Royals win! HBR - 72 Serena - 68 OT Tons of respect to Serena and Coach Twait on a heck of a battle! Couldn’t be more proud of the fight in this group. Had a lead, lost it, battled back and did what we needed to do! 25-8. Regional Champs!!

🏀 1A Sectional Pairings 🏀

Luke has done a great job for us all season! Very proud of the hard work he’s put in and the growth he has made!

🔵⚪️🔵⚪️🔵 Game Day! #2. Royals (25-8) vs #1. Idaho Crown (18-4) Sectional Semifinal Somonauk High School 7 PM NFHS Network Ticket info below Royals fans let’s turn this conference gym into a home court! 🔵⚪️🔵⚪️🔵

The Hinckley-Big Rock boys basketball team took on Ida Crown Wednesday night in a Class 1A section game at Somonauk High School. | Click the image to read our story shawlocal.com/gallery/2025/0…

Royals win! HBR - 72 Ida Crown - 52 Ledbetter - 32 points Hintzsche - 19 points Badal - 12 points 26-8. Back to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1998! Sectional Championship Friday night bs Aurora Christian at 7 pm at Somonauk!

Martin Ledbetter scored 32 points after being held to two in the first quarter, and Hinckley-Big Rock erased a 10-point deficit in a 72-52 win over Ida Crown on Wednesday in a Class 1A Somonauk Sectional semifinal. | Click the image to read our story shawlocal.com/daily-chronicl…

Martin Ledbetter scored 32 points after being held to two in the first quarter, and Hinckley-Big Rock erased a 10-point deficit in a 72-52 win over Ida Crown on Wednesday in a Class 1A Somonauk Sectional semifinal. | Click the image to read our story shawlocal.com/daily-chronicl…

Some top showings from the Sectional semis

🔵⚪️🔵🔵 Game Day! #2. Royals vs #5. Aurora Christian 7 PM Somonauk High School Streaming: NFHS Network Tickets: gofan.co/event/3233845 Sectional Championship! Excited for another opportunity for this group to compete. Should be a great atmosphere in a great gym! 🔵⚪️🔵⚪️🔵

HBR - 54 Aurora Christian- 57 Season comes to in end. Hard battle back and forth, had the lead with 3 minutes to go but Aurora Christian continued to make plays. Great group of guys! Extremely grateful for our three seniors, Martin, Timmy, and Max! 26-9. Sweet Sixteen.

We're looking forward to welcoming seniors from all parts of the state this Saturday to our second annual Rep Your Region Senior Games. Get your tickets below! eventbrite.com/e/illinois-hoo…

Max and Martin will play in the Illinois Hoop Prospects all star game this Saturday at Waubonsee Communtiy College at 3:30! A very deserving honor for two great players. See the following tweets for their accomplishments this year! eventbrite.com/e/illinois-hoo…

Max Hintzsche Season - 595 points (17.0 pg), 152 rebounds (4.3 pg), 100 assists (2.9 pg), 79 made 3’s (34.4%) Career - 881 points, 223 rebounds, 183 assists, 133 career made 3’s (34.4%) Unanimous Little 10 All Conference! And one heck of a rebound after missing last year!

Martin Ledbetter Season - 728 points (21.4), 410 reb (12.1), 100 ast (2.9) Career - 2145 points, 1409 reb Plano Christmas Classic All Tournament (3x) Unanimous Little 10 All Conference (3x) IBCA 2nd Team All State 8th all time in IHSA career rebounds Top 100 IHSA career points

Here are the players that made the Daily Chronicle 2025 Boys Basketball All-Area Team | Click the image to read our story shawlocal.com/daily-chronicl…

Congratulations to Martin (1st team), Max (2nd team), Luke (honorable mention), and Jacob (HM) on being recognized on the all area teams! Very proud of all four of these guys!

Congratulations to Martin on one final high school basketball accomplishment! news-gazette.com/sports/the-new…

From us to you 🫡 RT to win a signed poster

Congratulations Ethan Conroy on opening your own State Farm office. Hard work and dedication do pay off. Proud of you! Looking for help - give him a call!