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Seneca senior Lily Mueller and Ottawa freshman Connor Media captured titles at Saturday's La Salle County Invitational cross country meet at The Eastwood Golf Course in Streator.
Seneca senior running back Cam Shriey rushed 24 times for 215 yards and four touchdowns to help the Fighting Irish improve 6-0 on the season with a 43-26 Chicagoland Prairie Conference win on Friday over Marquette at Gould Stadium.
The Lincoln-Way East girls golf team won the 2A Rich Township Girls Regional with a score of 296. Junior Sophia Klapper was the individual champion with a score of 70.
The Grundy County Corn Festival Parade delights in Downtown Morris on Sunday, Sept. 28.
The Seneca girls volleyball team used a strong presence at the net and aggressive serving to top rival Marquette 25-12, 25-20 at Bader Gym on Thursday.
Oswego Co-Op sophomore Alli Wiertel shot a 4-under par 68 for an 11-shot victory at the Southwest Prairie Conference meet on Wednesday at Blackberry Oaks, leading her team to a 25-stroke win over runner-up Plainfield North with Plainfield East third.
Oswego East took home the Southwest Prairie Conference Championship in boys golf on Wednesday while senior Zach Johnson was the conference MVP and finished first at the conference meet.
Jaxon Duke was the top vote getter of four candidates for The Herald-News Athlete of the Week.
The Seneca Fighting Irish improved to 4-0 on the season with a hard-fought 35-28 victory over host Genoa-Kingston on Friday night.