Bill Lidinsky

Sophomore Bailey Miller has stepped into the void of an injured teammate and provided excellent performances for the Earlville volleyball team including Wednesday's effort in a win over Sandwich.

The Seneca volleyball team used a consistent effort to top Woodland in two sets Thursday to remain undefeated in the Tri-County Conference.

After missing a week of play due to a forfeit by Westmont, the Seneca Fighting Irish were in no mood to mess around entering a Chicagoland Prairie League game against conference foe Elmwood Park.

Teagan Johnson pounded down a contest-best nine kills, while Faith Baker added six as Seneca bested rival Marquette 25-20, 25-23 Thursday.

The Ottawa volleyball team came from behind in both sets to defeat Morris on Tuesday.

Owen Cunningham’s spot-on throw in from about 15 yards away found the head of Lucas Rubio for the game’s only goal Monday and kept Woodstock unbeaten in KRC play with a 1-0 victory over Plano.

Sandwich beat rival Plano 27-7 in the first meeting between the rivals since 2019.

Morris senior Kalen Carver recorded his third hat trick in as many games, his three goals leading his team past La Salle-Peru 6-1 on Wednesday.

Wesseh, Ulrich and the Norsemen faced another big three-set challenge Tuesday evening but came away a winner this time around after an intense 25-17, 32-34, 25-17 victory over a very talented squad from Aurora Christian at Newark where the classmates shined once again.

Simeion Harris ran for 187 yards and two touchdowns as Sandwich beat Peotone and started the year 2-0 in the program's restart.

Adrianna Larson produced a match-leading seven kills along with two service aces in her first game as a Norsemen to help lead Newark to a hard-fought, 25-18, 25-22 victory over a talented group of Fighting Irish spikers Monday evening in Seneca.

Simeion Harris rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns, Sandwich piled up 430 rushing yards, and the Indians made a winning return to varsity football by pulling away to beat Manteno 34-14 – Sandwich varsity football's first win since 2019.

Carter Button connected on 8 of 15 passes for 216 yards and three touchdowns, and A.J. Zweeres caught five of Button’s offerings for 164 yards and a pair of touchdown catches as Morris bested Coal City 43-3.

Plano defeated Sandwich in three sets in the first Kishwaukee River Conference match between the rivals.

During the past two softball seasons, Marquette Academy and Newark have produced a pair of epic championship matchups with each school winning once. Add another thrilling title tilt to the list with the Crusaders now owning the advantage over the Norsemen.