Eddie Carifio

The Mendota attack was relentless against Genoa-Kingston on Tuesday in a Class 1A Indian Creek Sectional semifinal. The Trojans connected twice for the 2-0 win an a trip to the finals.

Sycamore starts the postseason with a trip to Cary-Grove, Kaneland hosts Lakes, and Hiawatha will face Polo for the second time in three weeks. We break down each game.

Genoa-Kingston and Kaneland advanced into regional finals with wins on Tuesday, while the season for DeKalb, Indian Creek and Hinckley-Big Rock came to an end.

Laney Block and Isabella Culotta closed out the second set with kills, Ava Wente-Argo had five blocks and Sycamore advanced to the Class 3A Rochelle Regional final with a 25-20, 26-24 win over the Hubs.

The Sycamore football team secured a playoff berth, Kaneland knocked off the defending 1A state champs and more as we look back at Week 9.

In the playoff brackets released by the IHSA Saturday night, No. 7 Kaneland will host No. 10 Lakes and No. 11 Sycamore will head to No. 6 Cary-Grove in the Class 5A bracket. Hiawatha will head to Polo in the eight-man playoffs.

"We came in and chose violence." NIU ran 57 times for 305 yards, including 37 carries and 166 yards for Chavon Wright, in a 21-7 win against Ball State on Saturday.

Here is some insight on who Milledgeville, Amboy, Polo and West Carroll will face in this year's Illinois 8-Man Football Association playoffs. The 9-0 Missiles are the No. 1 seed.

NIU snapped a six-game losing streak and knocked off Ball State 21-7 on Saturday, claiming the Bronze Stalk in the last currently scheduled meeting between the schools.

DeKalb kept giving Waubonsie Valley chances in the third quarter. Ishmaiah Elliot and the Warriors kept capitalizing. Elliott scored on plays of over 45 yards on three straight touches as the Warriors came back from six down at halftime for a 49-28 win over the Barbs.

Metea Valley middle hitter Olivia Stewart said she feels the Mustangs have battled all year, even if that fight hasn’t resulted in wins. That changed Thursday in DeKalb, when Stewart and her Metea Valley teammates lost the first set but battled back for the win.

The Sycamore tennis team's season came to an end at the state tournament plus more in the roundup.

Join hosts J.T. Pedelty, Sam Ramirez and Eddie Carifio as they preview Week 9 in Illinois high school football in the western and southern parts of northern Illinois.

Dixon hosts Genoa-Kingston, Newman faces Mon-Rose in a battle of 7-1 teams, Sterling heads to Rock Island, Rock Falls (0-8) faces Rockford Lutheran (0-8), Polo (7-1) hosts South Beloit (7-1) and more in this week's Sauk Valley slate.

Genoa-Kingston extended its season with a win over Rockford Christian while IC's season ended with a loss to Mendota.