Unbeaten Ottawa Pirates awarded top seed at 2018 Plano Christmas Classic
PLANO — For the first rime since the 2010 season, the Plano Christmas Classic will entertain only 16 teams instead of the 24 it has seen com…
THE TIMES 2018 GOLFER OF THE YEAR: Woodland's Jenkins, a sure and steady sectional champion
Like a handful of other young golfers across The Times area, Woodland's Tyler Jenkins was enjoying another in a series of fine seasons this …
THE TIMES 2018 BOYS & GIRLS GOLF HONOR ROLL
Here are The Times 2018 Boys and Girls Golf Honor Rolls, filled with conference champions, sectional qualifiers and The Times 2018 Golfer of…
AREA ROUNDUP: Pirates grapplers pick up huge win over rival L-P
LA SALLE — The Ottawa Pirates and La Salle-Peru Cavaliers wrestling teams fought tooth-and-nail to a tie in points after the final bout of t…
OUTDOORS: Sometimes hunting is about more than the prize
Two companions and I went waterfowl hunting last Sunday morning.The person who invited me to hunt ha…
Revenge a motivation as Bears prepare for Packers
LAKE FOREST — If revenge truly is a dish best served cold, then Soldier Field is the perfect setting for the Bears to inflict some payback o…
INFIELD CHATTER: These are rough times to be a free agent
One of the reasons baseball fans obsess over the sport’s reams of statistics is the way it enables us to view a singular feat in the context…
Falcons fall just short in HOIC loss to unbeaten EPG
FLANAGAN — Flanagan-Cornell had two chances to tie its Heart of Illinois Conference game with unbeaten El Paso-Gridley, but both times the F…
AREA ROUNDUP: Warriors edge old Midstate foe in Cullom
CULLOM — The Woodland Warriors edged the Tri-Point Chargers 72-69 in a nonconference contest Tuesday night.
Seneca's energy, defense keys in win over Dwight
DWIGHT — Sometimes the key to a good offensive game plan can be putting points on the scoreboard via a solid effort on the defensive end of …
