Sandwich Preps

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.

Sandwich senior Dom Rome, who scored 21 points to lead the Indians past Woodstock North to clinch the program’s first conference championship in 32 years, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Joshua Welge.

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

The Sandwich boys basketball team had a tough start to this season, but since a 1-7 beginning have won 17 of their last 21 games and figure to be a tough opponent in next week's Class 2A Princeton Regional.

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.

Jesse scored seven points in the fourth quarter to give the Tigresses just the spark they needed in a 50-35 Class 2A regional semifinal win over Sandwich Tuesday at Prouty Gym. They will Alleman, which beat Bureau Valley 54-26, for the regional championship on Thursday.

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.

Sandwich sophomore Cooper Corder, who beat Princeton’s Ace Christiansen to win the 144-pound championship at the St. Bede Regional, helping lead Sandwich to the team regional title, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week. Here is his Q&A with Joshua Welge.

Plano's girls score senior night victory over Sandwich, 57-25.

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.

Griffin Somlock sank a free throw with 0.7 seconds left in overtime, and Sandwich overcame a nine-point deficit late in regulation to beat Woodstock 47-46 in a Kishwaukee River Conference showdown Tuesday night.

Sandwich faces Woodstock in a Kishwaukee River Conference basketball game on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, at Woodstock High School.

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.

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.

Sandwich had 11 sectional qualifiers to win the team title at the Class 1A St. Bede Regional on Saturday.

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.

Sandwich senior forward Dom Rome sank a critical free throw with 2.4 seconds remaining and finished with a game-high 25 points for the Indians, who built a double-digit lead in the first half and held off a late surge to beat Johnsburg 64-60.

Oregon High School hosted a wrestling meet with Sandwich and Morrison on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 at the Blackhawk Center in Oregon.

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.

Sandwich hosted Johnsburg in boys varsity basketball on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025

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.

Sandwich put a damper on Plano’s senior night with a 43-31 victory Thursday in their Kishwaukee River Conference wrestling dual.

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.

Simeion Harris led a Sandwich 1-3-1 defense that caused havoc on Plano, Dom Rome scored 19 points and Harris 17, and the visiting Indians beat the Reapers 64-54 for their sixth straight Kishwaukee River Conference win and eighth total win in nine games.

The Ottawa girls basketball team, after a tough first half shooting, used defense to create offense in the second half of Monday's 48-36 victory over Sandwich at Kingman Gymnasium.

Plano hosted Sandwich in boys varsity basketball on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 in Plano.

Ottawa defeated Sandwich 48-36 on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 in Kingman Gym at Ottawa High School.

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.

The Seneca and Sandwich wrestling squads are among the area teams continuing to gear up for conference/postseason tournaments.

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.

Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland's Ella Derossett had 23 points, 11 rebounds and five assists to lead her team to an upset win over Fieldcrest in the 44th McLean County/Heart of Illinois Conference Tournament on Saturday. Plus more results from around the Times area.

Paxton Giertz netted 31 points in Seneca's win and Adam Waite scored his 1,000th career point in Earlville's victory on Friday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Seneca, Serena, Earlville, Somonauk/Leland and FCW all scored girls basketball victories, plus more in The Times Thursday Roundup.

Woodstock’s Taqi Baker wasn’t sure if he could wrestle during Thursday’s Kishwaukee River Conference dual meets at Sandwich. He proved to be healthy enough to go, battling back from a prior injury to top Jakob Gruca by 3-0 decision that helped the Blue Streaks get past Sandwich.