Daily Chronicle sports editor Ross Jacobson and sports reporter Steve Nitz spend their days covering the area’s sports scene. Occasionally, they give their viewpoints on those local sports. In this installment of their Take 2 column, they discuss the DeKalb-Sycamore boys basketball rematch.

Jacobson: We finally are at the end of the boys basketball regular season and we close it out with the second edition of Sycamore vs. DeKalb. The first matchup between the rivals brought some fireworks as Sycamore ended its long, 11-game losing streak to the Barbs with an emphatic 55-32 win Jan. 25 at the Northern Illinois Convocation Center.

Today, the stage moves to Sycamore. The Spartans have been up and down since their win over DeKalb, losing their last game at home to Rochelle after a good win at Yorkville, but the Barbs seem to have found their stride of late, winning three of four on the road.