Sandwich senior Sunny Weber hopes to run to second XC state title at Detweiller Park in Saturday's Class 1A state meet, while Somonauk senior Landin Stillwell, Amboy junior Henry Nichols and Princeton junior Payton Frueh will also be running in the finals.

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The Mendota boys soccer team took on Harvest-Westminster Thursday in the Class 1A Indian Creek Sectional championship in Waterman.

La Salle County authorities have identified the victim killed in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday on Interstate 39 between Oglesby and Tonica.

Woodland's girls volleyball team came out with more energy, but it was Fieldcrest – led by Pru Mangan's 11 kills and four aces – that left with the victory in the team's 1A regional opener.

The Earlville volleyball team defeated Leland 22-25, 25-20, 25-10 in Monday's Class 1A Somonauk Regional quarterfinal match.

Johan Cortez scored three times and Cesar Casas twice as Mendota soccer moved into the Class 1A regional finals. Plus more scores in Wednesday's News Tribune sports roundup.

Police and drug agents seized nearly 2 ounces of purported heroin during a Tuesday traffic stop in rural La Salle.

The top-seeded Henry-Senachwine girls volleyball team used an all-around solid effort to defeat No. 3 Seneca 25-12, 26-24 in the championship match of the Tri-County Conference Girls Volleyball Tournament at R.M. Germano Gym in Granville on Thursday night.

The Earlville volleyball team, behind the strong serving of Jacey Helgesen and strong hitting of Bailey Miller, topped Leland 25-15, 25-23 in Tuesday's Little Ten Conference match in Earlville.