Serena tops Somonauk, Leland falls at LTC Tournament: The Times Monday Roundup

Boys basketball

Serena 48, Somonauk 37: In the 106th annual Little Ten Tournament at Somonauk, the No. 4-seeded Huskers topped the No. 5-seeded Bobcats to advance to Thursday’s 5:30 p.m. semifinal against Hinckley-Big Rock.

Somonauk — which falls to the consolation bracket, playing Leland at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the middle school gym — was led by 16 points from Silas Johnson, 10 from Weston Hannibal and eight from Brock Sexton.

Hinckley-Big Rock 96, Leland 59: In the 106th annual Little Ten Tournament at Somonauk, the No. 8-seeded Panthers fell to the top-seeded Royals.

Girls basketball

Manteno 68, Streator 32: At Manteno, the Bulldogs fell in the Illinois Central Eight Conference game to the Panthers.

Ava Gwaltney led Streator with 13 points, including making her 100th 3-pointer of the season to break the school record of 99 held by former boys standout J.J. Cravatta. Leah Krohe added 10 points in the loss.

Marquette 57, Putnam County 20: At Granville, the Crusaders improved to 20-9 on the season with the Tri-County Conference win over the Panthers.

Marquette was led by Kaitlyn Davis (21 points), Hunter Hopkins (10 points, five steals, six assists), Madison Kozlowski (seven points, six rebounds), Chloe Larson (seven points, three steals) and Kelsey Cuchra (six points, 11 rebounds).

Seneca 57, St. Bede 46: At Peru, the Fighting Irish improved to 20-7 overall and 10-3 in TCC action with the win over the Bruins.

Alyssa Zellers led Seneca with 18 points, followed by Emma Mino with 11, Lainie Olson with 10 and Tessa Krull with eight.

Serena 61, Earlville 27: At Earlville, the Huskers moved to 22-5 overall and 6-0 in LTC play with the win over the Red Raiders.

Serena was led by 14 points from Jenna Setchell (eight assists, six steals) and Maddie Glade. Macy Mahler added 11 points, and Kendall Whiteaker (eight rebounds) and Anna Hjerpe chipped in nine points apiece.

Natalie Hall led Earlville with 10 points, with Addie Scherer and Audrey Scherer adding seven and six points, respectively.

Somonauk-Leland 48, IMSA 22: At Aurora, the Bobcats, led by 20 points and five assists from Kiley Mason, defeated the Titans in the LTC game.

Abby Hohmann had 11 points and eight steals for S-L, Leah Norris eight points and five rebounds, and Ashley McCoy six rebounds and five steals.

Hinckley-Big Rock 67, Newark 28: At Hinckley, the Norsemen dropped the LTC contest to the Royals.

Fieldcrest 53, Ridgeview 14: At Minonk, the Knights (14-12, 7-4) rolled to the Heart of Illinois Conference win over the Mustangs.

Fieldcrest was led by Macy Gochanour (20 points), TeriLynn Timmerman (17 points) and Pru Mangan (10 points).