{
  "id": 18429609,
  "title": "IHSA volleyball: Two Peoria-area teams advance to the 2026 Elite Eight",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/ihsa-volleyball-two-peoria-area-teams-advance-to-the-2026-elite-eight",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-06T03:05:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ihsa-volleyball-two-peoria-area-030555219.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two Peoria-area high school volleyball teams have advanced to the 2026 Elite Eight after winning sectional championships. Illini Bluffs, representing Lexington, will face Newark in the Brimfield super-sectional on Monday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. Washington, from Washington, will play Crystal Lake South in the LaSalle-Peru super-sectional at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. In the other matches, Eureka lost to Downs Tri-Valley in the Pontiac Sectional, while Limestone was defeated by Mascoutah in the Class 3A Springfield Sectional.",
  "summary": "Illini Bluffs and Washington are among the Peoria-area volleyball teams to win IHSA sectional championships in 2026. Here are the details.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}