Aidan Wyzard and Dylan Hodges each won four events, while Eli Crome qualified in three to help lead Sycamore to a sectional title. Dale Johnson qualified in two distance events for Sterling, and 11 1,600 runners qualified.
Newark's Kiara Wesseh advanced to Saturday's state finals in all four of her events, leading qualifiers at Thursday's Class 1A preliminaries, and Oswego baseball beat Oswego East in eight innings in Thursday's roundup.
Serena senior pitcher Carson Baker overcame early jitters to help pitch the Huskers past Yorkville Christian 7-3 in Thursday's Class 1A Serena Regional semifinal.