Ottawa, Seneca girls wrestlers have strong Thanksgiving Throwdown showing: The Times Wednesday Roundup

Girls wrestling

Seneca, Ottawa strong at Minooka: At the Minooka Thanksgiving Throwdown held Wednesday, Ottawa saw two entrants – Jaiyden Provance and Ava Weatherford – bring home second-place finishes from the Throwdown. Alivia Butler and Alexis Rodgers added third-place finishes, with Brie Grady and Juliana Thrush each coming in fourth.

The Seneca Fighting Irish scored four third-place finishes – from Sammie Greisen, Brooklyn Hart, Catalina Pacheco and Lilly Rademacher. Haven Nicolaides added a fourth-place finish for Seneca.

Sandwich shows at Rockford: In the Rockford East E-Rab Invitational, Lydia Cartwright (110 pounds) captured an individual championship for Sandwich.

Abigail Channell (105) added a third-place showing for Sandwich, with Ruby Ferguson (130) coming in fourth in her bracket.

Boys basketball

Hall 64, Somonauk 51: At Serena’s Huskers Hardwood Tip-Off on Wednesday, the Bobcats led 36-31 at the half but surrendered that lead in the third quarter of an eventual loss.

Brock Sexton fired in 18 points for Somonauk, with Silas Johnson netting 13 and Weston Hannibal adding 10.

Seneca 79, Newark 45: At Serena’s Huskers Hardwood Tip-Off on Wednesday, the Fighting Irish (2-0) dominated from the opening tip, leading 34-15 by halftime in the victory over the Norsemen (0-2).

Paxton Giertz poured in 27 points for Seneca, with Cam Shriey adding 17 and Brayden Simek scoring 13.

Marquette 56, Parkview Christian 33: At Serena’s Huskers Hardwood Tip-Off on Wednesday, the Crusaders led 7-1 after one quarter and 22-9 by halftime, then pulled away with a 21-10 third quarter to move to 2-0 on the season.

Marquette moved to 2-0.

Serena 45, Erie-Prophetstown 42 (OT): At Serena’s Huskers Hardwood Tip-Off on Wednesday, Serena led 28-22 heading into the fourth quarter but ultimately needed to survive a four-minute overtime to notch the victory.

The host Huskers improved to 2-0 heading into Friday’s final day of pool play.

Grant Park 44, Earlville 41 (OT): In the Dwight Pool of the Route 17 Classic, the Trojans fell to 0-3 with the loss despite Adam Waite’s 15-point, 11-rebound, five-assist double-double and 14 points courtesy of Easton Fruit.

The Red Raiders will play St. Bede (0-3) for seventh place at 2 p.m. Saturday in Dwight.

Sycamore 61, Sandwich 44: In Sycamore’s Strombom Holiday Tournament, the Indians (0-1) were defeated by the hosts in their season opener.

Dom Rome (15 points) and Nick Michalek (14 points) led Sandwich.