Fieldcrest Preps

With baseball season getting underway Monday, here are five storylines to watch in the NewsTribune area this season.

Streator's boys placed first and the girls second in a season-opening indoor track and field meet at Reed-Custer.

The Interstate Eight, Illinois Central Eight, Tri-County, Little Ten, Kishwaukee River and Heart of Illinois conferences have released their All-Conference girls basketball teams for 2024-25 season.

The Tri-County Conference has released its boys and girls basketball all-conference teams, while the Three Rivers, HOIC and Lincoln Trail announced their girls basketball all-conference squads.

At the Morris Indoor Invitational held at Lewis University, Seneca’s girls placed second of four teams on Thursday.

The Bishop McNamara boys basketball team won the Class 2A Fieldcrest Regional championship game on Friday, beating the host Knights 61-45.

The opening day of the IHSA Girls Wrestling State Finals was contested Friday morning, with Ottawa's Juliana Thrush, La Salle-Peru's Kiely Domyancich, and Seneca's Catalina Pacheco and Sammie Greisen advancing to the final day.

The 2025 spring season opened in the area Thursday with the Ottawa girls track and field team competing in an indoor meet in Sycamore.

The Fieldcrest boys basketball team advanced to the regional final while St. Bede saw its season end.

The Woodland and Somonauk boys basketball teams fell in Class 1A regional semifinals on Wednesday, while Fieldcrest advanced to a 2A title shot in the Times area roundup.

The Serena, Newark and Somonauk boys basketball teams all claimed postseason victories in Class 1A regional openers on Monday, while Leland saw its season come to a close in the Times area roundup.

Sandwich's Cooper Corder and Seneca's Jeremy Gagnon dropped semifinal matchups at the IHSA State Wrestling meet, while Streator's rally came up short in a regular season capper in boys basketball. That and more in Friday's Times roundup.

Sandwich’s Cooper Corder and Seneca’s Jeremy Gagnon both started 2-0 to earn berths into their respective weight classes' championship semifinals at the IHSA Boys Individual State Finals held in Champaign on Thursday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Here are five storylines to watch in the BCR/NewsTribune area for the boys basketball postseason.

The Fieldcrest boys basketball team — led by a game-high 23 points from Eddie Lorton and 17 from Jordan Heider — played solid on both ends of the floor in Wednesday's 68-44 victory over Midland.

Newark's Dylan Long scored 40 points, including his 1,000th career point and Somonauk was a winner over Marquette in Wednesday's roundup.

Fieldcrest beat Midland on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025 at Midland High School.

Seneca and Serena both won girls regional semifinals, while Ottawa and Streator's boys both suffered road losses, plus more in The Times Tuesday Roundup.

The Mendota boys basketball team wrapped up an outright conference title, the Putnam County boys basketball team won its first game of the season and more basketball results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland girls basketball team used a huge fourth quarter to pull off an upset in the Class 1A Heyworth Regional semifinals on Monday to advance to Thursday's championship game. Plus more results from around the Times area.

The Hall, Henry-Senachwine and Fieldcrest girls basketball teams had their seasons ended Monday in regional play.

From Class 1A to 3A, from regional play-ins to state championship games, here are boys basketball postseason schedules for teams across the greater Ottawa/Streator/Seneca area.

A look at the postseason seeds and regional pairings for all the boys basketball teams in the NewsTribune area.

Marquette sophomore Alex Schaefer punched his ticket to next weekend’s state Class 1A wrestling finals at the State Farm Center in Champaign after a runner-up finish at 215 pounds on Saturday at the Oregon Sectional. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The L-P girls bowling team advanced to state, girls basketball regionals opened and more in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

The St. Bede boys basketball team edged Henry, sectional wrestling results and more in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Streator boys basketball team wrapped up the outright Illinois Central Eight Conference regular-season championship with a victory over Lisle on Friday at Pops Dale Gym. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Mendota and Henry girls basketball teams won and more basketball results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

Seneca's Alyssa Zellers scored 27 points to help her team earn a comeback win over Pontiac on Thursday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Five storylines to watch in the NewsTribune/BCR area as the girls basketball postseason gets underway.

A look at all the girls basketball regionals involving NewsTribune-area teams.

The Ottawa boys basketball team fell short against host Dunlap on Tuesday night, while Fieldcrest topped Flanagan-Cornell in the HOIC. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Putnam County girls basketball team won against Mendota and more basketball results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The Fieldcrest boys and girls each collected wins on Monday while the Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland girls raced to victory. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The L-P girls basketball team won a nonconference game, the Princeton girls earned a share of the Three Rivers East title and more results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

Five L-P wrestlers placed third at the Class 2A Kaneland Regional along with basketball results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

A trio of locals advanced on to Class 2A boys wrestling sectionals, a pair of local basketball teams beat Richmond-Burton, and the girls track season got underway, all in The Times Saturday Roundup.

The Ottawa and Streator girls bowling teams each had an individual sectional qualifier, Somonauk competed at state cheer and more results in Friday's The Times roundup.

The La Salle-Peru girls bowling team won the Dixon Regional along with basketball results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

Here are the girls basketball postseason pairings for NewsTribune-area teams.

The Streator girls basketball team fell in Thursday's senior night game, while Seneca's Alyssa Zellers set school records in an Irish win. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Henry-Senachwine and St. Bede girls basketball teams earned conference wins and more basketball results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

Serena's girls basketball team suffered a rare loss on a light Wednesday night of local sport in The Times area.

Seneca senior guard Paxton Giertz exploded for a career-high 43 points on Tuesday, including a school record 10 3-pointers, while Streator suffered its first Illinois Central Eight Conference loss. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Mendota boys basketball team overcame a 12-point deficit to beat Hall and more basketball and swimming results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

Serena defeated Somonauk, while Leland fell to Hinckley-Big Rock at the 106th annual Little Ten Conference Boys Basketball Tournament on Monday. Plus more results from around the Times area.

The L-P girls bowling team won the Interstate 8 Conference Tournament along with basketball results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

Somonauk competitive cheer makes it to state, girls basketball wins for Streator, Seneca and Marquette, plus more in The Times Saturday Roundup.

LaMoille and Earlville won in the Little Ten Conference Tournament, L-P's Kamryn Oscepinski rolled a 300 game and more results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

The competitive dance teams from Ottawa and Streator fell short of advancing to the IHSA state finals after Friday's preliminary round at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington. Plus more results from around the Times area.