The Times Area Roundup: Newark volleyball wins 30th match, LTC regular-season title

Girls volleyball

Newark 2, LaMoille 0: At LaMoille, the Norsemen collected their 30th victory of the season while also wrapping up a perfect Little Ten Conference regular-season championship with a 25-6, 25-5 win over the Lions.

Newark (30-4, 10-0) was led by Adrianna Larsen (three 3 kills), Stephanie Snyder (five aces, two digs) and Olivia Smith (four aces, a kill, a block).

Woodland 2, Dwight 0: At rural Streator, Warriors senior Shae Simons recorded 17 assists, including the 1,000th of her career, in a 25-19, 25-13 Tri-County Conference victory over the Trojans.

Woodland (19-8, 7-1) also received solid matches from Kaiden Connor (eight points, an ace), Ella Derossett (four points, an ace), Elizabeth Schultz (four points, two aces), Malayna Pitte (10 kills, two aces, two blocks) and Grace Longmire (six kills, three blocks).

Marquette Academy 2, Roanoke-Benson 0: At Roanoke, the Crusaders improved to 24-5 overall and 7-1 in TCC play with a 25-19, 25-18 triumph over the Rockets.

Streator 2, Wilmington 0: At Pops Dale Gym in Streator, the Bulldogs picked up a 25-17, 25-19 Illinois Central Eight Conference victory over the Wildcats.

Streator (22-9-2, 8-6) was paced by Sophia Pence (eight kills, an ace, five digs), Sonia Proksa (seven kills, an ace, six digs), Mya Zavada (four kills, four blocks) and Emma Rambo (21 assists, two kills).

Putnam County 2, Seneca 0: At Seneca, the Fighting Irish lost 25-17, 25-18 to the Panthers in the TCC match.

Somonauk 2, IMSA 0: At Aurora, the Bobcats improved to 12-10 overall and finished LTC play at 5-5 with the 25-21, 25-17 win over the Titans.

Somonauk was led by Josie Rader (six kills, 12 service points, seven aces), Haley McCoy (four kills, eight points, three aces), Aubrey Chiavario (six kills), Haley McCoy (15 hits with four kills) and Ali McBride (15 digs).

Leland 2, Parkview Christian Academy 1: At Leland, the Panthers earned a 26-28, 25-17, 25-16 win over the Falcons.

Senior Brynn Pennington led Leland with eight points, two aces, seven kills and eight digs, while Isabelle Podnar had six points, an ace, three blocks, four kills and 12 assists.

Indian Creek 2, Serena 0: At Shabbona, the Huskers dropped a 25-12, 25-19 LTC match to the Timberwolves.

Fieldcrest 2, Ridgeview 0: At Mackinaw, the No. 4-seeded Knights defeated No. 13 Ridgeview 25-23, 25-17 in the first round of the McLean County/Heart of Illinois Conference Tournament at Dee-Mack High School.

Fieldcrest (25-5) will face No. 5 Tremont in the quarterfinals at 4:15 p.m. Thursday. The winner will face No. 1 Tri-Valley in a semifinal at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Girls swimming

La Salle-Peru co-op wins triangular: At Pontiac, Sam Nauman won two individual events and swam on two winning relays to help the La Salle-Peru co-op to a victory in a triangular.

The Cavaliers scored 148 points to beat Bloomington Central Catholic (102) and Pontiac (42).

Nauman won the 200-meter freestyle relay (2:20.14) and the 100 backstroke (1:10.38).

She swam with Kailey Goetsch, Anna Weitl and Finley Jobst to win the 200 freestyle relay (2:08) and teamed with Jobst, Goetsch and Clara Guglielmetti to win the 400 freestyle relay (4:34.52).

Guglielmetti won the 50 freestyle (30.58 seconds), Jobst won the 100 freestyle (1:07.31) and Sarah Lowery won the 100 butterfly (1:20.84).

Sophomore girls volleyball

Wilmington 2, Streator 1: At Pops Dale Gym in Streator, the Bulldogs (19-12-1, 9-5) lost 15-25, 25-16, 25-21 to the Wildcats in the ICE match.

Streator was led by Aubrey Jacobs (nine assists), Ava Gwaltney (eight kills) and Maiya Lansford (18 digs).

Freshman girls volleyball

Wilmington 2, Streator 0: At Pops Dale Gym in Streator, the Bulldogs dropped a 25-14, 25-17 decision to the Wildcats.

Kennedy Harcharick had two aces and five digs for Streator, with Morgan Kostal also recording a pair of kills.