Brian Hoxsey

Sports Writer and Columnist at Ottawa Times

Sportswriter for Shaw Media/Friday Night Drive Fan of the Cubs, sports board games and my daughter Jamie My mom's spaghetti & biscuits and gravy are the best

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Local news and sports for La Salle County, Illinois and Bureau County, Illinois

9 hours ago | newstrib.com | Brian Hoxsey

June 08, 2025NewsSportsNewslettersShaw Local RadioeNewspaperLocal EventsStarved Rock CountryRead our stories of inspiring teachers in the Illinois ValleyDeepen the connection to your community with Illinois Valley text alerts from Shaw Local News Network. Engage with our newsroom, get breaking news updates, community news, high school sports and more. We'll usually text you a few times per week. Enroll today to start your enhanced connection to Illinois Valley news.
Marquette completes repeat, rallies in 7th to win 1A state title

13 hours ago | shawlocal.com | Brian Hoxsey

CHAMPAIGN — The Marquette baseball team only held the lead once in Saturday’s Class 1A championship game against Father McGivney. But it couldn’t have come at a better moment. Down one run heading to the bottom seventh, the Crusaders rallied for two runs, the final one coming home on a walk-off RBI single to right field by senior Sam Mitre, to give Marquette a thrilling 6-5 win over the Griffins at Illinois Field.
Marquette baseball earned chance to defend 1A title

3 days ago | shawlocal.com | Brian Hoxsey

The Marquette baseball team enter this season coming off winning the Class 1A state championship and with all but three players returning to the diamond. The obvious questions were: Can they make a return trip? And if they do, can they make it two straight titles? “To be honest, we didn’t talk about it,” said Marquette coach Todd Hopkins, who has guided the Crusaders to four state trophies over the past seven years.
Lemont advances to 3A sectional title game with 4-2 win over Ottawa

4 days ago | shawlocal.com | Brian Hoxsey

OTTAWA — Lemont senior Natalie Pacyga’s first two at-bats in Tuesday’s Class 3A Ottawa Sectional semifinal were, in her words, “ugly.”“I swung at pitches I shouldn’t have, swung out of my shoes, and popped out twice,” Pacyga said shaking her head disbelief.
Local news and sports for La Salle County, Illinois and Bureau County, Illinois

5 days ago | newstrib.com | Brian Hoxsey

June 03, 2025NewsSportsNewslettersShaw Local RadioeNewspaperLocal EventsStarved Rock CountryRead our stories of inspiring teachers in the Illinois ValleyDeepen the connection to your community with Illinois Valley text alerts from Shaw Local News Network. Engage with our newsroom, get breaking news updates, community news, high school sports and more. We'll usually text you a few times per week. Enroll today to start your enhanced connection to Illinois Valley news.
Twice as nice: Defending champ Marquette beats Fulton, advances to 1A state finals for second year in a row

5 days ago | shawlocal.com | Brian Hoxsey

DEKALB — The sight of Marquette baseball players throwing their gloves up in excitement and dogpiling on each other in the infield after a championship-clinching postseason win has become a common sight over the last few years. It was that thought that was running through the back of Marquette sophomore pitcher Griffin Dobberstein’s mind one out away from a victory over Fulton in Monday’s Class 1A DeKalb Supersectional at Northern Illinois University’s Ralph McKinzie Field.
Amateur Golf: Jamie Schmitt wins 77th annual Pine Hills Invitational

5 days ago | shawlocal.com | Brian Hoxsey

Tied for the lead after Saturday’s opening round of the 77th Pine Hills Invitational at Pine Hills Golf Course in Ottawa, Jamie Schmitt recorded five birdies in his opening nine holes Sunday and eventually claimed the championship flight title with a two-day score of 8-under-par 136. Schmitt, after shooting a 2-under 70 on Saturday, roared to a second-round 66 to win his first championship at the event.
Alec Novotney, Marquette top Aurora Christian 5-1 for sectional title

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Brian Hoxsey

ELGIN — The Marquette baseball team had all kinds of traffic on the base paths in three of the first four innings against Aurora Christian in Saturday’s Class 1A Harvest Christian Sectional championship game but didn’t score. That changed in the top of the fifth. The Crusaders finally broke the ice with three runs, then added two more in the sixth and eventually recorded a 5-1 win at Trout Park.
Ottawa’s Weston Averkamp advances to 3A state final in the hurdles : The Times Friday Roundup

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Brian Hoxsey

Ottawa’s Weston Averkamp, Sandwich’s Peter Popp and Jacob Ross advance: At the IHSA Class 2A and 3A Boys Track and Field State Meet on Friday in Charleston, Ottawa senior Weston Averkamp qualified for Saturday’s Class 3A finals in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles. Averkamp placed sixth (14.44 seconds) in his 110 preliminary and third (38.06) in the 300.
Serena softball bests Marquette 6-2 in 1A sectional final

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Brian Hoxsey

SERENA — Any coach will tell there are just times where they have a hunch. Serena softball coach Kelly Baker had one of those moments in the second inning of Friday’s Class 1A Serena Sectional championship game against Marquette. With runners on first and second with one out, Baker had Cassie Walsh put down a sacrifice bunt and No. 9-hitter and sophomore Maddie Young followed with a two-run single to center to give the Huskers the lead for good in an eventual 6-2 triumph over the Crusaders.