Paschal: While going through my archive from the last month or so, a few different techniques came to light in how I watch people.

The Fulton City Council on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, approved paying $339,111 to McCarthy Improvement Co.

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Trailing 22-20 and facing the end of its season, Morris scored the final five points of the match to pull out a 21-25, 25-9, 25-22 victory over Sterling in the Class 3A Sterling Regional final and earn its first regional title since 2015.

Sycamore trailed 23-19 after a lopsided loss in the first set on Thursday in the Class 3A Rochelle Regional championship. But they stormed back to win the second set, then won a third-set that featured 15 ties to claim the regional crown, 13-25, 26-24, 25-23.

Playing a Riverdale team that looks to be peaking for the postseason, Erie-Prophetstown struggled to get going in a 25-23, 25-19 loss in the Class 2A Rock Falls Regional final.

Fulton battled Stockton to three sets in a loss, Eastland fell and Amboy's postseason run also came to an end in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

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Here are Mike Vaughn's photos of Thursday's Class 2A Princeton Regional championship between Princeton and Newman. The Tigresses won in two sets

Princeton senior Keely Lawson told coach Andy Puck the Tigresses were going to win the regional this season. That promise rang true Thursday when the Tigresses defeated Three Rivers rival Newman to capture Class 2A Princeton Regional championship on their home court