Seneca outlasts Coal City for 15th win: The Times Tuesday Roundup

Boys basketball

Seneca 54, Coal City 48: At Coal City, the Fighting Irish improved to 15-4 on the season with the tough win over the Coalers.

Paxton Giertz led Seneca with 13 points, with Brayden Simek adding 12, and Sebastian Deering and Grant Siegel seven each.

“Man, was this a physical game,” Seneca coach Russ Witte said. “We had too many turnovers and allowed too many offensive rebounds in the first half, but Coal City is a really good team. Our close game with them in the (Shipyard Showdown) tournament was no fluke; the Coalers came to play again. We did a great job making the adjustments needed in the second half on the glass and in the turnovers. Brayden Simek made two huge threes in the fourth quarter to give us the cushion we needed.”

Serena 52, Somonauk 44: At Somonauk, the Huskers used a 21-6 third quarter advantage in defeating the Bobcats in the Little Ten Conference contest.

Beau Raikes scored 24 points to lead Serena (11-8, 5-1).

Newark 76, DePue 33: At Newark, the Norsemen — behind 29 points, seven rebounds, six assists and five steals from Dylan Long — rolled past the Little Giants in the LTC game.

Newark also received solid outings from Payton Wills (11 points, five rebounds), Cody Kulbartz (seven points, 12 rebounds, four blocks), Reggie Chapman (six points, seven assists, five rebounds) and Jimmy Kath (eight points, five assists).

Earlville 72, Leland 47: At Leland, the Red Raiders — with Adam Waite’s monster game of 41 points, 26 rebounds and four assists, moved to 5-14 overall and 3-3 in LTC play with the victory over the Panthers.

Earlville also received 15 points and five assists from Easton Fruit and 13 points and six assists from Gavin Guelde.

Sandwich 72, Richmond-Burton 55: At Richmond, the Indians collected their fourth straight win and improved to 9-9 overall and 2-2 in Kishwaukee River Conference action.

Dom Rome had an outstanding game for Sandwich with 31 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and four steals. Brady Behringer had nine points and four rebounds, Simeion Harris eight points and seven rebounds, and Nick Michalek seven points.

Tremont 94, Flanagan-Cornell 65: At Tremont, the Falcons trailed 31-11 after one quarter in dropping the Heart of Illinois Conference game to the Turks.

Logan Ruddy popped in 30 points to lead F-C, with Connor Reed adding 13 and Seth Jones 10.

Fieldcrest 54, Prairie Central 45: At Fairbury, the Knights picked up the win over the Hawks behind 18 points from Eddie Lorton, 14 from Kash Klendworth and 12 from Jordan Heider.

Girls basketball

Ottawa 57, Rochelle 38: At Kingman Gymnasium, the Pirates earned the Interstate 8 Conference triumph over the Hubs.

Skylar Dorsey (18 points), Mary Stisser (13 points, five assists), Hailey Larsen (eight points), Marlie Orlandi (seven points, eight rebounds) and Bella Knoll (five points) led the Ottawa attack.

Somonauk/Leland 36, Parkview Christian 20: At Yorkville, the Bobcats earned the win led by 12 points from Leah Norris and eight points from Kiley Mason.

Putnam County 71, Newark 30: At Granville, the Norsemen fell on the road to the Panthers.

Boys bowling

Ottawa 2,823, Hall 2,611: In nonconference play, the Pirates outrolled the Red Devils paced by Bentley Thumm’s 530 series (202 high game).