Ottawa defeated their route 23 rival the Streator Bulldogs 1-0 in a defensive battle at King Field.
The lone score of the game was a sacrifice fly from the Pirates Micheal Brunner.
Jake Serby pitched a complete two hit shutout game for Ottawa.
Seneca dominated on the road at Woodland 12-1.
A.J. Stiegler pitched two innings with three strikeouts to earn the win in relief for the Irish.
In Softball
Ottawa rallied late in the game at home and outscored Streator 2-1
The Lady Pirates Abi Claus hit a line-drive down the third-base line to bring in the game winning run.
Seneca won on the road at Woodland 8-4.
Maggie Carpenter pitched seven innings allowing 4 runs with 11 strikeouts for the lady Irish.
The Marquette Lady Crusaders won big at home 13-2 over Plano.
Ottawa defeated Kaneland 5-0 in varsity tennis.
For the Pirates in singles, Ethan Kraft and Adam Gross were winners. In doubles the teams of Sam Walker/Regan Linde, Will Goetz/Tanner Ditchfield and Daniel Reinhart/Logan Goetsch were all victorious.
The Ottawa JV tennis team defeated Kaneland 5-0
For the Pirates Sebastian Cabrera & Karcin Hagi won in singles
The teams of Ethan Hancock & Zander Houk and Taegeon Eom & Ethan Cela were winners in doubles
Seneca defeated both Morris and their host Plano in a triangular meet in wrestling.
Winners for the fighting Irish who competed: Jaden Casey, Owen Feiner, Asher Hamby, Collin Wright, Gavin Robertson, Nathan Elliott , Kyle Hamby, and Maveric Varland.
Seneca hosted multiple teams in track and field and won both the boys and girls divisions.
The Marquette Crusaders competed and placed fifth in varsity boys and the varsity girls finished sixth.
Elsewhere in sports
Tune in tonight for White Sox baseball when the South-Siders hit the road to Kansas City. Carlos Rodon takes the mound for the Sox to face the Royals. Pre-game begins at 6:30 with the first pitch at 7:10pm. Catch all the action tonight on 1430AM WCMY.
The Cubs host the Pirates this afternoon and will send Zach Davies to the mound to face Pittsburgh’s Trevor Cahill. The North-Siders are coming off a three-game sweep of the World Series Champion LA Dodgers.
Cardinal pitchers walked 11 batters in a 4-1 loss to the Mets at Busch Stadium. . Harrison Bader drove in the lone run for St. Louis, which dropped two of three in the series. The Cards host the Rockies tonight.
The Blackhawks won in overtime in a 2-1 victory over the Hurricanes in Carolina. The Hawks return home to open a season-ending back-to-back with the Dallas Stars beginning Sunday night.
Nikola Vucevic scored 29 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the Bulls cruised to a 120-99 win over the Hornets in Charlotte. . The Bulls host the Celtics tonight.
The Illinois men’s basketball team is hiring Chester Frazier as assistant coach. The former point guard played for the Fighting Illini from 2006-09,