J.T. Pedelty

Seneca's Brody Rademacher, the 2024 Times Football Player of the Year, has signed on to continue his education and gridiron career at Wartburg College in Iowa.

Recent Seneca High School graduate Sebastian Deering has committed to continue his education at Aurora University and his basketball career at the NCAA Division III level with the Spartans.

Streator High School graduate Nolan Ketcham has committed to continue his education and golf career at North Central College.

The deadline for nominations for consideration for induction into the 2026 Ottawa Township High School Hall of Fame will be July 31.

Yanic Konan Niederhauser, who played his freshman and sophomore seasons of college basketball at Northern Illinois University before transferring to Penn State for his junior year, was taken 30th overall Wednesday in the opening round of the NBA Draft.

The 2025 Streator Little League 12U city champions are Winterrowd Funeral after surviving a Hatzer & Sons comeback and an extra inning Wednesday at Southside Park.

The Times Sports staff is proud to present our picks for 40 of the top prep softball players across the area, the 2025 Times All-Area Softball Team.

The schools of The Times area sent plenty of athletes to the IHSA Girls Track and Field State Meet. Here are those state qualifiers, the 2025 Times Girls Track and Field All-Area Honor Roll.

LIV Golf hosted a special media day at Bolingbrook Golf Club on Tuesday, offering an exclusive preview of what fans can expect when LIV Golf Chicago returns to Bolingbrook this coming Aug. 8. The event brought together community leaders, local students and media.

This week, the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association unveiled its 2025 All-State Team, recognizing standout players from each class, including Minooka’s CJ Deckinga and Providence Catholic’s Enzo Infelise.

This week, the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association unveiled its 2025 All-State Team, celebrating standout athletes, including Class 1A champions Marquette’s Alec Novotney and Sam Mitre.

After not only making it to the IHSA State Final Tournament but winning a pair of matches there, the Ottawa No. 1 doubles team of Noah Gross and Evan Krafft are the 2025 Times Boys Tennis Players of the Year.

La Salle-Peru, Coal City, Minooka and Seneca are all sending recent graduates to play in this month’s Illinois High School Shrine Game.

The Marquette Crusaders responded to Lexington’s one run in the top of the second inning with 10 of their own in the bottom half, propelling the defending 1A state champs into Saturday’s 1 p.m. title game via a dominant, 16-1 victory early Friday.

The Serena softball team scored four runs in the top of the first inning but couldn't stop LeRoy from scoring the next nine and taking control of Monday's Class 1A Wesleyan Supersectional.