Newark Preps

Girls wrestling and boys basketball competed the fay before Thanksgiving, and here are results in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

The Woodland and Flanagan-Cornell boys basketball teams improve to 2-0 at Route 17 Classic on Tuesday, while Serena won in OT and Leland rolled to a second straight win. Plus, more results from the Times area.

The Somonauk, Woodland, Leland and Flanagan-Cornell boys basketball teams captured season-opening wins on Monday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

With boys basketball season starting across the state Monday, here is a look at the 2024-25 season for teams across The Times coverage area.

As the boys basketball season tips off this week, here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The Seneca girls basketball team defeated Peoria Manual in the third-place game of the Falcon-Irish Thanksgiving Tournament on Saturday, while Fieldcrest finished 5th and Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland 7th.

Earlville's girls got a win at Illinois Match & Science Academy, Amboy/LaMoille/Ohio repeated as Illinois 8-Man Football Association state champions, plus more in The Times Friday Roundup.

The Serena girls basketball team defeated Seneca in overtime, while Marquette topped Flanagan-Cornell on Thursday night. Plus, more from around the Times area.

At Somonauk’s Tim Humes Breakout, the host Somonauk/Leland Bobcats fell to 0-2 with a loss to the Sandwich Indians, plus more in our Wednesday Roundup.

The Marquette and Ottawa girls basketball teams earned tournament wins on Tuesday to improve to 2-0 on the season.

Ottawa, Serena and Seneca girls basketball all scored season-opening wins Monday, plus more from around The Times area.

Kendall Grant scored 13 points and Ashley Cook 11 to lead Oswego girls basketball to a season-opening win in overtime, Hannah Treptow poured in 24 points to pace Sandwich's season-opening win and Mitchell Rodenbostel's career-high 742 series led Oswego East bowling's win.

At the Geneseo Invitational on Saturday, the Ottawa Pirates placed fifth of 12 competing teams.

As the girls basketball season tips off this week, here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

With girls basketball season starting across the state Monday, here is a look at the 2024-25 season for teams across The Times coverage area.

A roundup of high school sports for The Times area from Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2024.

At the IHSA State Finals Meet hosted at Peoria's Detweiller Park on Saturday, after second- and third-place state finishes the past two years, Sandwich junior Sunny Weber brought home the individual championship.

The Newark girls volleyball team dropped a tough 3-set match to Stockton in the semifinals of the Class 1A Polo Sectional on Tuesday night.

Ottawa's Shaylen Quinn, the Seneca girls team, Sandwich’s Sunny Weber, Somonauk’s Landin Stilwell and Fieldcrest’s Caleb Krischel all earned trips to next weekend's state meet in Peoria at Saturday's sectionals.

The Marquette girls volleyball team defeated host Illinois Lutheran 25-18, 25-10 to capture the Class 1A regional championship on Thursday night.

The Newark Norsemen girls volleyball team won its seventh straight Class 1A regional championship with a two-set victory over Aurora Christian on Thursday.

Newark beat Parkview Christian 25-10, 23-25, 25-8 in Wednesday’s Class 1A Serena Regional semifinal to advance to Thursday’s regional final.

In the semifinals of the Class 1A Serena Regional, the top-seeded Newark Norsemen dominated the first and third sets on their way to a 25-10, 23-25, 25-8 victory and a trip to Thursday's championship match.

Marquette, Seneca, Woodland, Serena all secured postseason victories Tuesday, plus more in The Times Tuesday Roundup.

The Sandwich girls volleyball team defeated Mendota, while Fieldcrest fell to Illinois Valley Central in Class 2A regional quarterfinals, while in Class 1A Flanagan-Cornell lost to Dwight on Monday.

The Seneca girls cross country team won a 1A regional title and Sandwich's Sunny Weber captured a 2A individual XC regional championship on Saturday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Fieldcrest football team finished its season with a 34-30 Heart of Central Illinois Small Conference loss at Heyworth.

