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Woodland wins 20th to give Connor Kaminke his 100th career coaching victory: The Times Tuesday Roundup

Marquette stays hot, tops host Serena; Streator girls see season come to a close

Woodland boys basketball coach Connor Kaminke yells from the sideline Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, at Woodland School in rural Streator.

Boys basketball

Woodland 74, Kankakee Trinity 51: At the Warrior Dome in rural Streator, the Warriors not only posted their 20th win of the season but also gave Connor Kaminke his 100th career head coaching victory.

Woodland (20-9) led 20-11 after one, 42-26 at halftime and 60-38 heading to the fourth.

The Warriors were led by Jaron Follmer (22 points), Nolan Price (21 points, including five 3-pointers) and Nate Berry (18 points).

Woodland boys basketball coach Connor Kaminke yells from the sideline Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, at Woodland School in rural Streator.

Marquette 65, Serena 42: At Serena, the Crusaders (22-7) led 15-10 after one, 34-24 at the intermission and 49-38 after three in the triumph over the Huskers (14-15).

Alec Novotney led Marquette with 27 points, while Griffin Dobberstein added 17 points.

Morris 44, Seneca 39: At Seneca, the Fighting Irish (13-16) trailed 12-11 after the opening quarter, led 19-17 at halftime but were outscored 15-4 in the third quarter.

Brayden Simek led Seneca with a game-high 15 points, while Zeb Maxwell added 11 points and Brady Sheedy eight.

Parkview Christian 51, Somonauk 42: At Somonauk, the Bobcats (8-22) fell short against the Falcons.

Somonauk was led by Landin Stillwell’s 14 points.

Midland 96, Earlville 28: At rural Varna, the Red Raiders dropped to 1-26 on the season with the loss to the Timberwolves.

LeRoy 61, Fieldcrest 50: At LeRoy, the Knights (15-13, 5-6) were defeated by the Heart of Illinois Conference champion Panthers.

Layten Gerdes had 24 points, including 10 of 10 free throws, to led Fieldcrest while Kash Klendworth had 14 points.

Dee-Mack 58, Flanagan-Cornell 36: At Flanagan, the Falcons fell to 7-22 overall and 0-11 in HOIC play with the loss to the Chiefs.

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Girls basketball

Metamora 57, Streator 27: In the semifinals of the Class 3A Metamora Regional, the Bulldogs (3-29) had their season end with the loss to the top-seeded Redbirds.

Senior Ava Gwaltney led Streator with 17 points, including four 3-pointers. She finished her Bulldogs’ career with 222 made 3s, which is a new school record.

Brian Hoxsey

Brian Hoxsey

I worked for 25 years as a CNC operator and in 2005 answered an ad in The Times for a freelance sports writer position. I became a full-time sports writer/columnist for The Times in February of 2016. I enjoy researching high school athletics history, and in my spare time like to do the same, but also play video games and watch Twitch.