Seven athletes from Princeton High School were celebrated with a special signing ceremony to commemorate their future college plans Tuesday evening at Prouty Gym. The group signing ceremony, the first held by PHS, was attended by friends, family and teammates.

Princeton senior catcher and leadoff man Ace Christiansen had reached base 12 straight times heading into Monday’s game with nine hits and three walks. To no coincidence, all three games were Tiger wins.

Princeton's Avah Oertel blasted a solo shot to lead off the fourth inning and pitched seven shutout innings in relief to send the Tigresses to an 8-2 victory over Newman.

Here’s a look at Bureau County baseball leaders through April 21, including players from Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede

It was an exciting night for the Rock Falls track teams with both the boys and girls meets at Princeton’s Ferris Invite coming down to the very final race in the 4x400 relay. No race was more exciting than the boys’ 4x400 where the Rockets edged Princeton by 1/100th of a second

Princeton's Camryn Driscoll won the 100 (13.07), 200 (27.58) and 400 (1:02.45) to lead the host Tigresses to a narrow second-place finish while Cade Odell won the shot put in his first outdoor meet of the season and final Ferris Invite.

Here’s a look at Bureau County softball leaders through April 19, including players from Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede

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Newman and Hall meet on the softball diamond Monday, April 21, 2025. Hall took the win 10-5.

The Princeton Invite dates back to 1953 for the boys and 1989 for the girls. It has run annually with the exceptions of rainouts in 1957 and 1979 and and a two-year pause due to COVID in 2020 and 2021.