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Take a look at some of the week’s best photos, captured by Illinois Valley photographers from Sunday, Sept. 7 through Saturday Sept. 6.

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L-P defeated Ottawa 41-24 on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025 at King Field. It was the 127th meeting between the two teams. The teams first met in 1898. The rivalry is one of the top 50 oldest high school football rivalries in the country still active.

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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.

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Plainfield South shut out Streator 3-0 in soccer on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 at the James Street Recreation Area in Streator. Check out photos from the game by Tom Sistak.

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Hundreds attended the second annual Best of the Illinois Valley event on Thursday at the Auditorium Ballroom in La Salle.

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Veterans and communities across the Illinois Valley held memorials Thursday to honor the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. In Ladd, Veterans Park hosted a 9/11 service led by local veterans. At Waltham Grade School in Utica, students placed 2,977 American flags outside the school, one for each life lost that day. Peru held a flag-raising ceremony and memorial at the roundabout, followed by a remembrance event at SOAR (Students Obtaining Achievement and Responsibility) School.

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Here are Sean King's photos from Tuesday's volleyball match between Newark and Aurora Christian.

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Ottawa defeated Pontiac 25-17, 25-17, 27-25 on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 in Kingman Gymnasium at Ottawa High School.

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Coal City, L-P and Ottawa girls golfers competed on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025 at Deer Park Golf Club in Oglesby.