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.

Here’s a look back at the week of sports through the lens of Mike Vaughn

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St. Bede beat Woodland 25-16, 25-22 on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 at St. Bede Academy. Check out photos from the match by MaKade Rios.

Jackson Mason shot a 35 for medalist honors to lead the Tigers (170) to a Three Rivers win over Erie (175) at Chapel Hill Golf Course Thursday. Cayden Benavidez (41) took second for the Tigers.

Elijah House forgot that the Underground Railroad 5K was coming up during the Homestead Festival. Then he got a phone call from his mom, Cherie, a few days before to see if he was still running. He not only ran it, he won it.

Keely Lawson and her classmates are letting it all hang loose for their volleyball season at Princeton. That’s how they played in Tuesday’s match at Mendota, defeating the Spikers 25-14, 25-16 for a Three Rivers East victory.

The Princeton Logan 7th grade cross country team won the recent Geneseo Invite. it is the third straight year that Logan has won a grade level in this meet.

Bureau Valley topped former Three Rivers Conference rival St. Bede 19-25, 25-19, 25-19 at the Storm Cellar Monday night.

Princeton Logan Junior High defeated Spring Vallley JFK 2-1 in the championship game of the Starved Rock Conference Tournament Saturday morning at Little Siberia Field in Princeton.