Seneca softball ran its perfect start to the season to a dozen wins, Ottawa boys tennis dropped a close match and more in The Times Saturday Roundup.

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.

We are proud to honor 25 of The Times area's top boys basketball players from this past season, including first-team standouts from Woodland, Ottawa, Streator, Marquette and Newark.

The Sandwich baseball and softball teams earned wins on Friday, while Somonauk's Caden Hamer was part of three wins at Mendota track meet. 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 2025-26 Times All-Area Girls Basketball Team.

The Ottawa softball team, led by three hits and three RBIs by Piper Lewis, defeated host Sterling on Wednesday, while Serena and Somonauk/Leland also earned softball wins. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Seneca's girls track and field team, Ottawa girls soccer, Marquette softball and Earlville/Leland baseball are among the winners featured in The Times Monday Roundup.

Peyton Marin’s two-run double to left field in the home half of the sixth inning broke a tie game and proved to be the winning knock Monday in the Bulldogs’ 8-6 victory.

Seneca's Tessa Krull pitched and hit the Fighting Irish past Joliet Catholic on Saturday, while Marquette swept a doubleheader from Princeville. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Fourteen of the area's top girls and boys wrestlers make up the 2025-26 Times All-Area Wrestling Team.

The Seneca softball team blanked St. Bede on Friday to improve to 8-0 on the season, while Sandwich. Somonauk/Leland and Newark also earned wins. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

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.

L-P defeated Streator 7-1 on Friday, March 27, 2026 at the L-P Athletic Complex in La Salle.

A look at all-time boys & girls basketball scoring leaders for 58 area schools, including 14 closed schools. Six area players, including Princeton's Keighley Davis and Fieldcrest's Macy Gochanour, moved to No. 1 this season along with players from Byron, Orion and Polo.

The Sandwich baseball team dropped a pair of games in Tennessee on Thursday, while Dwight earned a one-run Tri-County Conference victory over Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell.

Seneca softball's Hayden Pfeifer twirled a perfect game, Streator baseball 10-runned Illinois Valley Central, Fieldcrest's Drew Overocker drove in seven runs, plus more in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

Marquette baseball's Griffin Dobberstein homered twice, while Georgia Kirkpatrick scored a hat trick to lead the Ottawa girls soccer team to a season-opening win. That and more in The Times Tuesday Roundup.

The Plainfield South baseball team was more solid than host Streator in the fundamentals Tuesday, and over seven innings it added up to a 10-1 Cougars win over the Bulldogs.

Marquette softball won a wild one at Newark thanks to six Kelsey Cuchra RBIs, with other area winners including Streator, Ottawa Dwight and Fieldcrest baseball. That and more in The Times Monday Roundup.

Here's a look at the season ahead for the Streator and Ottawa boys tennis programs.

Serena, Streator, Ottawa and Marquette baseball as well as Ottawa, Newark, Seneca and Marquette softball were winners on an unseasonably beautiful Saturday. That and more in The Times Saturday Roundup.

The Marquette baseball team opened the season on Friday with a big win in Jacksonville, while Seneca and Sandwich also picked up victories. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Ottawa's Addie Russell pitched the Pirates softball team to a 5-1 win over Oswego on Thursday, while the Newark and Earlville/Leland baseball squads picked up wins. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Hall and Streator baseball teams opened their seasons Thursday at the SHS Athletic Fields, with the Bulldogs dominating early and the Red Devils late in an eventual 9-9 tie ballgame.

Marquette sophomore Lily Brewer's fourth inning solo home run sparked an eight-run Crusaders rally in a 10-0 victory in five innings over Streator in both team's season opener on Thursday at June Gross Field in Ottawa.

Hall and Streator on Thursday, March 19, 2026 in Streator. The game ended in a 9-9 tie.

Seneca senior Lila Coleman placed second, leaping 5.23 meters in the long jump at Wednesday's Normal West Lady Wildcat Indoor Invitational, while Somonauk's Alexis Punsalan finished fifth in the pole vault.

