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Second half of season begins with a bang
Hersey’s Ethan Gries gets a rebound against Barrington in a boys basketball game in Barrington on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Second half of season begins with a bang

Hersey’s boys basketball team survived a scare from Barrington Thursday night to maintain its lead in a tight MSL West race, just part of a busy week for area teams back in action after their holiday tournaments.

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Boys basketball: Hersey holds off Barrington to maintain MSL West lead
Jan 08, 2026 9:42 pm - Logan Luxem made sure that Hersey would not get the “L.” Luxem, who is a senior, scored all seven points during a late fourth quarter run to help push the Huskies past Barrington 58-51 Thursday in Barrington. The win kept Hersey (14-1, 4-0) alone ato
 
 
Fremd and Palatine kept pace.

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Boys basketball: Williams scores 22, helps Fremd outlast Rolling Meadows
Jan 08, 2026 10:00 pm - Jordan Williams led the way with 22 points and Fremd defeated a pesky Rolling Meadows squad 48-41 in Palatine on Thursday evening. The Vikings (14-1, 3-1) pulled away late, but it was far from easy in this rematch of last season’s IHSA Class 4A secti
 
 

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Boys basketball: Palatine pulls away from Prospect
Jan 08, 2026 9:30 pm - After enduring a tough one-point loss to Morton in Saturday's series of games between the Mid-Suburban League and West Suburban Conference, Prospect got back to work in trying to get themselves headed in the right direction. For that to happen, howev
 
 

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Waubonsie Valley stayed unbeaten while Fremd and Prospect played a classic down to the wire.

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Girls basketball: Thompson’s late 3-pointer lifts Fremd past Prospect
Jan 06, 2026 10:17 pm - With its 2-1 record in the Mid-Suburban League East, Fremd girls basketball team came to Mt. Prospect on Tuesday night looking to break the division's first-place tie between Hersey and Prospect (who were 3-0). And it was Greta Thompson breaking a 42
 
 
In case you missed any of the highlights from the holiday tournaments, Craig Brueske, Mike Miazga and Dick Quagliano have you covered with their weekly basketball notebooks.

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Girls basketball notes: St. Edward joins list of holiday champions
Jan 07, 2026 7:54 am - The list of holiday tournament championship winners included several area powers — Benet Academy, Naperville Central, Waubonsie Valley, Glenbard West, and St. Edward. At Lisle, St. Edward repeated as holiday tournament champions in resounding fashion
 
 
Kevin Schmit looks ahead toward what promises to be a 2026 year filled with change in the IHSA.

And speaking of change, the hockey finals in March will now be played in Rosemont.

Finally, here’s your chance to vote for the Daily Herald December Athlete of the Month … and win free pizza.

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Daily Herald Athlete of the Month nominees for December
Jan 05, 2026 10:44 am - Presenting the nominees for the Daily Herald Athlete of the Month Award for December. Please vote for whom you believe is most deserving of the award. Cook County — Torey Baskin, Hoffman Estates, boys basketball Baskin scored 27 points in the Ha
 
 
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