J.T. Pedelty

Marquette Academy is looking for its next varsity girls basketball head coach, announcing this week that Eric Price has resigned the position after leading the 2025-26 Crusaders to a Class 1A regional championship.

A trio of the area's Little League teams were in action Sunday, including the Illinois Valley Senior League All-Stars scoring another dramatic victory Sunday to move to 2-0 in the Central States Region Tournament

Both the La Salle Minor League and Illinois Valley Junior League all-stars picked up victories Monday to advance in their respective Little League state tournaments.

The Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland football co-op opened its week of summer practices Monday in Flanagan with the goal of building off last year's third consecutive eight-man playoff appearance.

The area's three remaining Little League teams were all in action Tuesday, including the Illinois Valley Senior League All-Stars punching their ticket for the Central States Region championship and the La Salle 10-Year-Old All-Stars finishing second in the state.

District 20's two remaining Little League all-star teams – Ottawa's 10- and 11-year-old all-stars – both opened play in Illinois' state tournaments over the weekend.

Ottawa's two remaining Little League all-star teams continues their runs at their respective Illinois state tournaments Sunday.

The District 20 champion Ottawa 11-Year-Old All-Stars saw their Little League tournament season come to an end Tuesday with an 8-7 loss to the Moline All-Stars.

The Ottawa 10-Year-Old All-Stars saw their Little League tournament season come to an end Tuesday with a win and a loss in the Illinois State Tournament.

The name of Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland all-area starting quarterback and defensive end Brezdyn Simons comes up early and often when talking about this year's Falcons.