With the season just underway, here is a look at the La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Hall and Mendota girls bowling teams for the 2025-26 season.

Seneca boys wrestling placed runner-up at its own Irish Invitational, Marquette's Lily Deibel won an individual title, plus lots of basketball in The Times Saturday Roundup.

Dixon boys wrestling won Sterling's Carson DeJarnatt Invitational behind four first-place finishes. Sterling's Sarah Doughty won the Oregon bowling invite for the third straight year and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The La Salle-Peru girls bowling team won the Oregon Invite, the Princeton girls basketball team earned a nonconference win and more in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

La Salle-Peru's Kiely Domyancich and Ottawa's Lily Gwaltney each won titles at the Princeton Invitational Tournament on Saturday.

The Somonauk, Newark and Woodland boys basketball teams all pocketed conference wins, plus girls basketball and wrestling in The Times Friday Roundup.

Sterling used big runs to close the first half and start the second half to break open a close game and pull away from Geneseo for a 77-47 win in their Western Big 6 opener Friday at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

The St. Bede boys basketball team won its first conference game, plus more results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Henry-Senachwine boys basketball team defeated Putnam County 61-56 in their Tri-County Conference opener Friday in Granville.

The L-P girls wrestling team won a pair of duals, plus more results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

Oregon's Aniyah Sarver scored 24 points in a win over Polo. Easltand girls basketball beat Amboy, Sterling girls bowling beat Dixon, Oregon wrestling had two wins and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Girls basketball, bowling and wrestling filled a busy night on the local sports calendar. Read all about it in The Times Thursday Roundup.

St. Bede scored six points in the final minute, including a 3-pointer from freshman Hannah Heiberger with 4.8 seconds left, to pull out a 40-37 win over Midland on Thursday.

Adam Carrick was familiar with Tyler Etes from the football field, and the led to confidence and a victory on the wrestling mat. It also helped Sycamore defeat Rochelle 48-24 on Thursday.

Serena, Newark and Somonauk's boys basketball teams along with Marquette and Earlville's girls suffered losses, all in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

Newman basketball beat Bureau Valley 59-48 as John Rowzee led the way with 18 points. Sterling wrestling and Dixon boys bowling also had wins in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The Mendota girls basketball team beat Earlville, plus more results in Wednesday's NewsTribune roundup.

A look at the top boys soccer players in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

Mendota senior Johan Cortez is the NewsTribune Boys Soccer Player of the Year after leading the Trojans to a Class 1A runner-up finish.

La Salle-Peru pulled away in the second half to beat Hall 57-34 in a nonconference game Tuesday.

Kash Klendworth scored 27 points to lead Fieldcrest to a win, plus more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Kewanee overcame an aggressive Dixon defense to pull out a 66-62 road win in Tuesday night's nonconference game at Lancaster Gym.

Kaneland took control in the second quarter and pulled away for a 91-50 win over Mendota on Tuesday.

The Marquette and Woodland boys basketball teams rolled to triumphs on Tuesday, while the Newark girls basketball squad topped Earlville. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Polo's Elsa Monaco scored 15 points in a 44-43 win over Amboy. Newman girls fell, Dixon girls bowling won and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

After a third consecutive trip to the IHSA State Finals, Seneca's Piper Stenzel is the 2025 Times Girls Golfer of the Year.

A collection of state and sectional qualifiers, conference champions and our two Golfers of the Year, here is the 2025 Times Girls and Boys Golf Honor Roll.

Ottawa junior Bryer Harris has been selected as the 2025 Times Boys Golfer of the Year.

A look at the La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Putnam County-Hall, Mendota and Princeton wrestling teams for the 2025-26 season.

The loss of back-to-back impactful senior classes the last two seasons means the Dixon Dukes are looking for a lot of new players to step up this season.

Eastland boys basketball beat Forreston 46-44 in overtime as Parker Krogman scored 16 points. Sterling's Sarah Doughty bowled a 722 and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The Ottawa girls basketball team defeated host Serena on Monday to improve to 3-1 on the season. Plus more results from around The Times area.

A look at the top girls tennis players in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

La Salle-Peru senior Dagny Green and junior foreign exchange student Julia Garcia were paired as a doubles team at the end of September and became state qualifiers. They are the 2025 NewsTribune Girls Tennis Players of the Year.

The 2025-26 boys and girls wrestling seasons kicked off last week. Check out The Times area's top returners, newcomers and info on Ottawa, Marquette, Seneca, Streator and Sandwich.

A look at the top volleyball players in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

La Salle-Peru junior Aubrey Duttlinger led the area in kills at 4.5 per set and helped the Cavaliers to 32 wins and conference and regional titles, earning her 2025 NewsTribune Volleyball Player of the Year.

Newak's boys basketball team scored a pair of wins, while Seneca, Earlville and Sandwich all suffered tournament losses. That and more in The Times Friday Roundup.

Dixon, Newman and Rock Falls boys basketball all won in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The Putnam County boys basketball team won its first game, plus more results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

L-P split its final two pool-play games Friday at the Dean Riley Shootin' the Rock Thanksgiving Tournament, while Princeton lost to Sterling to finish 0-3 in pool play.

The experienced Dixon Duchesses have adjusted their playing style this season to account for a lack of size on the interior. They are off to a 5-0 start.

Leland, Marquette, Seneca, Serena all scored boys basketball victories Wednesday, while Seneca saw two girls wrestlers make it to championship matches in Rockford.

Oregon boys basketball is 2-0 after Cooper Johnson and Benny Olalde combined for 37 points. Rock Falls fell in the closing seconds, West Carroll beat Milledgeville, Polo's Cam Jones scored 25 and more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The Three Rivers announced its all-conference football team and L-P's Aubrey Duttlinger and Kelsey Frederick earned all-state honors in volleyball.

Dixon girls basketball beat Cuba City to improve to 5-0. Oregon girls also won, E-P beat Rock Falls, Sterling boys wrestling won, Oregon boys bowling beat Dixon and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland, Fieldcrest and Somonauk/Leland were among the girls teams to score wins, while Leland's boys earned a title-game opportunity in The Times Tuesday Roundup.

The St. Bede girls basketball team won its conference opener, the Putnam County boys basketball team lost at the buzzer and more in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Newman used a huge first-half run to pull away from Fulton in a 64-27 nonconference win over its former Three Rivers Conference foe Tuesday in Sterling.

The St. Bede boys basketball team got 38 points off the bench in a 64-33 victory over Flanagan-Cornell in the Rt. 17 Classic on Tuesday.