J.T. Pedelty

Princeton's boys basketball team used a huge third quarter from Noah LaPorte and a rough shooting performance from La Salle-Peru to best the Cavaliers in their pool-play finale at Ottawa's Shootin' the Rock.

Flanagan-Cornell won an overtime thriller over Woodland, while St. Bede lost a late lead of its own in a defeat to Ridgeview in the final night of pool play of the Route 17 Classic.

The Ottawa girls basketball team played defending 2A state champ Peoria Notre Dame dead even for just over two and a half quarters Saturday before eventually falling in the Bank of Pontiac Turkey Tip-Off title game.

Earlville's girls got a win at Illinois Match & Science Academy, Amboy/LaMoille/Ohio repeated as Illinois 8-Man Football Association state champions, plus more in The Times Friday Roundup.

Sixteenth-year Streator boys basketball coach Beau Doty returns three of his past starters, welcomes one of Ottawa’s starters into the program and appears to have a roster loaded with competitive depth.

Even with the loss of a couple cornerstone players to graduation and a resulting learning curve, Woodland boys basketball coach Connor Kaminke likes what he’s seeing from his 2024-25 Warriors.

For the second straight offseason, the Streator High School football program is looking for a head football coach.

The first day of the girls basketball season brought hard-earned victories for both Marquette and Fieldcrest, which both used big middle quarters and then held on late in the Falcon-Irish Thanksgiving Tournament.

Here are quarterfinal results and state semifinal matchups for IHSA playoff teams across the Will and Grundy county area.

At the Geneseo Invitational on Saturday, the Ottawa Pirates placed fifth of 12 competing teams.

With girls basketball season starting across the state Monday, here is a look at the 2024-25 season for teams across The Times coverage area.

The formula for the Streator girls basketball team's improvement in 2023-24? “If we keep this pace up, our coaching staff anticipates a much better season than last year.”

Join hosts J.T. Pedelty and Eddie Carifio as they break down Round 2 and look ahead to the quarterfinals of the IHSA football playoffs for the western and southern portions of northern Illinois

A look at the IHSA playoff quarterfinal matchups for nearby teams Morris, Princeton and Dwight-Gardner-South Wilmington.

Here are second-round results and third-round matchups for IHSA playoff teams across the Herald-News area.