Seneca 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.

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.

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.

Seneca head boys basketball coach Russ Witte announced late last week he'll be retiring from coaching to spend more time with his family.

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.

Seneca shut out Serena 6-0 on Saturday, April 12, 2025 at Seneca High School.

Seneca junior pitcher Tessa Krull pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts in a 6-0 victory over Serena on Saturday. The Fighting Irish are now 10-0.

Seneca beat Beacher 15-6 on Friday, April 11, 2025 at Seneca High School.

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 Seneca baseball team, which has recently dropped a number of close games, exploded with 14 hits and took advantage of eight Beecher errors in a 15-6 victory on Friday in Seneca.

Longtime Seneca head boys basketball coach Russ Witte announced Thursday he'll be retiring from coaching after recording 284 wins at Seneca and over 300 in his career.

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.

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.

The results of the annual WJOL Softball Tournament showcased the depth and quality of the teams in the area. That and more in Rob Oesterle's Herald-News softball notebook.

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.

As outdoor season revs up, here is a look at the 2025 boys track and field season across the Herald-News 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.

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 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.

Seneca senior Paxton Giertz is the 2024-25 Times Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

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.

Here is the 2024-2025 Herald-News boys basketball All-Area team.

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.

See who the best of the best from around the area in girls wrestling were this past year.

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

Seneca sophomore Raiden Terry is the Times 2024-25 Boys Wrestler of the Year after finishing third at 106 pounds at Class 1A state, while compiling 52 wins and 24 technical falls, both school records.

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 are some of the storylines to follow throughout the Herald-News area as prep softball season gets into full swing.

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.

Meet the 2024-25 Herald-News All-Area Boys Wrestling Team.