The Princeton Tigresses had a turnaround season, finishing 14-12 after going 6-13-2 a year ago. They reached the regional finals, falling to host Mendota 1-0.

Hall graduate Jack Savitch took part in Louisiana State University-Shreveport baseball team undefeated NAIA championship season. He said: “I had no clue this would happen. Knew they were good, but not like that.”

The Marquette Crusaders responded to Lexington’s one run in the top of the second inning with 10 of their own in the bottom half, propelling the defending 1A state champs into Saturday’s 1 p.m. title game via a dominant, 16-1 victory early Friday.

Bureau Valley baseball set a new single-season school wins record with 22 and 10 individual school records as well. Marquette and Newman baseball will play at state this weekend.

A field of nearly 100 runners will be running Main Street in the inaugural “Princeton Mile” race sponsored by the Princeton Area Chamber of Commerce on Saturday at the Apollo Theater in downtown Princeton, ending at Rotary Park on the north end.

Illinois turkey hunters harvested a preliminary record total of 18,189 wild turkeys during the 2025 spring turkey season. This year’s total compares with the previous record total of 17,208 turkeys harvested in 2024. 

The Play of the Day for the June 3 Wyaton Hills Ladies Day Golf was “Guess your score.”

Bailey Engels had the best seat in the house for Friday’s Class 2A sectional championship in the St. Bede dugout. But it wasn’t the one she preferred. The Bruins senior was recovering from knee surgery on Tuesday and was delegated to serving as cheerleader for the Bruins.

Bureau Valley's Landon Hulsing not only won the discus state championship, he set a school record in the process. His throw of 187 feet, 7 inches at Saturday's IHSA Class 1A Boys Track and Field State Meet finals eclipsed the previous school record by 18 feet.