Rob Oesterle

Four seniors - Demi Carbone, Abbey Knight, Delaney Purtill and Cali Tierney - have played varsity volleyball since they were freshmen at Providence. The group has helped the Celtics advance to the Class 3A state finals for the first time since 1995.

The Herald-News area was well represented on the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association's All-State teams.

After falling in the supersectional the last two seasons, Providence's volleyball team beat Washington 25-21, 25-18 and advanced to state for the first time since 1995.

Lincoln-Way East, Morris, Coal City, Lincoln-Way East, Dwight and Wilmigton all scored more than 40 points in second-round wins

Caeden Curran ran for 181 yards and three touchdowns in the second half as Morris came away with a 64-50 win over Metamora in the second round of the Class 4A playoffs

Now an assistant baseball coach and substitute teacher at Minooka High School, Wes Anderson spent nearly 32 years in the US Army

A balanced offensive attack, spearheaded by senior Abbey Knight, led Providence to a 25-15, 25-18 win over Lemont in the title match of the Class 3A Kankakee Sectional

The IHSA state boys cross country meet is at Detweiler Park in Peoria this weekend, and several area teams and individuals are hoping to bring home some hardware

Providence and Lemont both won at the Class 3A Kankakee Sectional and will play each other in Thursday's title match. That and more in Tuesday's Herald-News Roundup

Joliet West's girls volleyball squad beat Oswego in three sets, while Lockport swept Waubonsie Valley to advance to Thursday's title match in the Class 4A Joliet West Sectional.

Jonas Williams returns for Lincoln-Way East, plus notes on Bolingbrook, Minooka and Wilmington in the Herald-News Football notebook.

Wilmington ran for 362 yards on just 19 carries and held West Hancock to 3 rushing yards in a 70-8 win in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs Saturday.

TJ Lewis ran for 181 yards and two touchdowns to help lead Bolingbrook to a 30-20 win over Oswego East in the first round of the Class 8A playoffs Friday night.

Hutsyn Timociek delivered 10 kills to help Lockport secure a 25-19, 25-20 win over Plainfield North in the Class 4A Lincoln-Way Central Regional title match

Lincoln-Way Central's boys soccer team picked up a 3-0 win over Lincoln-Way East in the Class 3A Joliet West Sectional, setting up a Saturday match with Lincoln-Way West for the title