Woodland Preps

Marquette sophomore Griffin Dobberstein took a message to heart, scored a game-high 22 points, including six 3-pointers, to help the No. 6-seeded Crusaders top No. 3-seeded Woodland 58-46 in Tuesday's quarterfinals of the 98th Tri-County Conference Tournament in Granville.

Marquette defeated Woodland 58-46 during the Tri-County Conference Tournament on Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025 at Putnam County High School in Granville.

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

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.

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.

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.

The Woodland boys basketball team - with senior guard Connor Dodge surpassing 1,000th career points - used a huge third quarter to top Serena 61-58 on Al Stegman Court on Wednesday night.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Seneca landed the No. 1 seed for the 2025 Tri-County Conference boys basketball tournament, which will run Jan. 25-31.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Senior forward Kaitlyn Anderson had 16 points, 11 rebounds and seven steals, her efforts and stellar defense leading Henry-Senachwine past Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland 43-27 in the championship game of the Earlville Christmas Tournament.

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

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.

The Serena boys basketball team controlled the tempo and shot 51% from the floor in a 54-33 triumph over Woodland in the opening round of the Shipyard Showdown Tournament hosted by Seneca.

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.

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.

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

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.

Woodland got its offense going in the second half and made a late defensive stop in a 39-34 win over St. Bede on Friday.

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

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.

Connor Dodge scored 24 points, and Woodland's boys hit 17-of-18 free throws in the fourth quarter to hold off Marquette.

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.