Seneca volleyball, Ottawa golf, Sundara Weber all victorious: The Times Saturday Roundup

Girls volleyball

Seneca takes crown at Sandwich Invite: At the Sandwich Invitational contested Saturday, the Seneca Fighting Irish went a perfect 5-0 to claim the championship, not dropping a set. Freshman outside hitter Brooklyn Sheedy was named to the all-tournament team.

Flanagan-Cornell finished as runners-up in the event.

Ottawa 3-2 at Byron: At the Byron Invitational, Ottawa posted a 3-2 record, including wins over Scales Mound (Kendall Biba 14 digs, Addison Duggan 10 kills, Ayla Dorsey seven kills, Skylar Dorsey 27 assists and three aces), Forreston (Ana Zeglis seven digs, Ayla Dorsey seven kills, Skylar Dorsey 19 assists) and Belvidere (Biba seven digs, Skylar Dorsey four kills and 14 assists, Ayla Dorsey four aces).

The Pirates also dropped matches to Eastland (Ayla Dorsey eight kills, Ella Damron six kills, Ella Schmitz three aces, Skylar Dorsey 24 assists) and Genoa-Kingston (Ayla Dorsey five kills and four blocks, Schmitz five aces, Skylar Dorsey nine assists).

Cross country

Weber victorious at Detweiller: At Peoria’s Detweiller Park, the site of November’s IHSA State Meet, Sandwich junior Sundara Weber won the giant First to the Finish Invitational’s Class 2A girls event, placing first with her time of 16:50.7 – 18.9 seconds better than runner-up Zoe Carter of Normal U-High.

Sandwich’s Joanna Rivera (55th, 19:51.4) and Erin Lissman (81st, 20:19.7) also placed in the top 100 of the 2A girls race, as did Ottawa’s Georgia Kirkpatrick (85th, 20:25.5).

In the Class 1A boys event, Seneca’s Pierce Gilbertson (21st, 15:57.3) provided the area’s lone top-100 finish in a field of 607.

In the 1A girls race, Seneca’s Natalie Misener (29th, 19:04.7) and Evelyn O’Connor (35th, 19:19.7) along with Marquette’s Maggie Jewett (92nd, 20:44.6) placed in the top 100 of a 424-runner field.

Boys golf

Pirates champs at ACC Invite: At Phillips Park Golf Course in Aurora, the Ottawa Pirates captured the championship of the Aurora Central Catholic Invitational with a team score of 304.

Chandler Creedon was the individual champion with a 73. The Pirates’ remaining scoring golfers finished fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh all with 77s – respectively, Colt Bryson, Seth Cooper, Jacob Armstrong and Bryer Harris.

Boys soccer

Reed-Custer 9, Sandwich 0: In a nonconference friendly, the Indians were shut out. Kayden Page made six saves in net.

Ottawa 4, Serena 1: At King Field, the host Pirates improved to 7-1 on the season with the shutout nonconference win over the Huskers. Evan Snook scored two goals, with Colin Lyons and Michael Bedolla each adding one. Mason Jaegle added an assist.

Girls tennis

Streator 3, Rochelle 2: The Bulldogs scored the win over their old conference rivals, led by victories at No. 1 singles (Madelyn Wahl 6-0, 6-0), No. 2 singles (Isabelle Gutierrez 6-1, 6-0) and No. 3 doubles (Aubrey DeMoss and Annie Michlik 6-3, 1-6, 10-4).

Ottawa competes in Joliet: At the Joliet Township Invitational, Ottawa placed seventh of eight teams, its top finish individually a fifth place at No. 1 singles. Lake Forest ran away with the team championship.