After an offseason filled with lifting weights and a summer of 7-on-7 workouts and camp, local football players – and all athletes competing in a fall sport this season – finally got back “in season” on Monday with the official first day of practice

The upcoming volleyball season brings with it many questions for a lot of teams in the area, with lots of last year’s star players having graduated all around the Sauk Valley. Here are some storylines to watch this fall.

The Illinois Valley Women’s Golf Invitational is returning to Spring Creek Golf Course on Sunday, Aug. 14.

The Bureau Valley Storm will play football in Week 1. Bureau Valley athletic director Brad Bickett said the Storm will travel to Villa Grove on Friday, Aug. 26 for a 7 p.m. kickoff.

As Forreston went through summer football camp, the goal remained the same: win a state title. With résumé of three championships since 2014, why not dream big?

Compared to numbers in the 50s the past few years, new Oregon football coach Broc Kundert expects to have 75 kids out when practice officially starts up Aug. 8.

The Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio football team surprised many onlookers last year when it reached the semifinals of the 8-man football playoffs following a 5-4 regular season and 10th-seeded playoff entrance.This year, it hopes to capture lightning in a bottle again.

After compiling a 9-2 record and reaching the second of playoffs in 2021, its first season of 8-man football, Milledgeville aims to keep that success going with a new-look roster after graduating 10 seniors this past spring.

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Footballers attend camp in Amboy Thursday, July 28, 2022.