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Fulton beat Lena-Winslow to win the championship at the Stillman Valley Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.

The race to filling the field of 256 teams took some surprising twists and turns. Steve Soucie takes a look at what we learned in Week 9.

Each week, we’ll have 22 players – 11 on offense, 11 on defense – to make the Friday Night Drive Team of the Week. Vote for your favorite players for Week 9!

Dixon boys cross country won the Sterling regional title and Dixon's Daniela Lovett was runner-up in the girls race as area runners advanced to the sectional round. Sterling girls swimming took third at the Big 6 meet and more in Saturday's SVM sports roundup.

Here is a look at the seven IHSA first-round playoff football matchups in the Sauk Valley area and what to watch for. Dixon and Sterling would face each other in Class 4A if they both win.

Here is some insight on who Milledgeville, Amboy, Polo and West Carroll will face in this year's Illinois 8-Man Football Association playoffs. The 9-0 Missiles are the No. 1 seed.

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Sterling hosted their Cross Country final at Hoover Park on Saturday, October 25, 2025.

Sterling got a fifth win after beating Rock Island 42-14. EPC got its fifth win, Rock Falls fell just short to Rockford Lutheran and more in Friday's Sauk Valley football roundup.

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.