Ottawa (Marquette) Preps

The Marquette Academy baseball club earned wins No. 23 and 24 on the season in a round robin in Tolono, plus more in The Times Saturday Roundup.

The Earlville baseball team picked up a one-run win over Sandwich on Friday, while Seneca, Newark and Sandwich earned wins in softball. Plus more results from around the Times area.

The Seneca softball team topped Marquette in 10 innings on Thursday, while the Streator boys track and field team won the Illinois Central Eight Conference meet. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

In a game featuring few hits and a lot of soft contact, Marquette Academy leaned on dominant pitching, aggressive base running, and steady defense to claim a 7-0 win and series sweep over Seneca at Masinelli Field on Thursday.

The Marquette softball team - behind a big day at the plate by Makayla Backos - rolled past Pontiac on Wednesday, while the Ottawa girls soccer team - led by a hat trick from Chloe Carmona - blanked Rochelle. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Seneca girls capture the title of the Tri-County Conference track and field meet on Tuesday. Plus, more results from around The Times area.

Ottawa baseball and softball both won close ones, Streator softball shut out Lisle, the area saw multiple event winners in a five-school track meet in La Salle, plus plenty more in The Times Monday Roundup.

The Marquette baseball and softball teams each picked up wins over Hall on Saturday, while Serena softball swept AFC in a doubleheader. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Seneca scored two unearned runs to break a tied game with the Pirates (13-7) in the top of the seventh on Friday to stay undefeated on the season at 23-0. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Sandwich softball scored a senior-night win, Streator softball won on the road, Marquette and Earlville both won individual events in track and field action, plus more in The Times Thursday Roundup.

The Serena softball team defeated Newark to earn a split in the Little Ten Conference series on Wednesday, while Seneca softball improved to 22-0. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Marquette baseball team topped Putnam County on Tuesday, while Earlville's Audrey Scherer homered twice and drove in eight runs in the Red Raiders win over Indian Creek. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Taylor Cuchra and Avery Durdan both homered, Savanah Erickson allowed no earned runs over five innings, and Marquette topped Putnam County 11- in a Tri-County Conference softball game Tuesday at June Gross Field.

WFC, Marquette and Seneca (twice!) all recorded Tri-County Conference softball wins, plus baseball and boys tennis in The Times Monday Roundup.

The Ottawa softball team split a doubleheader with Dunlap on Saturday, while Seneca stayed unbeaten on the season with victories over Princeton and Fieldcrest. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Seneca baseball and softball teams each defeated Streator on Friday, while Somonauk/Leland softball scored late to top Plano. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Marquette boys track, FCW girls track, Streator baseball and Earlville softball were among the winners in a loaded Times Thursday Roundup.

Marquette capitalized on St. Bede errors for a five-run second inning and Alec Novotney was strong on the mound to lead the Crusaders to an 11-0, 5-inning victory Thursday.

The Sandwich baseball team - behind the pitching of Braden Behringer - topped Richmond-Burton in Wednesday's Kishwaukee River Conference game. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Ottawa boys tennis team started, then had their Interstate 8 Conference dual with host La Salle-Peru on Tuesday before rain forced a postponement. Plus, more results from around The Times area.

Streator, Seneca, Earlville and Serena all secured softball victories, plus plenty of baseball and girls soccer in The Times Monday Roundup.

The Ottawa softball team swept a doubleheader at Yorkville Christian on Saturday, while Seneca's Tessa Krull fired a no-hitter with 14 strikeouts against Newark. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The host Fighting Irish girls scored a second-place team finish Friday in the Seneca Irish Invitational, plus more Good Friday action from around The Times area.

The Serena baseball and softball teams recorded shutout wins over Gardner-South Wilmington on Thursday, while Sandwich softball used back-to-back homers to defeat Woodstock. Plus more results from around the Times area.

Marquette No. 8 hitter Lily Brewer and No. 9 batter Kinley Rick combined for four of the visiting Crusaders’ seven hits and both of the seventh-inning RBIs that proved vital in a 4-3, nonconference victory over the Streator Bulldogs.

Ottawa softball and Marquette baseball both picked up one-run victories in conference play, Seneca softball bested Wilmington, plus more in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

The Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell baseball team - behind a three-run fourth and the pitching of Connor Dodge - defeated Putnam County 4-3 in a Tri-County Conference game on Tuesday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Earlville baseball team scored five times in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Serena in a Little Ten Conference game on Monday. Serena, Newark and Somonauk softball teams claimed league wins. Plus more results from around The Times area.

Congratulations to The Times Athlete of the Week, Marquette baseball’s Griffin Dobberstein!

The Serena baseball team threw a combined no-hitter against Seneca on Saturday, while the Ottawa softball team earned a pair of one-run wins. Plus more results from around The Times area.

The Streator softball team, behind homers by Joyce Walkling and Mya Zavada, and pitching of Makenna Ondrey, slipped past Sandwich 3-2 on Friday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Marquette and Seneca softball teams stayed unbeaten in Tri-County Conference play with wins on Thursday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

After falling behind 2-0 in the second inning, the Marquette Crusaders rallied to tie the game in the third and walked off the Dwight Trojans 3-2 Thursday night at Masinelli Field.

Somonauk/Leland softball won a wild one (59 total runs were scored), plus victories for Serena softball, Streator baseball and girls soccer and more in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

The Marquette baseball and softball teams earned Tri-County Conference wins over Dwight on Tuesday, while the Serena and Newark softball teams recorded Little Ten Conference triumphs. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Serena and Seneca softball both scored Monday victories, plus more in The Times Monday Roundup.

Ottawa's Weston Averkamp and the Newark and Streator softball teams were among the winners this weekend in The Times Saturday Roundup.

Ottawa and Sandwich baseball as well as Sandwich softball all picked up victories, plus more in The Times Friday Roundup.

Marquette's Griffin Dobberstein homered and drove in six runs in a Tri-County Conference win over Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell on Thursday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Marquette baseball team topped Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell in Tri-County Conference play on Tuesday, while Serena, Somonauk and Newark all triumphed in Little Ten Conference action. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Streator softball team — behind the pitching of Makenna Ondrey — captured its Illinois Central Eight Conference opener on Monday, while the Newark and Somonauk baseball teams started the Little Ten Conference slate with wins. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Streator and Marquette baseball teams earned doubleheader sweeps, while the Bulldogs softball squad split a twinbill with Newark on Saturday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Ottawa softball and baseball teams earned wins over Newark on Friday, while Seneca's Lila Coleman won three medals at the Top Times Indoor Track and Field meet in Bloomington. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Honoring 25 of the area's best high school girls basketball players as selected by The Times Sports staff, here is the 2024-25 Times All-Area Girls Basketball Team.

The Ottawa baseball team topped Pontiac to improve to 5-1, while Marquette dropped a heartbreaker to Marmion Academy to fall to 5-1 on Thursday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Seneca softball team improved to 3-0, while Newark rolled to its first win of the season on Wednesday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Serena softball team slipped past Ottawa 1-0, while Seneca opened league play with a big victory on Tuesday. Plus more results from around the Times area.

The Ottawa baseball team and Marquette softball team won and more baseball, softball, tennis and track results in Monday's The Times roundup.

Fourteen of the area's top girls and boys wrestlers make up the 2024-25 Times All-Area Wrestling Team.

The Marquette baseball and softball teams each won a pair of games on Saturday at the Play the Turf Jamboree in Jacksonville. Plus, more results from around the Times area.