St. Bede Academy jumped out to an early lead and held on for an 8-5 victory over Ottawa High School on Saturday afternoon.

Four seniors graduated in the top 6 among their school's all-time scoring leaders.

A look at Bureau County statistical boys basketball leaders for the 2024-25 season featuring Bureau Valley, DePue, Hall, LaMoille, Princeton and St. Bede players

Here's the lineup featuring the 2024-25 BCR Boys Basketball Team featuring players from Bureau Valley, Hall, St. Bede, Princeton, LaMoille and DePue.

The scheduled home games were thrown a curve ball due to field conditions at Princeton. The Tigresses will now play at Chillicothe on turf while the JV and varsity baseball games will move to Sterling’s turf fields. Hall’s baseball game is also being moved to Alleman’s field.

Noah LaPorte was destined for stardom in basketball the moment he picked it up. He went from an understudy role as a sophomore starter on Princeton’s 2022-23 No. 1-ranked sectional champions to the leading role on two more Sweet 16 teams.

Here's a look at Bureau County girls statistical leaders for Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede

Here’s a look at the top area career scorers for the Class of 2025 and other classes:

Hall senior Ryan Bosi has signed to compete for the Purdue University Northwest track and field team. He was a state qualifier in the triple jump and 4 x 100 relay last year. He plans to study computer science.