The Ottawa baseball team stayed hot, improving to 7-1 on the season, with a 9-5 victory over Hall on Tuesday afternoon at King Field in Ottawa.

A look at Bureau County area scores for Tuesday, April 1

Princeton jumped on visiting IVC for an 8-0 halftime lead and tacked on an early second half goal to end the game by the nine-goal mercy rule in nonconference play at Bryant Field Tuesday afternoon.

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Here are Mike Vaughn's photos of Tuesday's IVC at Princeton girls soccer match. The Tigresses won 9-0 by the mercy rule.

Illinois Valley baseball is off to a fast start. St. Bede (7-0) and Putnam County (6-0) are undefeated; four other teams (Amboy, Marquette, Mendota and Ottawa) have just one loss

Here's a look at area scores for Monday, March 31

Two-time winner Sherrard has scored 54 points, holding a narrow lead over the Tigers of Princeton at 53.5. Riverdale, which won its first BCR Three Rivers Conference All-Sports Championship in 2023-24, stands third at 52.5.

St. Bede's AJ Hermes smacked a bases-loaded hit to left field to plate two runs to tie the game and then got in a rundown long enough to allow Gino Ferrari to race around all the way from second base to score the game-winning run in a 4-3 victory over Hall on Monday.

The L-P baseball team beat Princeton and more baseball, softball, soccer and track and field results in Saturday's NewsTribune/BCR roundup.