Forty-four of the top football players from Seneca, Marquette, Fieldcrest, Ottawa, Streator, FCW and Sandwich, here is the 2025 Times All-Area Football Team.

After stepping into the featured back role for the best football team in the area, Seneca senior Cam Shriey is the 2025 Times Football Player of the Year.

Ottawa, Somonauk and Fieldcrest boys basketball all scored Tuesday triumphs, plus more in The Times Tuesday Roundup.

The Seneca Fighting Irish boys basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a 45-37 victory over the St. Bede Bruins in a Tri-County Conference game Tuesday night.

Streator's Joe Hoesktra put together an eye-popping 19-point, 24-rebound double-double, and the Bulldogs needed it to hold off young and scrappy Reed-Custer 50-39 Tuesday night at the Pops.

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Streator defeated Reed Custer 50-39 on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025 in Pops Dale Gymnasium at Streator High School. Check out photos from the game by Tom Sistak.

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Seneca defeated St. Bede 47-39 on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025 at St. Bede Academy.

Two-win teams in the playoffs? Join hosts Steve Soucie and Matt Rodewald as they review the IHSA expansion of the high school football playoffs and what it means for the sport going forward.

Congratulations to The Times Athlete of the Week, Ottawa boys basketball’s Owen Sanders!