Streator Preps

A late steal and layup from Erick Sotelo broke a scoring drought for both teams and ultimately proved to be the game-winner as L-P upset Streator for the championship of the 3A La Salle-Peru Regional.

L-P beat Streator 49-46 to win the Class 3A Regional title on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P High School. L-P will play in the Class 3A Sectional on Wednesday, March 5, at Washington High School.

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.

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 and Streator high schools have played a whole lot of basketball games over the past 119 years. It’s safe to say none of those previous meetings ended quite like Wednesday’s 41-39 Streator victory in the 3A La Salle-Peru Regional semifinals.

Streator hangs on to beat Ottawa 41-39 during the Class 3A Regional semifinal game on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P High School. The Bulldogs will play in the Regional finals on Friday at 6p.m.

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.

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.

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.

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 Streator boys basketball team carried a 10-point lead over state-ranked Morton into the fourth quarter and played a good final period ... just not good enough to hold off the hot-shooting Potters.

Morton beat Streator 54-50 on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025 in Pops Dale Gymnasium at Streator High School.

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.

The Ottawa girls basketball team defeated Streator 52-12 in Tuesday's semifinal of the Class 3A Kankakee Regional to advance to Thursday's 7 p.m. championship game against the host Kays.

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.

More from the sidelines on Streator, Ottawa, Marquette, Seneca, Woodland and more in this week's edition of The Times Boys Basketball Notebook.

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.

Saturday’s meeting between the Streator Bulldogs and Ottawa Pirates didn’t start off all that physical, intense or competitive. But as anyone who follows high school sports along this little stretch of Route 23 could've predicted, it turned out that way.

L-P's Kiely Domyancich, Ottawa’s Juliana Thrush, Streator’s Lily Gwaltney and Seneca’s Catalina Pacheco and Sammie Greisen qualified for the IHSA girls wrestling state tournament out of the Geneseo Sectional on Saturday.

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.

Ottawa senior Marlie Orlandi scored 16 points and became the sixth Pirates girls basketball player to reach 1,000-career points in a 59-15 senior-night victory over Streator on Thursday at Kingman Gymnasium.

Ottawa beat Streator 59-15 on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 in Kingman Gym at Ottawa High School. Ottawa's Marley Orlandi scored her 1,000 point during the game.

With the girls basketball postseason about to tip off, here are five storylines we're watching across The Times coverage area.

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.

Streator's boys basketball team topped a Seneca team missing star player Paxton Giertz on Tuesday with another impressive defensive performance at the Pops.

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.

The IHSA postseason schedules for girls basketball teams across the greater Ottawa/Streator/Morris 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.

While Yorkville Christian dominated the Kaneland Class 2A Individual Wrestling Regional Saturday to win its fourth in a row team title, the other tournament schools will be well represented at next week’s Washington Class 2A Sectional. 

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 boys basketball team clinched at least a share of the Illinois Central Eight title with a 41-33 win over Manteno on Friday, a matchup between the top two teams in the conference.

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.

Seneca's Catalina Pacheco, La Salle-Peru's Kiely Domyancich and Ottawa's Juliana Thrush all won championships at Saturday's Metamora Girls Wrestling regional.

Led late by Isaiah Weibel - who had quite the Saturday both on and off the court - the Streator Bulldogs held off Washington in overtime at Pops Dale Gymnasium.

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.

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.

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.

Both Ottawa's and Streator's competitive dance squads are heading to the IHSA State Final Competition this Friday in Bloomington.

L-P's four seniors played key roles Tuesday as the Cavaliers beat Streator 46-19 on senior night.

Led by Matt Williamson, Streator put a sudden, thudding end to Coal City’s hopes of finishing Tuesday night tied with Streator atop the ICE standings, pulling away in the third quarter for a 55-30 victory.

L-P beat Streator 46-19 on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P High School.