Kevin Chlum

The St. Bede, Mendota, Fieldcrest and Bureau Valley football teams lost their finales, while Amboy improved to 8-1.

Princeton scored on all five of its first-half drives - two set up by interceptions - and the Tigers rolled to a 48-0 rout of playoff-bound Erie-Prophetstown.

The La Salle-Peru and St. Bede volleyball teams won their regular season finales to earn shares of their respective conference titles, plus more results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

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.

A look at all the Week 9 football games in the NewsTribune area.

The L-P volleyball team won a conference match and more results in Tuesday's NewsTribune roundup.

The St. Bede volleyball team beat Henry-Senachwine in three sets Tuesday to put the Bruins in position to earn a share of the Tri-County Conference title.

With regular season finales this week, here’s where Illinois Valley football teams stand in their quest to make the IHSA and the I8FA playoffs.

Henry, Bureau Valley and Earlville won in volleyball and more results in Monday's NewsTribune roundup.

Bureau Valley senior Wyatt Novotny was named NewsTribune Athlete of the Week after winning the Class 1A boys golf state title.

Senior running back Braden Curran has stepped in at QB for Hall, Princeton Casey Etheridge broke another record, L-P has suffered close losses and more in the BCR/NewsTribune football notebook.

The Putnam County volleyball team placed second in the Mendota tournament and more results in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

L-P's Julia Garcia and Dagny Greer qualified for state tennis, St. Bede soccer won its regional opener and more results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

L-P scored a go-ahead TD and conversion with 29.8 seconds left, but Kaneland responded with a 32-yard field goal as time expired for a 23-21 victory Friday at Howard Fellows Stadium.

The St. Bede volleyball team placed fourth and Putnam County won the consolation bracket in the Tri-County Conference Tournament, plus more results in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.