Seneca Preps

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.

Led by senior Paxton Giertz, a two-time Times Boys Basketball Player of the Year and first-team selection, Seneca will look to improve on last season's 23-10 record, win a regional championship.

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.

As the 2024-2025 boys basketball season gets set to tip off, here are team-by-team previews of teams from around the Herald-News coverage area.

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.

The Serena and Seneca girls basketball teams defeated Herscher and Streator respectively in the second night of the Falcon-Irish Thanksgiving Tournament on Tuesday at Seneca High School to improve to 2-0 on the young season.

Seneca defeated Streator 54-16 in the Falcon-Irish Thanksgiving Tournament on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 at Seneca High School.

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

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

The 2024-25 Seneca girls basketball team wants to continue to play up-tempo and returns all but one player from last season's squad that won 17 games in coach Josh Myers's first season.

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 Seneca football fell to Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin 21-14 in Saturday's Class 2A playoff game in Bismarck to finish the season at 9-2.

Seneca faces BHRA in Round 2 of the 2024 Class 2A IHSA football playoffs. Friday Night Drive reporter Brian Hoxsey will have live updates, scores and news from the game

There were questions after Seneca lost its entire offensive line to graduation last season, but now over 3,100 rushing yards and 40 running touchdowns later, those have been answered by seven players blocking up front for the Fighting Irish.

The Panthers (32-3-2) will meet El Paso-Gridley (29-6) in Thursday’s championship match at 6 p.m. El-Paso Gridley beat Orion in Tuesday’s first semifinal

Erie-Prophetstown defeated Seneca 25-16, 25-22 in the Class 2A volleyball sectional on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 at Bureau Valley High School. The Panthers will play El Paso Gridley in the Sectional final on Thursday at 7p.m.

Here's a look at the second-round playoff matchups awaiting Seneca and Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington in Class 2Along with Marquette in the 1A field.

Here’s a look at Bureau County area standings through one week of the postseason

The Seneca girls volleyball team defeated Coal City 25-19, 27-25 to win the Class 2A Coal City Regional championship on Thursday night.

The Seneca Fighting Irish football team trailed at halftime but exploded for 27 third-quarter points in a 39-23 Class 2A playoff win over El paso-Gridley on Friday night in Seneca.

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.

Seneca defeated El Paso-Gridley 39-23 in the first round of the Class 2A football playoffs on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 at Seneca High School.

El Paso-Gridley faces Seneca in Round 1 of the 2024 Class 6A IHSA football playoffs Friday Night Drive reporter Brian Hoxsey will have live updates, scores and news from the game

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

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.

A look at the opening round of the IHSA and I8FA playoffs, including games for Sandwich, Seneca, Dwight/GSW, Marquette and Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland.

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

Here’s a look at Bureau County area standings at the end of the regular season

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.

More from the Week 9 sideline across The Times area, including notes on Seneca, Marquette, FCW, Ottawa and Streator.

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.

A look at the first-round football playoff pairing for the teams in The Herald-News coverage area

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

Here are the opening round pairings for the Class 2A IHSA football playoffs

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

Durand-Pecatonica used big play after big play from QB Cooper Hoffman and ate up most of the fourth quarter in handing Seneca its first loss of the season Friday, 33-22.

DuPec hands Seneca it's first loss of the season 33-22 on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 at Seneca High School.

DuPec faces Seneca in Week 9 of the 2024 IHSA football season. Friday Night Drive editor J.T. Pedelty 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.

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.

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 week remaining in the IHSA football regular season and the postseason looming for the top 256 teams, here are where the Herald-News area's football teams stand heading into Week 9.

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.

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.

Seneca's Cameron Shriey broke a pair of long TD runs in the second half to lift the Irish to a 21-6 victory over Marquette in the rivals' Chicagoland Prairie Conference finale