Ottawa's girls basketball team triumphed, but Streator's Ava Gwaltney scored 20 points to surpass 1,000 in her career. Plus wins for Somonauk/Leland's girls and Sandwich's boys in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

The St. Bede boys basketball team came up short at Orion, plus more results in Wednesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Kevin Hieronymus projects how the seeds will play out area boys basketball subsectionals. The IHSA will announce the seeds at 4 p.m. Thursday and pairings on Friday.

Illinois’ 2025-26 girls basketball postseason tips off this Saturday for small schools and next Monday for larger schools. Here's a look at what awaits teams from across The Times coverage area.

Princeton sends four regional boys champions among five qualifiers to the Class 1A Byron Sectional starting Friday. They will be joined by wrestlers from St. Bede and PC-Hall. Two Princeton girls and one from PC-H will compete at DeKalb Sectional.

Freshman Carson Gruber poured in 24 points to lead the Storm to a Lincoln Trail Conference victory at the Storm Cellar on Tuesday night. In other games, the Hall and PCA boys and St. Bede girls fall just short

The La Salle-Peru girls basketball team earned a conference win, plus more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Leland and Newark's boys basketball teams scored Tuesday night victories. That and more in The Times Tuesday Roundup.

The Streator boys basketball used a second quarter comeback to take the lead, then survived a late rally by host Seneca to earn a 54-52 victory on Tuesday night.