Ottawa junior Zulee Moreland finished 1-2 and closed out her season at Thursday’s IHSA Class 1A State Finals. Plus, more results from around The Times area.

Both Sandwich and Somonauk lost road volleyball matches Wednesday.

Newark volleyball wrapped up the Little Ten Conference regular season title with a win over LaMoille, Camryn Carter's 16 kills led Yorkville volleyball past Plainfield East and Yorkville soccer lost its regional match to West Aurora in overtime in Tuesday's roundup.

The Newark girls volleyball team topped LaMoille-Ohio to wrap up a 15th straight Little Ten Conference regular-season championship on Tuesday. Plus more results from around the Times area.

Led by Jaylei Leininger's huge match, the Woodland girls volleyball team topped LaMoille-Ohio in straight sets on Monday, while Earlville, Newark and Seneca also earned wins. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Sandwich's Sunny Weber won the Kishwaukee River Conference girls race, leading the Indians to the team conference title, Sandwich volleyball won the DePue Invite and Newark was fourth at the Bradley-Bourbonnais Invite and Oswego's Savannah Millard was fourth at sectional tennis.

The Sandwich girls cross country team — behind individual champion Sundara Weber — won the championship of the Kishwaukee River Conference meet on Saturday in Harvard. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Ottawa boys golf team finished Day 1 of the Class 2A State Finals on Friday in first place at Illinois State University's Weibring Golf Club in Normal.

The Marquette volleyball team defeated Dwight 25-12, 25-15 in the third-place match of the Tri-County Conference Tournament on Thursday at Bader Gym. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Newark and Plano volleyball, and Oswego East soccer, were all winners Thursday.

Newark senior Adrianna Larsen, who had 13 kills and eight digs in Newark’s win over Hinckley-Big Rock to win the Norsemen’s eighth straight Little Ten Conference tournament championship, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Read more about her here.

A roundup of Times-area prep sports for Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, including boys regional action and Tri-County Conference Tournament girls volleyball.

The Seneca girls volleyball team defeated Marquette in straight sets on Tuesday to advance the championship match of the Tri-County Conference Tournament. Plus, more results from around The Times area.

Seneca's girls ran to sixth as a team led by Evelyn O'Connor's third-place run at the 2024 Amboy Columbus Day Invitational, plus more from around The Times area.

Ottawa cross country runners Shaylen Quinn and Addy Miller, as well as Lucas Farabaugh, all ran strong at Saturday's 48th Runnin' Red Invite in Metamora. Plus more results from around the Times area.

Senior Adrianna Larsen had 13 kills and eight digs to help top-seeded Newark defeat No. 3-seeded Hinckley-Big Rock 25-16, 25-15 in Saturday's championship match of the 50th Little Ten Conference Tournament in Newark. It is the Norsemen's eighth consecutive championship.

The Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland football ran to a 41-26 win over West Central on Friday night. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The No. 3-seeded Indian Creek boys soccer team overcame some obstacles and top-seeded Somonauk-Leland-Newark for a 3-2 (2-0 PKs) triumph to claim the Timberwolves' first-ever Little Ten Conference Tournament title at Hinckley-Big Rock High School on Thursday night.

At Maple Park on Thursday, Ottawa recorded the Interstate 8 Conference victory over the Knights, while Skylar Dorsey surpassed 1,000 career varsity assists, plus more in The Times Thursday Roundup.

Newark girls volleyball and Streator girls tennis both scored Wednesday evening victories, plus more from around the area in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

The Seneca girls volleyball team defeated Woodland for a 17th straight victory on Tuesday, while the Somonauk/Leland/Newark boys soccer team advanced to the title match of the Little Ten Conference Tournament. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Ottawa boys golf team, as well as Fieldcrest‘s Jessica Schultz and Seneca’s Piper Stenzel, are all heading to the state meet after sectional performances on Monday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

At the Lisle Mane Event 5K Invitational run Saturday around Lisle High School, Somonauk junior ace Landin Stillwell placed eighth in a field of 193 boys, plus more from around The Times area.