Sandwich Preps

The Sandwich baseball team - behind the pitching of Braden Behringer - topped Richmond-Burton in Wednesday's Kishwaukee River Conference game. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Ottawa boys tennis team started, then had their Interstate 8 Conference dual with host La Salle-Peru on Tuesday before rain forced a postponement. Plus, more results from around The Times area.

Sunny Weber’s coach at Sandwich wanted her to make a statement on the national stage this spring. She was looking for redemption last weekend. The Sandwich junior did both at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational in California. That, plus Plano's big night in the track notebook.

Streator, Seneca, Earlville and Serena all secured softball victories, plus plenty of baseball and girls soccer in The Times Monday Roundup.

The Ottawa softball team swept a doubleheader at Yorkville Christian on Saturday, while Seneca's Tessa Krull fired a no-hitter with 14 strikeouts against Newark. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The host Fighting Irish girls scored a second-place team finish Friday in the Seneca Irish Invitational, plus more Good Friday action from around The Times area.

The Serena baseball and softball teams recorded shutout wins over Gardner-South Wilmington on Thursday, while Sandwich softball used back-to-back homers to defeat Woodstock. Plus more results from around the Times area.

Ottawa softball and Marquette baseball both picked up one-run victories in conference play, Seneca softball bested Wilmington, plus more in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

Jason VanPelt, a 2002 Sandwich graduate and three-sport athlete there, long-time football assistant and varsity baseball coach, has been hired as the Indians' next head football coach. "It's special, for sure."

The Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell baseball team - behind a three-run fourth and the pitching of Connor Dodge - defeated Putnam County 4-3 in a Tri-County Conference game on Tuesday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Earlville baseball team scored five times in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Serena in a Little Ten Conference game on Monday. Serena, Newark and Somonauk softball teams claimed league wins. Plus more results from around The Times area.

The Serena baseball team threw a combined no-hitter against Seneca on Saturday, while the Ottawa softball team earned a pair of one-run wins. Plus more results from around The Times area.

The Streator softball team, behind homers by Joyce Walkling and Mya Zavada, and pitching of Makenna Ondrey, slipped past Sandwich 3-2 on Friday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Marquette and Seneca softball teams stayed unbeaten in Tri-County Conference play with wins on Thursday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Somonauk/Leland softball won a wild one (59 total runs were scored), plus victories for Serena softball, Streator baseball and girls soccer and more in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

Sandwich junior Brady Behringer navigated through a jam just three batters into Wednesday's game, struck out 10 and took a shutout into the fifth inning, and the Indians held off a late Plano rally for the second straight day for a 7-4 win and sweep of the two-game series.

Plano hosted Sandwich in boys varsity baseball on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

The Marquette baseball and softball teams earned Tri-County Conference wins over Dwight on Tuesday, while the Serena and Newark softball teams recorded Little Ten Conference triumphs. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Serena and Seneca softball both scored Monday victories, plus more in The Times Monday Roundup.

Ottawa's Weston Averkamp and the Newark and Streator softball teams were among the winners this weekend in The Times Saturday Roundup.

Ottawa and Sandwich baseball as well as Sandwich softball all picked up victories, plus more in The Times Friday Roundup.

Marquette's Griffin Dobberstein homered and drove in six runs in a Tri-County Conference win over Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell on Thursday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Here are five Times area athletes who can have a gigantic boys track season.

Here are preview capsules of boys track and field teams from around the Times coverage area.

Here are five Times area athletes who can have a gigantic girls track season.

Here are preview capsules of girls track and field teams from around the Times coverage area.

The Marquette baseball team topped Woodland/Flanagan-Cornell in Tri-County Conference play on Tuesday, while Serena, Somonauk and Newark all triumphed in Little Ten Conference action. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Sandwich hosted Aurora Central Catholic boys baseball on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.

Here are previews of girls track and field teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The Streator softball team — behind the pitching of Makenna Ondrey — captured its Illinois Central Eight Conference opener on Monday, while the Newark and Somonauk baseball teams started the Little Ten Conference slate with wins. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The track and field season heads outdoors soon. Here are previews of boys track and field teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

The Streator and Marquette baseball teams earned doubleheader sweeps, while the Bulldogs softball squad split a twinbill with Newark on Saturday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Honoring 25 of the area's best high school boys basketball players as selected by The Times Sports staff, here is the 2024-25 Times All-Area Boys Basketball Team.

The Ottawa softball and baseball teams earned wins over Newark on Friday, while Seneca's Lila Coleman won three medals at the Top Times Indoor Track and Field meet in Bloomington. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Honoring 25 of the area's best high school girls basketball players as selected by The Times Sports staff, here is the 2024-25 Times All-Area Girls Basketball Team.

The Ottawa baseball team topped Pontiac to improve to 5-1, while Marquette dropped a heartbreaker to Marmion Academy to fall to 5-1 on Thursday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Seneca softball team improved to 3-0, while Newark rolled to its first win of the season on Wednesday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Serena softball team slipped past Ottawa 1-0, while Seneca opened league play with a big victory on Tuesday. Plus more results from around the Times area.

The Ottawa baseball team and Marquette softball team won and more baseball, softball, tennis and track results in Monday's The Times roundup.

Fourteen of the area's top girls and boys wrestlers make up the 2024-25 Times All-Area Wrestling Team.

The Marquette baseball and softball teams each won a pair of games on Saturday at the Play the Turf Jamboree in Jacksonville. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The Woodland baseball used a walk-off hit from Brezdyn Simons to top Gardner-South Wilmington on Friday, while Addie Scherer pitched and hit Earlville past South Beloit. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

Here is the 2024-2025 Record Newspapers all-area boys basketball team.

Ottawa senior Weston Averkamp won two events on a rainy Wednesday for Ottawa's boys track and field team, plus more in The Times Wednesday Roundup.

Baseball season is officially here and there are no shortage of interesting stories to watch as the season unfolds. Here are five storylines in particular to follow in the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Marquette softball, Ottawa baseball both move to 2-0, WFC softball scores first win of new season, and more in The Times Tuesday Roundup.

The Marquette baseball and softball teams opening the season with wins over Lexington on Monday. Plus, more results from around the Times area.

The 2025 high school softball season starts this week. Here are previews of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area.

Here's a team-by-team season preview for softball teams across The Times coverage area, including Seneca, Fieldcrest, Sandwich, Serena, Earlville, Newark and Somonauk/Leland.

Here is a team-by-team season preview for baseball teams across The Times coverage area, including Seneca, Fieldcrest, Sandwich, Serena, Earlville co-op, Newark and Somonauk.