Category: Boys Basketball

Boys Basketball NIC-10 Overall Guilford 1-0 4-1 Auburn 1-0 3-2 East 1-0 3-2 Jefferson 0-1 4-1 Girls Basketball NIC-10 Overall Guilford 0-0 4-1 Auburn 0-0 2-3 East 0-1 0-5 Jefferson 0-1 0-6

ROCKFORD – Boys basketball has been the strongest sport for Rockford School District athletics for the past 10 years. Auburn, East, Guilford and Jefferson have combined to win at least 50 percent of their conference games every year since the 2008-2009 season. Jefferson, Auburn and East have all won conference titles in that span and […]

ROCKFORD – Girls basketball began play two weeks ago, but boys basketball starts tonight with the sixth annual 205 Tip-Off Classic. Games start tonight at Auburn and Jefferson high schools. The Tip-Off Classic drew a strong contingent of Chicago teams along with tournament stalwarts Indianapolis Pike and Hollywood McArthur of Florida. The McArthur Mustangs actually […]

We’re a month away from the beginning of basketball season. In Rockford, that means its time to enjoy the 205 Tip-Off Classic. Here are the teams to watch.

TORONTO – Fred VanVleet, the Rockford Auburn graduate who helped power the Toronto Raptors to last season’s NBA title, showed on opening night that he’s ready for an even bigger role. The Raptors opened the NBA season Tuesday night against the New Orleans Pelicans. VanVleet, one of the NBA’s top reserves the past two seasons, […]

The sixth annual RPS 205 Tip-Off Classic is set for the last week of November. The national boys basketball tournament has grown each year and features 12 teams from three states playing in a total of 25 games. East High School won the 2018 Tip-Off Classic . All four RPS 205 high schools – Auburn, […]

ROCKFORD – Auburn graduate Fred VanVleet, who has had a whirlwind summer after starring in the Toronto Raptors’ NBA championship season, gave away more than 300 backpacks full of school supplies Friday. It was the second straight year that VanVleet helped kids get ready for school by donating FVV red-and-black packpacks.  School starts Tuesday for […]

ROCKFORD – Fred VanVleet, who led the Auburn Knights to third place in the 2012 IHSA Class 4A state tournament and did that one better by leading the Toronto Raptors to the NBA championship this past June, kicks off his third annual FVV Fan Fest and Summer Camp tonight at 5 p.m. VanVleet met with […]

ROCKFORD – The Guilford Vikings went 5-1 in the Chicagoland Summer Showcase II, serving notice that they will be in the mix for their first NIC-10 basketball title since the 1999-2000 season. The Vikings knocked off Chicago Prosser, Verona (Wisconsin), Chicago Hansberry College Prep, Wauwatosa (Wisconsin) West and Rockford Christian before finally falling to Zion-Benton, […]

ROCKFORD – Auburn graduate Fred VanVleet has always been a fan favorite in Rockford, but over the last two months he became part of the international conversation as he played an integral part in leading the Toronto Raptors to an NBA championship. Saturday, though, he was back in Rockford soaking up the local love as […]