Sandwich Preps

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.

Sandwich junior Sunny Weber won the regional cross country title at Morris, and Yorkville's boys and girls were second at Minooka in Saturday's roundup.

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.

Here are the first-round matchups for each Record Newspapers area football team. Dates and times will be updated when confirmed.

Here are the 2024 IHSA football playoff pairings for Times area teams.

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

Sandwich hosted Marengo on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 in Week 9 Football.

Marengo faces Sandwich in Week 9 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive correspondent Alex Mielcarz will have live updates, scores and news from the game

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.

Here are previews and picks for all the 2024 Week 9 football games around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

A look at Week 9 across The Times area, including a great matchup in Seneca and playoff-vital games featuring Marquette versus Dwight/GSW and Sandwich against Marengo.

Both Sandwich and Somonauk lost road volleyball matches Wednesday.

Who's in? Who is on the verge? And who has work to do? With one week remaining, we look at the playoff outlook for football teams around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

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.

With just one game remaining in the IHSA football regular season and the postseason looming for the top 256 teams statewide, here are where the Illinois Valley's 11-man football teams stand coming down the home stretch.

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.

Here are previews and picks for all the 2024 Week 8 football games around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

A look at Week 8 across The Times coverage area, including matchups for Ottawa, Streator, Sandwich, Marquette, Seneca, Fieldcrest and Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland.

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

Oswego won eight straight conference titles last decade, but it's been a few years since the Panthers have been back on top. They can clinch an SPC West title Friday, and fittingly Minooka stands in the way. That, plus notes on Sandwich and Oswego East from Joshua Welge.

With two weeks remaining in the IHSA football regular season and the postseason looming for the top 256 teams, here are where the Illinois Valley's 11-man football teams stand coming down the home stretch.

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.

Marquette’s run game continues to thrive, FCW solid on third downs, Ottawa QB Mark Munson continues to add to solid season, and more from the Week 7 sidelines across The Times coverage area.

Who's in? Who is on the verge? And who has work to do? With two weeks remaining, we look at the playoff outlook for football teams around the Record Newspapers coverage 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.

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.

Nick Michalek ran for a 70-yard touchdown on his third touch and accrued 132 all-purpose yards, and Sandwich rushed past Woodstock 28-14 in a key Kishwaukee River Conference matchup.

Sandwich hosted Woodstock on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024 in Week 7 of football.

Woodstock faces Sandwich in Week 7 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive correspondent Alex Mielcarz will have live updates, scores and news from the game

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.

Here are previews and picks for all the 2024 Week 7 football games around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Downers Grove North's boys and girls teams took home the team title, with Philip Cupial and Gavin Schroeder leading the boys with a 1-2 finish, while Sandwich's Sunny Weber controlled the girls race to take the individual title.

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

A look at Week 7 across The Times area, including key games for four-win Marquette and Sandwich.

Luke Zook and the Yorkville rushing attack put up their best production of the season in eye-opening win over previously unbeaten Minooka, Oswego adopts next man up mentality at running back and the playoff outlook takes shape for teams in Kendall County football notes.

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.

Streator senior fullback Tristan Finley becoming another weapon for the Bulldogs, Seneca searches for a Week 7 opponent. Plus, more from the Week 6 sideline across the greater Streator/Ottawa area, including notes on Sandwich, Marquette and Ottawa.

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.

Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland couldn't keep up with defending I8FA state champion Amboy/LaMoille/Ohio, plus losses for Fieldcrest and Sandwich football in The Times Friday Roundup.

Sandwich faces Richmond-Burton in a Kishwaukee River Conference football game on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at Johnsburg High School.

Sandwich faces Richmond-Burton in Week 6 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive editor Alex Kantecki will have live updates, scores and news from the game

Earlville, Marquette, Streator and Ottawa girls volleyball all picked up Thursday victories, plus more from around The Times area.

Here are previews and picks for all the 2024 Week 6 football games around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The Seneca boys golf team won the program's first regional championship on Wednesday, while individual golfers from Streator, Earlville, Somonauk and Serena-Newark also advanced to sectional play. Plus, more results from around the Times area.