Seneca Preps

The top-seeded Seneca boys basketball team defeated Coal City in overtime, while Hall fell to No. 2-seed Lexington in Friday's semifinals of Shipyard Showdown Tournament at Seneca High School.

Seneca senior Paxton Giertz scored 26 points, including his 2,000th of his career, as the Fighting Irish rolled past Earlville at the Shipyard Showdown Tournament on Thursday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Fieldcrest's Macy Gochanour poured in a career-high 46 points to led Fieldcrest to a 69-56 Heart of Illinois Conference win over Fisher on Monday.

Here are 41 of the best girls volleyball players across The Times coverage area, The 2024 Times All-Area Girls Volleyball Team.

The Serena girls basketball won at Putnam County on Saturday, while the Streator and Seneca boys squads suffered losses.

Minooka's team took third place at the Morris Reindeer Rumble girls wrestling tournament, while Bolingbrook's Alejandra Flores won the 115-pound bracket to lead Herald-News area wrestlers at the event.

Paxton Giertz poured in 30 points to help Seneca top Midland on Friday, while Somonauk, Serena and Fieldcrest also earned wins. Streator girls capture first win of the season. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Serena girls basketball team defeated Marquette on Thursday, while Somonauk/Leland earned a comeback win. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

If you needed to choose one player to represent the 2024 Fighting Irish, senior fullback Brody Rademacher – the 2024 Times Football Player of the Year – might fit the bill perfectly.

We are proud to present The Times 2024 All-Area Football Team, with 22 first-team selections and 22 more honored as second-teamers from area teams Marquette, Seneca, Streator, Sandwich, Ottawa, Fieldcrest and Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland.

Seneca's Alyssa Zellers scored a game-best 18 points to help the Fighting Irish defeat host Serena on Wednesday. Plus more results from around the Times area.

Woodland wins a close one, Sandwich topples Serena, Dwight beats Newark and more scores in the roundup.

The 2024 Times All-Area Girls and Boys Golf Honor Roll, a list filled with postseason advancers and tournament champions.

The Marquette girls basketball team, led by 14 points from Hunter Hopkins, defeated Putnam County in a Tri-County Conference game on Monday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Times area saw wrestlers from Seneca, Sandwich and the Streator co-op win individual championships Saturday, plus Ottawa boys basketball won and more.

Serena hung around early, but Seneca used pressure defense and ran its offense to near perfection as the Irish cruised to a 66-33 nonconference victory over the host Huskers.

Flanagan-Cornell, Leland, Serena and Fieldcrest boys basketball were all winners Friday night. That and more in the Times Friday roundup.

Serena, Marquette and Seneca girls basketball all scored victories, plus more from across the area in The Times Thursday Roundup.

Ottawa's boys bowling team defeated rival La Salle-Peru, plus more from around the area in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

It was a packed day of basketball and wrestling around The Times Area on Tuesday.

Both Seneca and Marquette's girls basketball teams picked up Monday night conference wins, plus more from around The Times area.

We’re proud to present the 2024 Herald-News All-Area Girls Golf Team.

Seneca's boys wrestling team placed fourth at its own Irish Invitational, Streator's girls wrestlers were seventh at the inaugural Girls PIT, plus more from around The Times area Saturday.

A roundup of Friday night's action across The Times area, including boys basketball conference (and season) openers as well as Seneca boys wrestling scoring a pair of triumphs.

Seneca started out shooting cold, but played tough defense to register a win over Marquette on Thursday night.

Wins for Streator girls wrestling, Seneca boys wrestling and Ottawa boys bowling are just a few of the results in Thursday's Times Roundup.

Seneca beat Marquette 42-36 on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 in Bader Gym at Marquette High School.

The Sandwich boys wrestling team topped Lisle and Ottawa on Wednesday in the Times area, while the Somonauk boys basketball squad defeated visiting Reed-Custer.

The Woodland boys basketball team made 15 shots from beyond the arc in a 78-52 victory over visiting LaMoille on Tuesday. Plus, more results from around The Times area.

Seneca senior guard Alyssa Zellers scored 26 points - including knocking down a program-tying record eight 3-pointers — on Monday in a Tri-County Conference win over Henry-Senachwine. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Here is a look at the boys wrestling teams in The Herald-News area for the 2024-25 season

Seneca uses defense to gain separation from Marquette and win the inaugural Husker Hardwood Tip-Off Tourney championship.

The Flanagan-Cornell boys basketball won the title of the Route 17 Classic, while Woodland finished third on Saturday in Dwight. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Marquette Crusaders held off Serena to reach Saturday's 5:30 p.m. championship game against rival Seneca, also a winner Friday.

Newark in Serena and Sandwich in Sycamore secured their first wins of the 2024-25 boys basketball season, and more in The Times Friday Roundup.

The 2024-25 wrestling season kicked off this week. Check out The Times area team-by-team preview with top returners, newcomers and info on Ottawa, Seneca, Streator and Sandwich.

The excitement around girls wrestling has only grown with each passing year. But what can be expected out of the Herald-News coverage area this season? That’s what the 2024-25 season preview capsules are here for. Check out how your favorite team is slated to do.

Girls wrestling and boys basketball competed the fay before Thanksgiving, and here are results in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

The Woodland and Flanagan-Cornell boys basketball teams improve to 2-0 at Route 17 Classic on Tuesday, while Serena won in OT and Leland rolled to a second straight win. Plus, more results from the Times area.

The Somonauk, Woodland, Leland and Flanagan-Cornell boys basketball teams captured season-opening wins on Monday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Marquette and Seneca boys basketball teams opened the season with wins over Erie-Prophetstown and Hall respectively at Monday's Huskers Hardwood Tip-Off Tournament at Serena High School.

Seneca defeated Hall 69-45 during the Hardwood Tip-Off Tournament on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024 at Serena High School.

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.