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.

Putnam County junior Alex Rodriguez qualified for the state finals in discus and shot put, along with more state track and field and boys tennis state tournament results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

Ottawa topped Streator 4-1 Monday in a meeting of squads gearing up for the upcoming Class 1A La Salle-Peru Sectional.

The Ottawa boys tennis team played solid on Thursday at the Henderson-Guenther Tennis Facility, sweeping all three doubles matches while splitting in singles for a 4-1 win over Pontiac.

A look at the La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Mendota and Princeton boys tennis teams for the 2025 season.

The Ottawa and Streator high school boys tennis teams both have experienced upperclassmen and potential underclass contributors for the 2025 season.

Following a season that saw them advance to the Class 1A State Meet, the Ottawa No. 1 doubles team of Alan Sifuentes and Evan Krafft are The Times 2024 Boys Tennis Players of the Year.

L-P's Andrew Bollis and Danny Santoy are the 2024 NewsTribune Boys Tennis Players of the Year after winning 22 matches - more than double their total last year - and placing second in the conference and sectional tournaments.

A look at the top boys tennis players in the NewsTribune area during the 2024 season.