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The Ottawa baseball team and Marquette softball team won and more baseball, softball, tennis and track results in Monday's The Times roundup.

Fourteen of the area's top girls and boys wrestlers make up the 2024-25 Times All-Area Wrestling Team.

The Marquette baseball and softball teams each won a pair of games on Saturday at the Play the Turf Jamboree in Jacksonville. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Woodland baseball used a walk-off hit from Brezdyn Simons to top Gardner-South Wilmington on Friday, while Addie Scherer pitched and hit Earlville past South Beloit. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

With the high school girls soccer season getting underway this week, here is a look at the 2025 season for the Ottawa Pirates, the Streator Bulldogs, and the Hinckley-Big Rock co-op Royals.

Ottawa senior Weston Averkamp won two events on a rainy Wednesday for Ottawa's boys track and field team, plus more in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

Marquette softball, Ottawa baseball both move to 2-0, WFC softball scores first win of new season, and more in The Times Tuesday Roundup.

The Marquette baseball and softball teams opening the season with wins over Lexington on Monday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Here's a team-by-team season preview for softball teams across The Times coverage area, including Seneca, Fieldcrest, Sandwich, Serena, Earlville, Newark and Somonauk/Leland.

Here is a team-by-team season preview for baseball teams across The Times coverage area, including Seneca, Fieldcrest, Sandwich, Serena, Earlville co-op, Newark and Somonauk.

Streator's boys placed first and the girls second in a season-opening indoor track and field meet at Reed-Custer.

The Interstate Eight, Illinois Central Eight, Tri-County, Little Ten, Kishwaukee River and Heart of Illinois conferences have released their All-Conference girls basketball teams for 2024-25 season.

At the Morris Indoor Invitational held at Lewis University, Seneca’s girls placed second of four teams on Thursday.

The opening day of the IHSA Girls Wrestling State Finals was contested Friday morning, with Ottawa's Juliana Thrush, La Salle-Peru's Kiely Domyancich, and Seneca's Catalina Pacheco and Sammie Greisen advancing to the final day.

The 2025 spring season opened in the area Thursday with the Ottawa girls track and field team competing in an indoor meet in Sycamore.

The Woodland and Somonauk boys basketball teams fell in Class 1A regional semifinals on Wednesday, while Fieldcrest advanced to a 2A title shot in the Times area roundup.

The Serena, Newark and Somonauk boys basketball teams all claimed postseason victories in Class 1A regional openers on Monday, while Leland saw its season come to a close in the Times area roundup.

Sandwich's Cooper Corder and Seneca's Jeremy Gagnon dropped semifinal matchups at the IHSA State Wrestling meet, while Streator's rally came up short in a regular season capper in boys basketball. That and more in Friday's Times roundup.

Sandwich’s Cooper Corder and Seneca’s Jeremy Gagnon both started 2-0 to earn berths into their respective weight classes' championship semifinals at the IHSA Boys Individual State Finals held in Champaign on Thursday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Newark's Dylan Long scored 40 points, including his 1,000th career point and Somonauk was a winner over Marquette in Wednesday's roundup.

Seneca and Serena both won girls regional semifinals, while Ottawa and Streator's boys both suffered road losses, plus more in The Times Tuesday Roundup.

Congratulations to The Times Athlete of the Week, Somonauk/Leland girls basketball’s Kiley Mason!

The Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland girls basketball team used a huge fourth quarter to pull off an upset in the Class 1A Heyworth Regional semifinals on Monday to advance to Thursday's championship game. Plus more results from around the Times area.

From Class 1A to 3A, from regional play-ins to state championship games, here are boys basketball postseason schedules for teams across the greater Ottawa/Streator/Seneca area.

Marquette sophomore Alex Schaefer punched his ticket to next weekend’s state Class 1A wrestling finals at the State Farm Center in Champaign after a runner-up finish at 215 pounds on Saturday at the Oregon Sectional. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Streator boys basketball team wrapped up the outright Illinois Central Eight Conference regular-season championship with a victory over Lisle on Friday at Pops Dale Gym. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Seneca's Alyssa Zellers scored 27 points to help her team earn a comeback win over Pontiac on Thursday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

With the girls basketball postseason about to tip off, here are five storylines we're watching across The Times coverage area.

The Ottawa boys basketball team fell short against host Dunlap on Tuesday night, while Fieldcrest topped Flanagan-Cornell in the HOIC. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Fieldcrest boys and girls each collected wins on Monday while the Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland girls raced to victory. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Serena girls basketball team wrapped up a perfect Little Ten Conference regular season with a 50-37 victory over Somonauk-Leland on Monday. It's the sixth consecutive championship for the Huskers.

Serena defeated Somonauk/Leland 50-37 on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025 at Somonauk High School. The Lady Huskers complete an undefeated regular season league title.

A trio of locals advanced on to Class 2A boys wrestling sectionals, a pair of local basketball teams beat Richmond-Burton, and the girls track season got underway, all in The Times Saturday Roundup.

The Ottawa and Streator girls bowling teams each had an individual sectional qualifier, Somonauk competed at state cheer and more results in Friday's The Times roundup.

The Streator girls basketball team fell in Thursday's senior night game, while Seneca's Alyssa Zellers set school records in an Irish win. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Serena's girls basketball team suffered a rare loss on a light Wednesday night of local sport in The Times area.

Seneca senior guard Paxton Giertz exploded for a career-high 43 points on Tuesday, including a school record 10 3-pointers, while Streator suffered its first Illinois Central Eight Conference loss. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Serena defeated Somonauk, while Leland fell to Hinckley-Big Rock at the 106th annual Little Ten Conference Boys Basketball Tournament on Monday. Plus more results from around the Times area.

Somonauk competitive cheer makes it to state, girls basketball wins for Streator, Seneca and Marquette, plus more in The Times Saturday Roundup.

The competitive dance teams from Ottawa and Streator fell short of advancing to the IHSA state finals after Friday's preliminary round at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington. Plus more results from around the Times area.

The Marquette girls basketball rolled to a win over Midland, Seneca boys wrestling coach Todd Yegge recorded his 400th career dual win and Woodland's Nick Plesko reached1,000 career points in a victory over St. Bede. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

FCW has a new all-time scoring queen, Marquette's boys pull off an upset to set up a title-game meeting with Seneca, plus more in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

The Ottawa boys basketball slipped past Kewanee, Serena and Earlville earned LTC wins, and Fieldcrest posted a HOIC victory on Tuesday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Marquette and Seneca girls basketball teams posted Tri-County Conference wins on Monday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Pirate Poms and Streatorettes both danced their way to the IHSA State Final Competition, multiple area wrestlers won meet titles plus more in The Times Saturday Roundup.

The Fieldcrest boys basketball team dropped a close decision to rival El Paso-Gridley in the semifinals of the McLean County/Heart of Illinois Conference Tournament on Friday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Seneca girls basketball team won the third-place game at the Tri-County Conference Tournament on Thursday, while Serena advanced to the title game of the Little Ten Conference Tournament. Plus more results from around the Times area.

The Streator boys basketball team improved to 15-4 overall and 8-0 in Illinois Central Eight Conference play with a 61-29 win over Herscher. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Seneca's Paxton Giertz scored a career-high 42 points to help lead Seneca to a victory over host Newark on Tuesday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Little Ten, Heart of Illinois and Tri-County conferences continued their girls basketball tournaments Monday, with results and leaders here in The Times Monday Roundup.