Newark Preps

Paxton Giertz netted 31 points in Seneca's win and Adam Waite scored his 1,000th career point in Earlville's victory on Friday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Seneca, Serena, Earlville, Somonauk/Leland and FCW all scored girls basketball victories, plus more in The Times Thursday Roundup.

The Seneca boys wrestling team rolled to a pair of wins on Wednesday, while the Newark boys basketball squad earned its 10th victory.

As the regular season starts to wind down and the postseason gets closer on the radar, many Times-area boys basketball teams and players are trending up in Brian Hoxsey's boys basketball notebook.

The Seneca boys basketball team outlasted host Coal City for its 15th win of the season on Tuesday, while Serena, Newark and Earlville all claimed LTC victories. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Kaitlyn Davis poured in 31 points to help the Marquette girls basketball team defeat St. Bede in a Tri-County Conference game on Monday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Seneca girls basketball team, with a win over Dwight, improved to 7-1 in Tri-County Conference play on Saturday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Streator boys basketball team picked up a road win at Lisle on Friday to stay unbeaten in Illinois Central Eight Conference play. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Streator's girls bowling, Ottawa's boys bowling and numerous girls basketball teams across The Times area scored Thursday night victories.

Ottawa's Marlie Orlandi sank seven 3-pointers on the way to a game-high 25 points in the Pirates win over Oak Forest on Wednesday. Plus more results from around the Times area.

The Marquette girls basketball team — with Kaitlyn Davis popping in 16 of her game-high 23 points in the first quarter — rolled past host Newark 58-27 on Wednesday night.

The Woodland boys basketball team topped visiting Leland on Tuesday night. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Serena boys basketball team defeated Dwight at the United Center in Chicago on Monday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Seneca’s Catalina Pacheco went 3-0, including a pair of pinfalls, to win the 130-pound bracket at the Bolingbrook Invite on Saturday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Nonconference wins for Flanagan-Cornell's boys, Fieldcrest's girls and Sandwich's boys led a light night in The Times Friday Roundup.

Results, leaders, all-tournament honorees and more from around the NewsTribune and Times areas Saturday, plus wrestling results from the huge ABE's Rumble in the state capital.

Results, results and more results from Friday's tournament basketball action across The Times and NewsTribune coverage areas.

Seneca senior Paxton Giertz scored 26 points, including his 2,000th of his career, as the Fighting Irish rolled past Earlville at the Shipyard Showdown Tournament on Thursday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Fieldcrest's Macy Gochanour poured in a career-high 46 points to led Fieldcrest to a 69-56 Heart of Illinois Conference win over Fisher on Monday.

Here are 41 of the best girls volleyball players across The Times coverage area, The 2024 Times All-Area Girls Volleyball Team.

Here are the best boys soccer players across The Times coverage area, The 2024 Times All-Area Boys Soccer Team.

The Serena girls basketball won at Putnam County on Saturday, while the Streator and Seneca boys squads suffered losses.

Paxton Giertz poured in 30 points to help Seneca top Midland on Friday, while Somonauk, Serena and Fieldcrest also earned wins. Streator girls capture first win of the season. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Mary Stisser scored a career-high 19 points and Ottawa forced 26 first-half turnovers in a 53-18 win over Newark

The Serena girls basketball team defeated Marquette on Thursday, while Somonauk/Leland earned a comeback win. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Seneca's Alyssa Zellers scored a game-best 18 points to help the Fighting Irish defeat host Serena on Wednesday. Plus more results from around the Times area.

Woodland wins a close one, Sandwich topples Serena, Dwight beats Newark and more scores in the roundup.

The 2024 Times All-Area Girls and Boys Golf Honor Roll, a list filled with postseason advancers and tournament champions.

The Marquette girls basketball team, led by 14 points from Hunter Hopkins, defeated Putnam County in a Tri-County Conference game on Monday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Times area saw wrestlers from Seneca, Sandwich and the Streator co-op win individual championships Saturday, plus Ottawa boys basketball won and more.

Flanagan-Cornell, Leland, Serena and Fieldcrest boys basketball were all winners Friday night. That and more in the Times Friday roundup.

Serena, Marquette and Seneca girls basketball all scored victories, plus more from across the area in The Times Thursday Roundup.

Ottawa's boys bowling team defeated rival La Salle-Peru, plus more from around the area in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

It was a packed day of basketball and wrestling around The Times Area on Tuesday.

Madi Spychalski had 15 points and 12 rebounds and Yorkville girls basketball rode a fast start past Oswego, Yorkville bowling beat Oswego, Dylan Long scored 31 in a Newark win and more in Tuesday's roundup.

Both Seneca and Marquette's girls basketball teams picked up Monday night conference wins, plus more from around The Times area.

Seneca's boys wrestling team placed fourth at its own Irish Invitational, Streator's girls wrestlers were seventh at the inaugural Girls PIT, plus more from around The Times area Saturday.

A roundup of Friday night's action across The Times area, including boys basketball conference (and season) openers as well as Seneca boys wrestling scoring a pair of triumphs.

Wins for Streator girls wrestling, Seneca boys wrestling and Ottawa boys bowling are just a few of the results in Thursday's Times Roundup.

Here is the 2024 Record Newspapers All-Area girls volleyball team.

The Sandwich boys wrestling team topped Lisle and Ottawa on Wednesday in the Times area, while the Somonauk boys basketball squad defeated visiting Reed-Custer.

The Woodland boys basketball team made 15 shots from beyond the arc in a 78-52 victory over visiting LaMoille on Tuesday. Plus, more results from around The Times area.

Seneca senior guard Alyssa Zellers scored 26 points - including knocking down a program-tying record eight 3-pointers — on Monday in a Tri-County Conference win over Henry-Senachwine. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Flanagan-Cornell boys basketball won the title of the Route 17 Classic, while Woodland finished third on Saturday in Dwight. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Newark in Serena and Sandwich in Sycamore secured their first wins of the 2024-25 boys basketball season, and more in The Times Friday Roundup.

Girls wrestling and boys basketball competed the fay before Thanksgiving, and here are results in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

The Woodland and Flanagan-Cornell boys basketball teams improve to 2-0 at Route 17 Classic on Tuesday, while Serena won in OT and Leland rolled to a second straight win. Plus, more results from the Times area.

The Somonauk, Woodland, Leland and Flanagan-Cornell boys basketball teams captured season-opening wins on Monday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

With boys basketball season starting across the state Monday, here is a look at the 2024-25 season for teams across The Times coverage area.

As the boys basketball season tips off this week, here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.