Ottawa Preps

The Marquette baseball team topped Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell in Tri-County Conference play on Tuesday, while Serena, Somonauk and Newark all triumphed in Little Ten Conference action. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Ottawa baseball team stayed hot, improving to 7-1 on the season, with a 9-5 victory over Hall on Tuesday afternoon at King Field in Ottawa.

The Streator softball team — behind the pitching of Makenna Ondrey — captured its Illinois Central Eight Conference opener on Monday, while the Newark and Somonauk baseball teams started the Little Ten Conference slate with wins. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Streator and Marquette baseball teams earned doubleheader sweeps, while the Bulldogs softball squad split a twinbill with Newark on Saturday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Honoring 25 of the area's best high school boys basketball players as selected by The Times Sports staff, here is the 2024-25 Times All-Area Boys Basketball Team.

The Ottawa softball and baseball teams earned wins over Newark on Friday, while Seneca's Lila Coleman won three medals at the Top Times Indoor Track and Field meet in Bloomington. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Honoring 25 of the area's best high school girls basketball players as selected by The Times Sports staff, here is the 2024-25 Times All-Area Girls Basketball Team.

Ottawa senior Marlie Orlandi is the 2024-25 Times Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

The Ottawa baseball team topped Pontiac to improve to 5-1, while Marquette dropped a heartbreaker to Marmion Academy to fall to 5-1 on Thursday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

In a pitcher's duel between Ottawa sophomore Addie Russell and Streator senior Makenna Ondrey on Thursday, the Pirates were able to come away with a 2-0 win at King Field.

Ottawa defeated Streator 2-0 on Thursday, May 27, 2025 at Ottawa High School.

The Seneca softball team improved to 3-0, while Newark rolled to its first win of the season on Wednesday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Serena softball team slipped past Ottawa 1-0, while Seneca opened league play with a big victory on Tuesday. Plus more results from around the Times area.

The Ottawa Pirates continued their strong start to the season with a 7-0 shutout victory over the Serena Huskers on Tuesday evening, improving to 4-1.

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.

Ottawa junior Juliana Thrush is the Times 2024-25 Girls Wrestler of the Year after placing sixth at state for the second straight season and ending the season with 35 victories.

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 Ottawa softball team used a solid pitching performance from sophomore Addie Russell and a bases loaded walk in the sixth to slip past Joliet Catholic 2-1 on Saturday at King Field.

St. Bede Academy jumped out to an early lead and held on for an 8-5 victory over Ottawa High School on Saturday afternoon.

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.

The Ottawa and Streator high school boys tennis teams both have experienced upperclassmen and potential underclass contributors for the 2025 season.

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.

There are 175 1,000-point scorers (140 boys, 35 girls) from Bureau County schools from the past to present. DePue heads the list with 21 (all boys) followed by Princeton (13/6) with 19 and Hall (12/6) with 18.

The 2025 high school baseball season starts this week. Here are five players to watch in The Times coverage area.

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

In an area rich with softball talent, here are just five of the players The Times Sports staff will be keeping a close eye on in 2025.

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

The Ottawa baseball team trailed Seneca by four runs after the opening three innings but bounced back to score 12 times over the final four frames to post a 13-5 victory in each team’s season opener on Monday.

Ottawa defeated Seneca 13-5 on Monday, March 17, 2025 at Seneca High School.

The Ottawa baseball team, under new coach Levi Ericson, return a bunch of versatile players and are expected to be led by returning Times first teamer in junior catcher/pitcher Adam Swanson.

The Ottawa softball team, coming off a 21-12 season where it captured a second consecutive Class 3A regional title, will look to put together another solid season in 2025.

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

A look at all-time boys & girls basketball scoring leaders for 53 area schools, including 14 closed schools, as researched by the BCR's Kevin Hieronymus. Three area boys moved to No. 1 this season: Noah LaPorte at Princeton, Darius Hetherington at Dixon, Paxton Giertz at Seneca.

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.

Here are five of our very early guesses as to Ottawa/Streator-area players to watch for when the 2025 season arrives.

La Salle-Peru junior Kiely Domyancich placed fifth and Ottawa junior Juliana Thrush sixth to earn medals at IHSA Girls Wrestling State Finals on Saturday at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.

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.

Ottawa and Streator high schools have played a whole lot of basketball games over the past 119 years. It’s safe to say none of those previous meetings ended quite like Wednesday’s 41-39 Streator victory in the 3A La Salle-Peru Regional semifinals.

Streator hangs on to beat Ottawa 41-39 during the Class 3A Regional semifinal game on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P High School. The Bulldogs will play in the Regional finals on Friday at 6p.m.

Ottawa's Juliana Thrush, La Salle-Peru's Kiely Domyancich, Streator's Lily Gwaltney and Seneca's Cattalina Pacheco and Sammie Greisen will compete at the IHSA girls wrestling state tournament this weekend.

The Ottawa girls basketball team's season came to an end in Tuesday's Class 3A Ottawa Sectional semifinals as Morton scored the opening 13 points of the final quarter on the way to a 59-46 victory at Kingman Gym.

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.

Ottawa trailed Rochelle by just two points at halftime, but by the end of the third quarter found themselves behind by 22 in an eventual 67-55 loss Friday in the Hub City.

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.