Seneca tops Dwight, moves to 7-1 in TCC : The Times Saturday roundup

Girls basketball

Seneca 49, Dwight 40: At Dwight, the Fighting Irish trailed the Trojans 13-9 after one quarter and 22-21 at halftime but used a 28-18 second half to record the Tri-County Conference victory.

Alyssa Zellers led Seneca (14-4, 7-1) with 14 points, including four 3-pointers, while Evelyn O’Connor added 12 points and Lainie Olson chipped in seven.

Hall 45, Serena 41: At Spring Valley, the Huskers dropped to 13-5 on the season with the loss to the Red Devils.

Jenna Setchell led Serena with 18 points, with Kendall Whiteaker adding nine and Anna Hjerpe posting seven.

Sandwich 43, Somonauk/Leland 32: At Sandwich, the Bobcats fell short against the Indians.

S/L was led by sophomore Kennedy Barshinger (10 points, two blocks) and freshman Ashley McCoy (seven points, three rebounds, four steals).

Boys basketball

Monticello 62, Seneca 56: At the St. Joe-Ogden Shootout, the Fighting Irish fell to 14-4 with the loss to the Sages.

Seneca was led by the trio of Paxton Giertz (17 points), Brayden Simek (16) and Brady Sheedy (15).

“We battled hard till the end,” Seneca coach Russ Witte said. “We ran into a couple of late shot clock situations on defense where we didn’t finish the possession. It was great to see us finally get some balance to our scoring and to see Brady Sheedy and Brayden Simek hit some shots and get to the rim tonight. We missed 10 free throws and in a tight game that is always detrimental, but overall, we got better tonight.”

Sandwich 47, Somonauk 34: At Sandwich, the Indians (8-9) used solid performances from Dom Rome (13 points, seven rebounds), Griffin Somlock (13 points) and Simeion Harris (11 points, six rebounds) in the win over the Bobcats.

Silas Johnson scored 13 points and Weston Hannibal added seven for Somonauk.

Roanoke-Benson 52, Flanagan-Cornell 47: At Flanagan, the Falcons dropped a close game to the Rockets at The Nest.

Boys wrestling

Streator sends trio to podium at Prairie Central: At Fairbury, Devin Thompson, Aydan Radke and Garritt Benstine all finished in the top five at the Prairie Central Hawk Classic.

Thompson placed second at 190 pounds, finishing 4-1 with all of his wins coming via pinfall. Radke finished third at 215, also recording four pins and finishing 4-1. Benstine placed fifth at 132, earning three pins and four victories against one defeat.

Girls bowling

Streator places 14th at Plainfield South Invite: At Joliet Town and Country Lanes, the Bulldogs posted a score of 4,269 to finish 14th of the 22 competing teams at the Plainfield South Invite.

Madi Bedeker led Streator with a 913 six-game series, including a 172 high game. The Bulldogs also got solid days from Lyla Gengler (896, 189), Kaitlyn Pettyjohn (837, 159), Lily Michael (829, 172) and Lisa Lopez (821, 170).