Girls Soccer | Illinois Valley
Five different Geneva girls soccer players scored in the Vikings’ 6-0 win over Ottawa on Tuesday in a Class 2A Orion Sectional Semifinals. The goals came from mostly different sources, but half of them originated from Bridget Burke.
The Ottawa girls soccer team scored three times in overtime to record a crazy 9-6 victory over Orion/Sherrard Untied in Saturday's Class 2A Orion Regional championship match. The title is the first in program history for the Pirates.
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A look at the girls soccer regionals involving NewsTribune-area teams.
Sterling senior Delia Block came through in her final home game, scoring a hat trick in a 3-1 win over Streator to open the postseason.
The Hinckley-Big Rock/Somonauk/Leland and Serena/Newark/Earlville co-op girls soccer teams each played solid throughout Thursday 2-2 tie in a match held at Serena High School.
The Illinois Valley's girls soccer clubs – La Salle-Peru, Ottawa, Streator, DePue-Hall, Mendota, Princeton and the Serena and HBR co-ops – have learned their postseason paths, with regionals opening May 15.
The 2-2 final score Thursday will go down as a tie. For a first-year Serena/Newark/Earlville girls soccer program and a rebuilding Streator program with half its varsity roster spots filled with underclassmen, it felt like a win.
Keighley Davis scored two goals as Princeton improved to 9-0 with a 2-1 victory over Mendota on Tuesday.
Chloe Carmona with four goals, Georgia Kirkpatrick with three assists and Shaelyn Miller with a shutout led a a strong team effort as Ottawa's girls soccer club topped rival La Salle-Peru 6-0 on Monday.
The Ottawa girls soccer team scored three times - two by Chloe Carmona - in the final seven minutes in a 5-1 victory over Morris in Wednesday's Interstate 8 Conference match in Morris.
Ottawa sophomore Georgia Kirkpatrick scored five goals and assisted on another to help the Pirates defeat Streator 7-1 in Saturday's match at King Field in Ottawa.
La Salle-Peru senior Vicky Tejada scored four of her five goals in the opening 20 minutes of Friday's match against Streator at L-P Sports Complex to help the Cavaliers post a 7-1 victory.
A look at the La Salle-Peru, DePue-Hall, Mendota, Princeton and the new St. Bede JV girls soccer teams.
With the high school girls soccer season getting underway this week, here is a look at the 2026 season for Ottawa, Streator, Serena co-op and Hinckley-Big Rock co-op.
Joey Puetz has signed on to continue her education at Benedictine University and her soccer career at the NCAA Division III level with the Eagles.
Congratulations to the 2025 Times Girls Soccer Player of the Year, Ottawa junior center back Taylor Brandt.
The Interstate 8 released its all-conference teams on Thursday for six spring sports.