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Ready to roll in the IHSA basketball playoffs
Hersey's Logan Luxem, right, looks to get around Fremd’s Jordan Williams during Friday’s game in Arlington Heights. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Ready to roll in the IHSA basketball playoffs

The IHSA girls basketball playoffs are underway and the boys aren’t far behind.

This edition of the Daily Herald prep sports newsletter looks at that and more, including the final regular-season boys basketball top 20 and the latest football recruiting column from “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran.

Boys basketball top 20

Boys badminton

Boys basketball Top 20
Feb 16, 2026 6:54 am - Records through Feb. 15 Team Comment 1. Benet 28-1 No. 1 seed at 4A Bolingbrook sectional 2. Warren 27-2 No. 1 seed at 4A Hononegah sectional 3. Neuqua Valley 28-1 No. 2 seed at 4A Bolingbrook sectional 4. Kaneland 28-0 No. 1 seed at 3A Wood
 
 

‘Edgy’ Tim on football recruiting

Prep football

‘Edgy’ Tim: Glenbard West pair commit to NU, ICCP’s Bowen drawing more attention
Feb 15, 2026 3:17 pm - Glenbard West junior tight end Brady Johnson (6-foot-3, 220 pounds) recently gave the Northwestern Wildcats his verbal commitment. “The overall combination of academic and athletics at Northwestern is just too much to pass up,” Johnson said. “I alrea
 
 

Geneva holds off Kaneland

Girls basketball

Girls basketball: Popp’s late jumper pushes Geneva past Kaneland
Feb 16, 2026 10:50 pm - Geneva only made one field goal in the fourth quarter, but it was a big one. After Kaneland erased a 10-point deficit in the final seven minutes, the Vikings had an inbounds play with 4.8 seconds to go. Linnea Popp found herself open, Kendall Parsons
 
 

Waubonsie Valley falls at Kankakee

Boys basketball

Boys basketball: Kankakee stays unbeaten at home with win over Waubonsie Valley
Feb 16, 2026 10:40 pm - Kankakee’s boys basketball program has seen quite a few senior classes leave a lasting impact over what’s now an eight-year streak of 20-win seasons, excluding the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season. And perhaps none of them, or any other class of Kays,
 
 
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