Junior High Boys Basketball: Dwight closes out IVC Sweep with Win over Elwood

With a 49-27 win over Elwood on Tuesday night, the Dwight Junior High 8th grade boys basketball team completed a regular season sweep of the Illinois Valley Conference.

Junior High Boys Basketball: Dwight tops Bishop Mac after running IVC Table

After spending the past week running the table in their Illinois Valley Conference schedule, the Dwight Redbird 8th grade boys basketball team hosted Bishop Mac on Monday night, and came away with a 43-41 victory.

Junior High Girls Basketball: St. George heading to State, Tri-Point Run falls Short

Continuing their unbeaten run through the 2018 season, the St. George 8th Grade Lady Raiders defeated Markham Obama, 46-32 on Wednesday night to capture the Championship of the Lockport Taft Class 8-2A Sectional.

Junior High Girls Basketball: Tri-Point topples Top-seed Cissna Park to capture Regional Championship

The Tri-Point 8th Grade girls basketball team entered last week’s Crescent City Regional as the No. 3 seed, despite being undefeated against every team in the tournament field.

But the Lady Chargers used the decision as motivation, and after easily disposing of No. 6 seed St. Anne, clipped No. 2 seed and host Crescent City 24-20 to set up a championship showdown with No. 1 seed Cissna Park.

Junior High Girls Basketball: St. George 8th Grade stays Unbeaten, captures Regional Crown

The St. George Junior High 8th Grade Girls Basketball team topped Grant Park on Tuesday, 26-12 then went on to beat Ford Heights Cottage Grove, 44-33 on Thursday to capture the Ford Heights Cottage Grove Regional Championship.

Junior High Girls Basketball: Dwight finishes season with loss to Putnam

The Dwight Junior High 8th Grade Lady Redbirds closed out their season Tuesday night with a tough loss to McNabb Putnam County 15-14 in opening round Regional action at Gardner Gymnasium.

Junior High Girls Basketball: Dwight tops Odell in Season Finale, set for Regional

The Dwight Lady Redbird 8th Grade Basketball team closed the book on their 2018 regular season schedule last week with a 20-13 win over Odell.

Junior High Girls Basketball: Dwight splits 8th Grade Night Contests

The Dwight Lady Redbirds rounded out their home schedule with a split against visiting Morris Saratoga during Tuesday night action, with the 7th grade squad topping the Braves 22-13, while the 8th graders dropped the finale 27-18.