Here is the All-Kishwaukee River Conference girls volleyball team for the 2025 season, as selected by coaches. Woodstock North senior setter Gabby Schefke was named KRC Player of the Year.

The 2025-26 Ottawa girls basketball team, despite key loses from graduation, will look to build off a previous season that saw the Pirates win 24 games and a Class 3A regional championship.

New Streator head girls basketball coach Eric Gwaltney is focusing on his Bulldogs being more competitive on a game-to-game, quarter-to-quarter, play-to-play basis as they head into the 2025-26 season.

Ottawa's boys bowling team visited Streator, getting the victory in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

Dwight in 1A and both Morris and Coal City in 4A are preparing for quarterfinal IHSA playoff matchups.

The Ottawa doubles team of Zulee Moreland and Yaquelin Hernandez-Solis won 27 matches, the I-8 Conference and Class 1A sectional tournaments as well as a trio of matches at state to earn the honor of 2025 Times Girls Tennis Players of the Year.

A playoff field that started with seven undefeated teams is down to just three. But the group is still chock full of teams that can make a serious run to the title. Steve Soucie breaks down the quarterfinal round of the 2025 IHSA Class 2A playoffs.

From possible regional repeats for Ottawa, Seneca and Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland to new coaches, programs poised for a bounce-back and Times Player of the Year candidates, here are five storylines we're watching as the girls basketball season gets underway next week.

Ottawa boys bowling opened winter sports, with results in The Times Monday Roundup.