling 3-pointers and the defense nearly impenetrable, Palatine rattled off 32 consecutive points and then cruised to a 57-29 win.