DeKALB – For the students of DeKalb and Sycamore high schools, Friday was one of the biggest nights of the year.

Fans of the Spartans and Barbs packed the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center to see their respective boys and girls basketball teams take each other on.

“It’s the biggest game of the year,” said DeKalb senior Teague Walker. Like other students in the DeKalb section, Walker was completely decked out in white. She said it was to show solidarity with the DeKalb team, who was wearing white that game.