Gallery: New Berlin Regional with Routt, New Berlin and South County

Photos from the semifinals of the New Berlin Regional Wednesday night, with Routt, New Berlin and South County.

Published on Feb. 27, 2026

The Journal-Courier published a photo gallery from the semifinals of the New Berlin Regional basketball tournament, featuring teams from Routt, New Berlin, and South County.

Why it matters

High school basketball tournaments are a major community event in small towns across Illinois, drawing fans and media attention. This gallery provides visual documentation of an important local sports competition.

The details

The photo gallery includes images from the semifinal games of the New Berlin Regional tournament, which featured teams from Routt, New Berlin, and South County high schools.

  • The semifinals were played on Wednesday night.

The players

Dennis Mathes

The sports editor of the Journal-Courier since 1999, originally from Urbana, Illinois, who has worked at weekly newspapers in North Carolina and Illinois.

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The takeaway

This photo gallery provides a visual record of an important high school basketball tournament in the local community, capturing the excitement and competition of the semifinal games.