The Seneca softball team - behind the pitching and hitting of Tessa Krull - won a 2A regional title on Friday, Sandwich's Sunny Weber advanced to the 1600-meter run finals at state, and the Ottawa doubles team of Evan Krafft and Noah Gross clinched a state tennis berth.

Marquette softball gave up four runs to host Grant Park in the top of the sixth to lose its lead, then scored three in the bottom to retake it and capture a regional championship Friday.

1A Softball: Gardner-South Wilmington vs. Serena

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Serena defeated Gardner-South Wilmington to win the Class 1A Regional title on Friday, May 23, 2025 at Serena High School.

The Newark Norsemen did just about everything right in a 17-0 shutout of Earlville, securing the Class 1A Indian Creek Regional championship while keeping their postseason run alive Thursday night in Shabbona.

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Newark defeated Earlville 17-0 to win the Class 1A Regional title on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at Indian Creek High School in Shabbona.

Ottawa senior Weston Averkamp won the 110- and 300-meter hurdles at the Class 3A Minooka Sectional on Wednesday to advance to the state meet in the events for the second straight year. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Coal City's Julian Micetich, Manteno's Briggs Cann, Streator's Isaiah Brown, Morris' Cuyler Swanson and Princeton's Casey Etheridge among individual champions at 2A Pontiac Sectional.

The Marquette baseball team used a fantastic, combined pitching performances from Anthony Couch and Alec Novotney in a 9-1 victory over Serena in Wednesday's Class 1A Marquette Regional semifinal at Masinelli Field in Ottawa.