Ottawa freshman Teagan Darif smacked a pair of solo homers, and pitcher Addie Russell went the distance in the Pirates' 2-1 victory at Seneca on Friday. The win was Ottawa's sixth straight, while Seneca's loss was its first.

The Marquette baseball team kept its strong start to the season going Monday, as the Cru scored 11 times in the second inning and finished with 21 total hits in a 21-1 victory in five innings over host Newark.

Marquette and St. Bede advanced to Friday's championship of the Class 1A Serena Regional with semifinal wins over Midland and Dwight on Wednesday night on Al Stegman Court.

The Dwight boys basketball team grabbed the early lead in Saturday night's Tri-County Conference game against Marquette and hung on down the stretch for a 70-65 triumph at Marseilles Elementary School.

Moline's girls basketball team shot 13 of 25 in the second half and topped Minooka 57-49 in the Class 4A Minooka Regional title game

The Streator boys basketball used a second quarter comeback to take the lead, then survived a late rally by host Seneca to earn a 54-52 victory on Tuesday night.

The Seneca girls basketball stayed hot with a 69-39 Tri-County Conference and senior night triumph over rival Marquette in Seneca on Thursday night. The Fighting Irish have now won three straight and six of last eight.

The No. 3-seeded St. Bede girls basketball team used a game-changing 13-0 run in the fourth quarter on the way to a 57-46 triumph over host and No. 2-seeded Dwight in Monday's semifinal of the Tri-County Conference Tournament.

The Chicago Bears lost 20-17 to the Los Angeles Rams Sunday night in their NFC divisional playoff matchup at Soldier Field in Chicago.