The Roundup, Oct. 31, 2026: Football first round playoffs continue, Eureka, Morton, IVC, PND win cross country sectionals

Football and cross country had many eyes affixed to them on Saturday as the first round of playoffs continued in football and cross country teams and runners punched their state tickets at sectionals.
Heyworth won a thriller in football and Normal Community, Normal West and Tri-Valley also advanced. Eureka, Morton and IVC boys all won sectional titles in cross country while Eureka and Peoria Notre Dame did the same on the girls side. Delavan’s Coriell Green and PND’s Lillian Chaddock took individual sectional titles as well. A historic season for Illini Bluffs soccer also came to an end.
Check out all the scores, recaps and top performers from the day in The Roundup!
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