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.

In an area loaded with baseball talent and as the season gets underway, here are our picks for five players to watch across The Times coverage area.

If the Streator baseball team's top returning hitter and pitchers are as good as expected, what the rest of the Bulldogs can do around them could be the deciding factor if this spring’s Streator ballclub can reach its lofty goals.

Both Newark and Streator's girls and boys track and field teams were in competition in The Times Saturday Roundup.

The 2026 Streator High softball team doesn't have any seniors, but they do show a lot of encouraging signs for both the now and the future of the program as the spring season gets underway.

The Earlville softball team fell in its season opener at Orangeville on Monday afternoon.

Congratulations to The Times Athlete of the Week, Streator boys basketball's Joe Hoekstra!

Ottawa senior Juliana Thrush won her opening two matches on Friday to advance to the semifinals at the IHSA state girls wrestling tournament in Bloomington. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Woodland, Newark, Seneca and Fieldcrest all earned regional semifinal wins on Wednesday to advance to Friday's championship games. Somonauk, Sandwich and Flanagan-Cornell had their seasons come to a close.

Ottawa scored the night’s initial 13 points and was never truly threatened in a running-clock, 68-36 decision over Streator in the Class 3A La Salle-Peru Regional semifinals late Wednesday evening.

Ottawa defeated Streator 68-36 during the Class 3A Regional semifinal game on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026 in Sellett Gymnasium at La Salle-Peru Township High School. The Pirates will play the Cavaliers for the Regional title on Friday at 7p.m.

Flanagan-Cornell, Newark, Somonauk, Fieldcrest, Sandwich and Dwight's boys basketball teams all won their IHSA regional quarterfinal matchups Monday to advance. That and more in The Times Monday Roundup.

Marquette freshman Wesley Janick won the Class 1A championship of the 120-pound bracket at the IHSA Individual State Finals on Saturday, while Sandwich junior Cooper Corder also claimed a 1A title at 150 pounds.

Both Marquette's Wesley Janick and Sandwich's Cooper Corder earned spots in state championship matches, Ottawa's Wes Weatherford stayed alive for a medal, plus more in The Times Friday Roundup.

Illinois’ 2025-26 boys basketball postseason begins on Monday. Here's a look at what awaits teams from across The Times coverage area.

Marquette’s Wesley Janick and Sandwich’s Cooper Corder reached semifinals at the IHSA Class 1A State Wrestling Tournament on Thursday, while Woodland's Nolan Price fired in 11 3s, program-record 40 points in win over Earlville. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Streator defeated Lisle 52-42 on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026 in Pops Dale Gymnasium at Streator High School. With the victory, the Bulldogs won the Illinois Central Eight Conference title. Check out photos from the game by MaKade Rios.

Streator seniors LA Moton and Joe Hoekstra combined to score 17 of the Bulldogs’ final 21 points in a 52-42 victory Wednesday over visiting Lisle that sealed a second consecutive outright Illinois Central Eight Conference championship.

In The Times Wednesday Roundup, Sandwich, Earlville and Serena's boys basketball teams all took late-season losses.

Congratulations to The Times Athlete of the Week, Streator girls wrestling's Addison Yacko!

The Woodland boys basketball team captured its 20th win on Tuesday night, which also gave coach Connor Kaminke his 100th career victory. Marquette topped Serena, while the Streator girls hoops squad had its season come to a close. Plus more results from around The Times area.

With the clock ticking down the final seconds of overtime, junior sixth man Sharonn Morton was not the Streator boys basketball team's top scoring option. Tuesday, though, he was the winning option in a 36-34 victory over Herscher.

Here are the IHSA boys basketball postseason schedules - regional play-in games through the state finals – for teams across the Illinois Valley, including La Salle-Peru, Ottawa, Princeton, Streator, Marquette, St. Bede, Mendota, Woodland and more.