The Heart of Illinois Conference has once again one of the premier volleyball conferences in all of Illinois this season.
With nine of its 13 teams finishing the regular season over .500 and five teams nabbing No. 3-seeds or higher in their regionals, many of them have reason to believe it can make a deep playoff run. Two of those teams will face off for a Class 2A Fieldcrest Regional title on Thursday as Eureka takes on El Paso-Gridley.