Somonauk 65, Paw Paw 41

Earlville 49, Leland 42

Malta 54, Waterman 50

Shabbona 79, Serena 65

Hinckley-Big Rock 64, Somonauk 47

Newark 84, Earlville 59

Semifinals

Hinckley-Big Rock 66, Malta 62

Newark 78, Shabbona 66

Third Place

Malta 67, Shabbona 63

Championship Game

Hinckley-Big Rock 67, Newark 56

Title Game Box Score

NEWARK (56) - Clausel 9-19 6-7 24, Nichols 3-11 5-5 11, Hilt 4-12 1-1 9, Nordengren 3-6 0-0 6, Hagen 1-3 0-0 2, Zitt 1-4 0-0 2, Severson 1-3 0-0 2, B. Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Schluntz 0-0 0-0 0, Myre 0-1 0-0 0.  Totals 22-59 12-13 56.

HINCKLEY-BIG ROCK (67) - Chapman 7-13 0-2 14, Ott 6-10 1-3 13, Edmondson 11-18 4-5 26, T. Smith 0-5 4-4 4, Goodin 3-4 2-4 8, Moga 1-3 0-0 2, Bafia 0-1 0-0 0, Thurow 0-2 0-0 0.  Totals 28-56 11-18 67.

Newark               12    15    16    13 - 56

H-BR                    14    18    12    23 - 67

Total fouls (fouled out) - Newark 22 (Hagen, Hilt), H-BR 14 (none).

Jim Edmondson 26 points (11-of-18 shooting), 14 rebounds and seven blocked shots.

The Royals had just snapped Newark's 22-game LTC regular season winning streak a week earlier.