2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (792+ words) Sterling’s Kasey Weeks (left) and Nia Harris go up for a block against Moline’s LaTasia Green-Huffman on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (Alex T. Paschal) Once Sterling grabbed the momentum in the first set, it didn’t let it go. But Moline turned the…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (332+ words) Polo's Reese Mekeel (9) hits a spike as Forreston's Alivia Ingram (10) and Grace Holaday (8) go up to block during a NUIC match on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026 at Polo High School. (Earleen Hinton) Polo def. Forreston 25-18, 22-25, 25-13: Polo’s Reese Mekeel had 15 kills, 12 digs and…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (503+ words) Avery Gribbin of Streator sets ball for teammate Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, during their game against Dwight at Krese Memorial Gymnasium in Dwight. (MaKade Rios for Shaw Local) The Streator girls volleyball team was solid in almost every aspect of Wednesday night’s…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (825+ words) All season long, the La Salle-Peru volleyball team has been jumping out to early leads. “I think we have a really good pregame,” L-P senior Addie Dawson said. “We have a lot of traditions that I think get our energy…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1284+ words) Seneca's Brooklyn Sheedy (Brian Hoxsey) Seneca def. Marquette 25-13, 25-11: At Seneca, the Irish earned the Tri-County Conference victory over the Crusaders on Tuesday. Seneca was led by Brooklyn Sheddy (11 kills), Graysen Provance (18 assists) and Frankie Meyers (seven kills). Streator def. Peotone…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (543+ words) The outside hitting of Lexie Grevengoed of Joliet West and Kolby Ross of Lincoln-Way East cancelled each other out Tuesday night, leaving the outcome of the match in other players’ hands. Claire Connolly, a sophomore middle hitter for Lincoln-Way East,…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (145+ words) Shaw Local Reed-Custer girls volleyball loses Labor Day match to Marquette: The Herald-News Monday Roundup Marquette def. Reed-Custer 25-20, 25-21: At Braidwood on Monday, the host Comets dropped the nonconference meeting with the Crusaders in straight sets. J.T. is a graduate of Streator…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (623+ words) La Salle-Peru's Aubrey Duttlinger reached 1,000 career kills on Saturday. (Scott Anderson) At Rock Falls: La Salle-Peru went 4-1 on Saturday to place second at the Rock Falls Invite. The Cavaliers beat Princeton (20-13, 20-17), Bureau Valley (13-20, 20-14, 15-5) and Morrison (20-9, 21-19) in pool play. L-P beat…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (726+ words) Manteno CUSD. No. 5 logo Manteno Early Bird Invite: The host Panthers (11-0) swept through their home tournament Saturday to extend their season-opening winning streak to double digits. Grant Park (5-5) took third place while Clifton Central (5-5) took sixth, Watseka (3-6) took seventh and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (102+ words) Putnam County def. Galva 25-20, 25-20: Myah Richardson had 12 assists, 10 kills, seven digs and an ace to lead the Panthers to a nonconference victory in Granville. Britney Trinidad had 13 assists, six kills and four digs for PC (8-1), while Kennedy Holocker contributed seven…...