Seneca 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 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.

Seneca senior Paxton Giertz is the 2024-25 Times Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

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.

Here is the 2024-2025 Herald-News boys basketball All-Area team.

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.

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.

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

See who the best of the best from around the area in girls wrestling were this past year.

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

Seneca sophomore Raiden Terry is the Times 2024-25 Boys Wrestler of the Year after finishing third at 106 pounds at Class 1A state, while compiling 52 wins and 24 technical falls, both school records.

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.

Here are some of the storylines to follow throughout the Herald-News area as prep softball season gets into full swing.

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.

Meet the 2024-25 Herald-News All-Area Boys Wrestling Team.

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.

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.

A look at Herald-News area softball teams for the 2025 season

A preseason look at the 2025 prep baseball season across the Herald-News coverage area.

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

Four Bolingbrook players were named to the Southwest Prairie All-Conference Team, while a host of other locals made all-conference teams as well.

The Illinois Central Eight, Tri-County and Kishwaukee River conferences have released their All-Conference boys basketball teams for 2024-25 season.

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.

Plainfield Central’s Alicia Tucker and Lockport’s Claudia Heeney each claimed championships at Saturday's 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.

Princeton got 25 points from its top two guns, Noah LaPorte (13) and Jordan Reinhardt (12), but got contributions from many sources in Wednesday’s 54-47 regional semifinal win over Mendota. Seneca was detailed oriented in its 74-59 win over Sandwich.

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'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.

After Watseka-Milford opened the Class 2A Herscher Sectional semis Tuesday with a 14-0 run over Reed-Custer before never looking back, Bishop McNamara used a second-half outburst to down Seneca and set up Thursday's championship.

Bishop McNamara broke a tie at halftime with a second-half run to end Seneca's season in the 2A Herscher Sectional semifinals.

Bishop McNamara claimed a 51-30 victory over Seneca in the IHSA Class 2A Herscher Sectional semifinal on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.

Two brothers, Judah and Justus Heeg, won state championships while wrestling for Lemont and Providence Catholic, respectively

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.

A total of 21 Herald-News area wrestlers placed between third and sixth to earn medals at the IHSA boys state wrestling finals at the University of Illinois on Saturday.

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.