Fulton's Landen Leu scored 22 points in a win over Bureau Valley, Sterling boys fell at Rock Island, Oregon boys bowling is 6-2 and more in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The Streator boys basketball team topped Coal City to improve to 5-0 in Illinois Central Eight Conference play while also earning a sixth straight victory on Friday, while Newark and Serena both picked up Little Ten Confer triumphs. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Sycamore scored 11 points in the final 59 seconds of the first half to turn a first-half deficit into a 71-59 victory over Dixon in a nonconference game Friday night at Lancaster Gym.

L-P adjusted to Rantoul's 1-3-1 zone and played better defense in the second half to pull away for a 59-38 nonconference victory Friday.

The Dixon Dukes host the Sycamore Spartans in a non-conference game. The game was played at Lancaster Gym in Dixon on Friday, December 19th, 2025.

Here are 45 of the best girls volleyball players across The Times coverage area, The 2025 Times All-Area Girls Volleyball Team.

Streator senior Aubrey Jacobs did a lot of everything for the Bulldogs this past season and is the 2025 Times Volleyball Player of the Year.

Ottawa received the No. 5 seed and Streator the No. 6 seed for the 62nd Plano Christmas Classic at the seeding meeting held Thursday evening. The tournament tips off Dec. 26 and runs through Dec. 30.

Newman boys basketball advanced to Friday's Forreston tournament championship against Byron. Eastland boys and girls also won tournament titles, Morrison boys wrestling beat Newman and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The Ottawa boys wrestling team defeated Streator and host Mendota on Thursday, while the Leland boys basketball team earned a victory over Amboy. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Glenbard South beat West Chicago on Thursday for its ninth victory in a row.

The St. Bede girls basketball team won big, plus more results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

Dixon beat Rockford Christian in BNC action as Brody Nicklaus scored 18 points. Milledgeville, Oregon and Forreston boys picked up wins, Sterling girls bowling is 5-0 and more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The La Salle-Peru girl basketball team held Ottawa to seven points in the second half as the Cavaliers overcame a 10-point deficit to win 41-36.

Behind a double-double from Braden Behringer and solid defense, the Sandwich boys basketball team topped host Harvard on Wednesday, while Emma Palaschak sank eight 3-pointers and finished with 31 points to help the Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland girls to a win over Midland.

Bureau Valley freshman Carson Gruber is the NewsTribune Athlete of the Week after scoring 37 points against Princeton.

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

Sterling boys wrestling beat Fulton 40-39, Newman boys basketball won, Dixon boys bowling is 3-0 and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The L-P boys bowling team topped Kaneland, the Fieldcrest boys basketball team earned a conference win and more in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The La Salle-Peru co-op won all 11 events in a win over the Morris co-op on Tuesday in La Salle.

Z'Viyon Martin's 3-pointer with two seconds left completed Rock Falls' 15-point comeback against Mendota on Monday.

Dixon's Ahmyrie McGowan scored 20 points in a 43-32 loss to 7-0 Morton. Oregon and Rock Falls girls won, Oregon boys basketball fell to Byron and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

It was for the most part a rough night for Times-area girls basketball teams, with Seneca, Somonauk, Streator, Fieldcrest, FCW and Serena all falling. That and more in The Times Monday Roundup.

The Hall and Mendota girls basketball teams earned nonconference wins, plus more results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

Sterling forced 38 turnovers and Joslynn James scored 32 points as the Golden Warriors cruised to a 58-21 victory over La Salle-Peru on Monday.

Ottawa senior Jorge Lopez — a player with exception overall skills — scored 12 goals and passed for a pair of assists from his striker spot this past season and is the 2025 Times Boys Soccer Player of the Year.

Here are the top boys soccer players across The Times coverage area, The 2025 Times All-Area Boys Soccer Team.

Sterling graduate Grace Egan had nine kills, two aces and a block as the Wisconsin volleyball team beat Texas to advance to Thursday's NCAA Final Four.

Dixon's Riley Paredes won his weight class as the Dukes were third at Mount Prospect. Rock Falls' Logan Thome and Sterling's Cael Lyons took first at the Riverdale invite, Newman boys basketball won, Eastland and Polo girls went 2-0 and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Wrestlers from Seneca, Streator, Sandwich and Marquette claimed individual tournament titles, Streator and Ottawa's boys bowling teams took to the lanes, plus more in The Times Saturday Roundup.

Sterling freshman DeAndre Maas scored a career-high 25 points in a win at Quincy. Newman wrestler Blair Grennan went 4-0 in Pontiac, Oregon boys basketball is 6-0 and more in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Ottawa's girls basketball team along with the boys teams from Streator, Newark and Somonauk scored victories in a hoops-filled Times Friday Roundup.

Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland girls basketball, Serena boys basketball, and both Seneca and Ottawa boys wrestling scored victories, plus more in The Times Thursday Roundup.

Newman boys basketball hit 14 3-pointers against Amboy to improve to 6-0. Sterling boys swimming won, Dixon girls bowling won and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Sterling never trailed in its Western Big 6 game against rival Geneseo on Thursday at Musgrove Fieldhouse, using big runs in the first and third quarter to pull away for a 61-40 victory.

A look at the top football players in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.

Newark boys basketball, Fieldcrest boys basketball and Sandwich girls basketball all recorded wins, all in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

Sterling wrestling split a triangular as Cael Lyons had two pins. E-P boys wrestling beat Polo, Morrison had two wins, Forreston and Polo girls basketball had wins and more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Dixon scored the first 21 points of the game and used a suffocating defense to defeat Kaneland 35-16 on Wednesday night at Lancaster Gym.

La Salle-Peru senior Nick Hachenberger went from never playing defense in youth football to a tackling machine at linebacker, averaging 10.1 stops per game this fall. He is the 2025 NewsTribune Defensive Football Player of the Year.

Sterling girls wrestling beat Galesburg 33-24 as Viviana Torres won an 8-7 decision. Sterling boys basketball fell at Moline, Oregon boys wrestling beat E-P and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

It was a loaded day on the local varsity sports schedule, with area boys wrestling, girls basketball and boys basketball teams all scoring victories. Read all about them in The Times Tuesday Roundup.

Faith Christian used a 16-0 third-quarter run to pull away from Quad Cities Christian for a 73-49 victory Tuesday in their Northern Illinois Christian Conference rivalry game in Grand Detour.

Princeton senior Casey Etheridge is the NewsTribune Offensive Football Player of the Year for the third time after running into the record books this fall.

Ottawa boys wrestling, Serena girls basketball and Leland boys basketball were among the winners in The Times Monday Roundup.

Rock Falls beat Putnam County 62-43 as Cole Heald scored 14 points. Dixon boys basketball fell 96-75 to Rochelle, Dixon girls are 7-0 and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

With the season just underway, here is a look at the La Salle-Peru, St. Bede, Hall and Mendota girls bowling teams for the 2025-26 season.

Seneca boys wrestling placed runner-up at its own Irish Invitational, Marquette's Lily Deibel won an individual title, plus lots of basketball in The Times Saturday Roundup.

Dixon boys wrestling won Sterling's Carson DeJarnatt Invitational behind four first-place finishes. Sterling's Sarah Doughty won the Oregon bowling invite for the third straight year and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The La Salle-Peru girls bowling team won the Oregon Invite, the Princeton girls basketball team earned a nonconference win and more in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.