Marquette's Griffin Dobberstein and Grant Dose each clubbed two-run homers, driving in seven runs between them to power the Crusaders to a 13-3 win over St. Bede to claim the honor as "King of the Valley" on Saturday at Schweickert Stadium in Peru.

Kelsey Cuchra continued her strong season with a double, home run and four RBIs to help power Marquette softball to a victory over Newman on Friday, while Seneca also rolled to its 32nd win. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

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 Morris softball team scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning in a come from behind 6-4 Interstate 8 Conference triumph over host Ottawa on Friday afternoon.

Sterling and Streator take the pitch Friday, May 15, 2026, in the Class 2A regional soccer quarterfinal held at Sterling High School. Sterling won the game 3-1.

In almost every event in the 1A Seneca Sectional on Thursday night, a Fighting Irish track and field athlete was competing for the lead and producing points en route to another championship while advancing multiple girls to state.

Both FCW's Abbi Armstrong and Fieldcrest's Pru Mangan won individual sectional titles, Marquette and Ottawa softball picked up road wins, Dwight baseball doubled-up Peotone, plus more in The Times Thursday Roundup.

Teams from Beecher, IC Catholic, Yorkville Christian, Westmont, Serena, Dwight, Somonauk, Seneca, Peotone, Earlville, Reed Custer, Marquette, Aurora Christian and Newark all competed in the Class 1A Sectional meet on Thursday, May 14, 2026 at Seneca High School.

The Seneca Irish felt like they couldn’t get out of town fast enough Thursday at Princeton. The Irish took an 8-0 lead only to have the Tigers score two runs in the sixth and four in the seventh with Seneca holding on for an 8-6 nonconference win