Streator Preps

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.

The Marquette and Seneca girls basketball teams posted Tri-County Conference wins on Monday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Coal City jumped out to a 25-0 lead and cruised to a 52-33 Illinois Central Eight win over Streator.

The Pirate Poms and Streatorettes both danced their way to the IHSA State Final Competition, multiple area wrestlers won meet titles plus more in The Times Saturday Roundup.

Streator High School this week hired Jay Slone, a Bishop Mac, Valparaiso University and international former player, to become the Bulldogs' next head varsity football coach.

The Fieldcrest boys basketball team dropped a close decision to rival El Paso-Gridley in the semifinals of the McLean County/Heart of Illinois Conference Tournament on Friday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Fueled by fast starts to both halves, the Streator Bulldogs remained unbeaten in ICE Conference play with a 50-36 triumph over Reed-Custer.

The Seneca girls basketball team won the third-place game at the Tri-County Conference Tournament on Thursday, while Serena advanced to the title game of the Little Ten Conference Tournament. Plus more results from around the Times area.

The Streator boys basketball team improved to 15-4 overall and 8-0 in Illinois Central Eight Conference play with a 61-29 win over Herscher. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Seneca's Paxton Giertz scored a career-high 42 points to help lead Seneca to a victory over host Newark on Tuesday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Little Ten, Heart of Illinois and Tri-County conferences continued their girls basketball tournaments Monday, with results and leaders here in The Times Monday Roundup.

A schedule of high school sporting events in the Ottawa/Streator area for the coming week of Jan 19-Jan. 25, 2025.

Nolan Lukach made a pair of free throws with 0.2 seconds left to give Streator a 52-50 road win over Morris.

Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland's Ella Derossett had 23 points, 11 rebounds and five assists to lead her team to an upset win over Fieldcrest in the 44th McLean County/Heart of Illinois Conference Tournament on Saturday. Plus more results from around the Times area.

Paxton Giertz netted 31 points in Seneca's win and Adam Waite scored his 1,000th career point in Earlville's victory on Friday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Streator Bulldogs completed their first run through their 2024-25 Illinois Central Eight Conference schedule undefeated Friday night with a 58-21 handling of visiting Wilmington.

Herscher defeated Streator 37-28 on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 in Pops Dale Gymnasium at Streator High School.

Seneca, Serena, Earlville, Somonauk/Leland and FCW all scored girls basketball victories, plus more in The Times Thursday Roundup.

The Streator girls basketball team responded to a game-opening 12-0 Herscher run with a 10-0 run of its own, but eventually dropped the ICE Conference contest 37-28.

The Seneca boys wrestling team rolled to a pair of wins on Wednesday, while the Newark boys basketball squad earned its 10th victory.

The Seneca boys basketball team outlasted host Coal City for its 15th win of the season on Tuesday, while Serena, Newark and Earlville all claimed LTC victories. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Streator boys basketball team beat La Salle-Peru 58-50 on Tuesday.

Streator beat L-P 58-50 on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P High School.

Kaitlyn Davis poured in 31 points to help the Marquette girls basketball team defeat St. Bede in a Tri-County Conference game on Monday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Seneca girls basketball team, with a win over Dwight, improved to 7-1 in Tri-County Conference play on Saturday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Earlville girls basketball team used a late first half burst, collected 26 offensive rebounds and forced 22 turnovers in a 38-29 victory over Streator on Saturday in Earlville.

The Streator boys basketball team picked up a road win at Lisle on Friday to stay unbeaten in Illinois Central Eight Conference play. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Streator's girls bowling, Ottawa's boys bowling and numerous girls basketball teams across The Times area scored Thursday night victories.

Led by wins from seniors Aydan Radke and Devin Thompson, Streator wrestling rallied from a large early deficit to defeat Manteno 39-34 and ultimately earn a split in an ICE Conference quad.

Ottawa's Marlie Orlandi sank seven 3-pointers on the way to a game-high 25 points in the Pirates win over Oak Forest on Wednesday. Plus more results from around the Times area.

The Woodland boys basketball team topped visiting Leland on Tuesday night. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

As the regular season starts to wind down and the postseason gets closer on the horizon, many Times-area girls basketball teams and players are trending up in Brian Hoxsey's girls basketball notebook.

The Serena boys basketball team defeated Dwight at the United Center in Chicago on Monday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

With a handful of Illinois Valley-area products on the roster, North Central College football captured the NCAA Division III championship Sunday.

Seneca’s Catalina Pacheco went 3-0, including a pair of pinfalls, to win the 130-pound bracket at the Bolingbrook Invite on Saturday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Nonconference wins for Flanagan-Cornell's boys, Fieldcrest's girls and Sandwich's boys led a light night in The Times Friday Roundup.

Ottawa finished runner-up at its own Holiday Hootenanny Girls Wrestling Invite on Monday at Kingman Gymnasium. Morris captured the overall title, while Seneca placed fifth at the 37-team event.

Congratulations to The Times Athlete of the Week, Streator boys basketball's Matt Williamson

Results, leaders, all-tournament honorees and more from around the NewsTribune and Times areas Saturday, plus wrestling results from the huge ABE's Rumble in the state capital.

Results, results and more results from Friday's tournament basketball action across The Times and NewsTribune coverage areas.

Saturday’s 8 p.m. championship game is set at the 61st Plano Christmas Classic, as defending champion Kaneland pulled away from scrappy Streator late Friday after sixth-seeded Yorkville Christian survived overtime with Northridge Prep.

Streator trailed by six points at halftime but rallied to beat Lincoln-Way Central in a Plano Christmas Classic quarterfinal Thursday.

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.

The Streator boys basketball used a strong second quarter in a 60-45 victory over Plano at Monday's 61st Plano Christmas Classic.

Congratulations to The Times Athlete of the Week, Streator boys wrestling's Aydan Radke

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