Brian Hoxsey

The Marquette and Ottawa girls basketball teams earned tournament wins on Tuesday to improve to 2-0 on the season.

The Serena and Seneca girls basketball teams defeated Herscher and Streator respectively in the second night of the Falcon-Irish Thanksgiving Tournament on Tuesday at Seneca High School to improve to 2-0 on the young season.

The 2024-25 Seneca girls basketball team wants to continue to play up-tempo and returns all but one player from last season's squad that won 17 games in coach Josh Myers's first season.

Joliet Catholic finished with 412 rushing yards, while the JCA defense held Peoria High – the state’s leader across all classes in points scored this season – to just a single TD in a 43-8 Class 5A quarterfinal victory at Peoria Stadium.

Joliet Catholic faces Peoria in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Class 5A IHSA football playoffs. Friday Night Drive reporter Brian Hoxsey will have live updates, scores and news from the game

2024-25's senior-heavy Ottawa girls basketball team returns a ton of talent, including all-state senior guard Marlie Orlandi and Times All-Area first teamer senior Skylar Dorsey, to the floor looking to put together a solid season under 10th-year coach Brent Moore.

Ottawa junior singles player Zulee Moreland won 23 matches, Interstate 8 Conference Tournament and Ottawa Sectional championships, claimed an opening-round victory at the IHSA Class 1A state meet and is the 2024 Times Girls Tennis Player of the Year.

The Seneca football fell to Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin 21-14 in Saturday's Class 2A playoff game in Bismarck to finish the season at 9-2.

Seneca faces BHRA in Round 2 of the 2024 Class 2A IHSA football playoffs. Friday Night Drive reporter Brian Hoxsey will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Streator boys and girls soccer coach J.T. Huey served in the Army and was stationed in the Diyala Province, which at the time hotbed of the Iraqi insurgency, as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom after the 9/11 attacks.

The Newark girls volleyball team dropped a tough 3-set match to Stockton in the semifinals of the Class 1A Polo Sectional on Tuesday night.

There were questions after Seneca lost its entire offensive line to graduation last season, but now over 3,100 rushing yards and 40 running touchdowns later, those have been answered by seven players blocking up front for the Fighting Irish.

The Marquette girls volleyball struggled to overcome a slow start against Lexington in a 25-13, 25-18 season-ending loss in the Class 1A sectional semifinal at Bader Gym on Tuesday night.

The Seneca girls volleyball team defeated Coal City 25-19, 27-25 to win the Class 2A Coal City Regional championship on Thursday night.

The Seneca Fighting Irish football team trailed at halftime but exploded for 27 third-quarter points in a 39-23 Class 2A playoff win over El paso-Gridley on Friday night in Seneca.