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Volleyball: Postseason picture laid out for area teams

Princeton will host a 2A sectional

Princeton's Libero Miyah Fox dives and misses the ball against L-P on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023 in Sellett Gymnasium.

Princeton will be hosting a Class 2A sectional volleyball tournament in two weeks.

Now it knows the path it will have to take to make it home.

The Tigresses (16-15-1) drew the No. 7 seed of the subsectional A, sent to the Chillicothe IVC Regional to face No. 3 El Paso-Gridley at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 24.

Princeton will be joined at the Chillicothe Regional by No. 10 Hall, which will play No. 9 Kewanee at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 23. Host IVC is the team to beat as the No. 2 seed.

No. 8 Bureau Valley (13-15) will face No. 9 Rockridge at the Class 2A Sherrard Regional at 6 p.m. on Oct. 24. Their winner will meet No. 1 Orion at 6 p.m. on Oct. 24.

The other regional favorites feeding into the Princeton Sectional are No. 1 Fieldcrest (23-4) at Mendota and No. 2 Rock Falls at Riverdale.

Putnam County will host a Class 1A regional, drawing the No. 3 seed and a Oct. 24 date at 6 p.m. with No. 14 DePue. No. 6 St. Bede and No. 13 LaMoille will follow at 7 p.m.

No. 2 Wethersfield is the regional favorite.

Annawan is the No. 1 seed coming out of the Henry Regional, which also feeds into the Princeville Sectional along with the regional winners from Monmouth (No. 2 United) and Peoria Heights (No. 1 Illini Bluffs).

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986 and is Sports Editor of Putnam County Record. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a regular contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals Magazine. He is a member of the IBCA and Illinois Valley Hall of Fames. He is one of 4 sportswriters from his tiny hometown Atlanta, IL