Each week, we’ll have 22 players – 11 on offense, 11 on defense – to make the Friday Night Drive Team of the Week for Week 3. Vote for your favorite players!

Princeton's Payton Frueh, Ruby Acker and Alexandra Waca placed top 10 to lead the Tigresses to the team title at their own Gary Coates Invitational on Saturday.

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Teams from Amboy, Dixon, La Salle-Peru, Mendota, Fieldcrest, Morris, Princeton, Hall, and Newman all competed during the Gary Coates Invitational cross country meet on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025 at Zearing Park in Princeton.

Princeton Logan defeated Spring Valley JFK 2-1 at Sunset Park in Peru on Saturday to capture the IESA Class 2A Regional championship. The Lions (14-3) advance to the sectional championship, which they will host Metamora (25-3) at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

St. Bede allowed big plays on defense and had turnovers on offense that proved costly in a 20-14 loss to North Boone on Friday.

Hall-Putnam County held Mendota under 100 yards and scored three times of plays of 45 or more yards in an 18-6 win Friday.

Here's a look at Week 3 scores in and around Bureau County

Tucker Shane scored the Storm’s lone touchdown in the third quarter as BV fell in their Lincoln Trail-Prairieland Conference opener in Knoxville.

Princeton will welcome 14 schools to run in Saturday’s Gary Coates Cross Country Invitational at Zearing Park on the south side of Princeton. Schools include Amboy, Dixon, Fieldcrest, Hall, LaSalle-Peru, Mendota, Morris and Newman.