Kaneland boys basketball coach Brian Johnson will be the head coach of the North team in the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Class 3A-4A All-Star Game on June 29 at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington.

Johnson’s Kaneland team won the Northern Illinois Big 12 East title this season before falling in a Class 3A regional semifinal. He is 67-42 in his four years as Kaneland’s coach.

Cogs take fourth at meet, Neisendorf wins high jump
Genoa-Kingston’s Danielle Neisendorf cleared 5-2 in the high jump at Tuesday’s Byron Last Chance Meet, good for first place. The Cogs took fourth as a team.

G-K’s Carly Fischer took second in the shot put at 30-7, while the 800-meter relay team of Neisendorf, Brianna Kramer, Andreah Strohmaier and Felicia Olson finished in second with a time of 1:56.00.

NI Big 12 to have 2, 5-team divisions
The Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference will split into two, five-team divisions after Streator departs after the 2013-14 school year, the conference announced Tuesday.